It's been a while since I've been in the market for a bolt action, so I wanted to get some thoughts before I made my purchase. I have been looking for an accurate, 16"-ish .350 Legend for Ohio deer hunting and getting back into marksmanship on something other than an AR. I don't have any suppressors now, but ultimately I'd like to hunt with one. I started off wanting a Ruger American Gen II, but I wasn't impressed with cycling the bolt.
Around the same time, I saw some great prices on the 16-inch Tikka T3x Lite and really liked the action. However, it's not threaded and the barrel contour is super thin. (I talked to LRI about threading it, and they told me it was possible with an adapter which seemed less than ideal.) This led to me the Tikka T3x Roughtech Ranch, but it is almost twice the price of the previous rifles.
I also looked at a Bergara B-14 Stoke and really liked it. In fact, I like almost everything--stock, ease of operating the safety, mag release, mags themselves--better than the stock Tikka, but I keep returning to how much I like the short throw on the Tikka. (For what it's worth, I haven't dry fired either rifle.) If I upgrade the stock on the Roughtech Ranch to something comparable or better, it will end up being a very expensive rifle for the purpose.
Right now, I'm leaning the Bergara. Anyone have any recommendations/thoughts?
Around the same time, I saw some great prices on the 16-inch Tikka T3x Lite and really liked the action. However, it's not threaded and the barrel contour is super thin. (I talked to LRI about threading it, and they told me it was possible with an adapter which seemed less than ideal.) This led to me the Tikka T3x Roughtech Ranch, but it is almost twice the price of the previous rifles.
I also looked at a Bergara B-14 Stoke and really liked it. In fact, I like almost everything--stock, ease of operating the safety, mag release, mags themselves--better than the stock Tikka, but I keep returning to how much I like the short throw on the Tikka. (For what it's worth, I haven't dry fired either rifle.) If I upgrade the stock on the Roughtech Ranch to something comparable or better, it will end up being a very expensive rifle for the purpose.
Right now, I'm leaning the Bergara. Anyone have any recommendations/thoughts?
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