OT..varmit rifle low cost bolt action

[mnjoe]

Started looking for a single shot .243. After getting ideas from this website. Just got my T/C Triumph muzzzleloader. I didn't know T/C made rifles. Started looking at their Venture bolt action in a .243. What other rifles are low budget but still good. THANKS
 

[dboll]

I have a 770 Remington .243, it's kind of a pos.
 

[DaninKansas]

For about $320 you can get a Marlin XS7. Basically a Savage 110 with the accu-trigger.


Go to gun broker to see - several for $320-$340.

I have 2, a youth model in .243 and a stainless model in .308. They are better than the Axis and the Ruger 770 (that thing is a POS). Very good rifles for the price. The exact same Savage runs about $100-$150 more.
 

[RayP(MI)]

Look at H&R/New England Firearms. They make a single shot - break action rifle. Available in a number of calibers, and they offer additional barrels, so you can shoot other calibers off the same action. Nice guns, far more than you"d expect for the money
H&R

 

[old]

If you really still want a single shot gun then look at the H&R/New England arms. They make rifle barrels that fit on there shotgun stock/actions and you can buy a rifle or shotgun or buy a barrel to fit a shotgun stock and then go from there and buy a good many different barrels in many calipers. Just for am example I can take the barrel off my 410 and set my sons 12 gauge or 20 gauge barrel on the stock/action of the 410. Or buy who knows how many different barrels to fit all 3 actions
 

[MarkB_MI]

The consensus seems to be that Savage is a good rifle for the money, but ugly as sin. Bolt action .243s are about as common as you can get; you can probably get a good price on a used Winchester Model 70, Remington 700 or Ruger 77 if you're willing to put up with a few scratches and dings.
 

[buickanddeere]

Why a single shot? The US doesn"t have the Australian laws yet.
 

[S2710]

Because some people are sporting and figure if you can't get it with one shot, let it go for another day. When you only have one shot it also makes you a more proficient shooter. JMO

Bob
 

[buickanddeere]

Coyotes run in packs here.
 

[mkirsch]

Really doesn't make much difference, single shot or 30-round magazine, because any self-respecting critter will run for the hills after the first BANG anyway.

Multiple rounds do come in handy when they DON'T run away, though...
 

[dboll]

Do you think I am going to shoot once at a coyote and let him go to be sporting? thats where an AR15 comes into play!
 

[Rtkman]

We have the single shot Rossi's for the kids. Would not recommend them. They seem rust very easily.
 

[jackinok]

Savage has always had a reputation for a good rifle for the money. personaly i dont like to shoot them,simply because they hurt my shoulder,but they are good rifles. on the used market if you see a old remington 788 dont over look it. everyone i have owned have been excptionally accurate. some folks swear by the NEF rifles, personaly i dont think they are as good as the older HR ones.ive been watching for one of the bakail rifles built in russia and imported by remington as their spartan line. i have one of their shotguns and its a excellent low priced gun. these days a really good single shot,is not what i would consider a budget priced gun, so your sort of limited if your on a tight budget.
 

[Husker44A]

Savage gets my vote!!!! They have came a LONG WAYS in the last 10 years. Savage Predator. Camp rifle. Or the Stevens. Savage knockoff. Good rifles in my book.
 

[S2710]

Some of the guys around here us the AR15's also. It is fun to wach them shoot. If the conditions are right you can see the bullets hit all the way around them. Sometimes they get lucky, but not as lucky as the one old boy who knows all the crossings and he grabs his 12 gauge and heads in and when the dogs bring them around he is waiting with a load of no 4 buck and one shot later one dead yote.

Bob