best bolt gun

[photo2u]

sig ssg 3000 Very nice out of the box

[GONIF]

sig ssg 3000 Very nice out of the box

at that price you are far better off with a Sako TRG,the OP has a budget.

[photo2u]

at that price you are far better off with a Sako TRG,the OP has a budget.

Yes you are correct. I just like the cool factor of the sig.

[photo2u]

As I understood the OP ,it was a factory rifle with good out of the box accuracy.
so a Remington 700 P or 5R,or Savage ,or FN would be the way to go for target and hunting ,the heavy barrel is not the best for hunting but is manageable. I have to stick with the Remington 700 5R as the best of both at a price that meets his budjet.

Remington 700 5r is an Excellent out of the box deal.

[rat31465]

I have spent a good deal of my Gun Hobby time hunting and butchering Old bolt action rifles that I have found in local gun/pawn shops for nearly 20 years now.

I am rather fond of the venerable old Medium and Short Action Remington 700's.

A little sanding and glass bedding in the right spots, adjust the trigger add a decent mount and scope carefully work up a decent handload or premium factory fodder and with all but the most abused specimens they will generally shoot sub
1" groups.
Lap in the lugs, true the action and set the Bbl back a thread before rechambering and you will most likely cut those groups in half.

Yeah there are better rifles out there but few are as modular or have as many aftermarket accesories available for them. Plus you can still find them used for around $350.00 to $400.00 often scoped or with accesories.

IMO they are still a workhorse rifle and hard to beat for the money.

Check out these two links.

http://www.varminthunter.org/
http://www.precisionshooting.com/