Originally Posted by
noonesshowmonkey
While I am not against having good glass on the rifle, and will be spending easily more on the optic than on the rifle itself, there is a point of diminishing returns / cost over-run, at least for me. The very highest tier of cost that I can justify on this first go-around is something in the $1200 range for the optic, and even then, that will put off actually finishing the gear portion of the project for quite a while (perhaps indefinitely), and will eat into money/time that would be better spent actually going shooting. This is a training project, not a competitive rifle, nor a rifle that I'll be carrying into a fight.
A Primary Arms Platinum / Nightforce is about the cap for what I can reasonably justify on this project.
Currently, the Vortex HS-T 6-24 looks like the best cost::quality ratio going. I do have a soft spot for Leupold scopes, though, and they have a variable in a similar range that looks good.
I'll try and find a Tikka at a nearby store to handle. Finding Savages isn't too hard.
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