Choosing a first bolt action

[nationwide]

I would rate the obvious choices as:

First: Remington 700... It's the numba one action out there, and because of that, you can grow your rifle with accessories and performance tuning as your marksmanship grows.

Second: Savage FP... EZ swap barrels, plenty of accessories, known for accuracy out of the box.

Third: FN PBR. I owned one, and it's a fine rifle. Easy to adjust weight of trigger pull. Factory stock sucks (Hogue overmolded crud)

Note I did not rate any rifle as "last". They are all good to go, I just think the Remington action is "better" to go.

[Rock-N-Ruin]

I can't believe no one hasn't mentioned a Winchester Mod 70...

I had the Mod 70 Shadow w/HS-precision stock, .920 barrel, Harris bi-pod and a Leupold 4.5 X 14 X 40 LETAC 1/4 MOA mil dot.. If I did my part, it consistantly shot 3 round goups under .400 @ 100yrds. with a lot of differen't home made match loads tested and setting the ogive about 10 thou. or less from the lands and grooves... I finally developed one load that the rifle really liked....

This rifle I regret selling.. but as said in another thread I have ordered a Rem 700 PSS with factory detachable mag.. J.

[graffex]

What options does the left-handed shooter have for there first precision rifle?

[Glockster35]

Savage Arms makes almost all of their rifles in left handed versions also!

[9301]

When I started shooting precision rifles I went with Savage because they have a reputation of shooting incredibly tight groups right out of the box. I started with .223 Cal. because I had plenty of bulk ammo available and was having it reloaded for my AR-15 already. It was a cheaper way to get started and I’m not sorry I went that route. When it was time to upgrade to a .308 Cal. I had a great scope, bipod, and other equipment to almost seamlessly slide into the larger caliber.