I certainly agree with buying the right equipment the first time. The last thing I am interested in is having to buy more than 1 rifle for now. At the price point of either rifle i could get most of my applications done. That was obviously a lot of my motivation for posting the question.
The 15 power magnification was for practice. Luckily I have access to practice shooting at long ranges and wanted to make sure that I am capable of shooting hopefully around the 400 yard mark. I still am bouncing back and forth. I don't think their is anything wrong with either. Planning on a...
I just pulled the Howa up again on SW and you are correct 3.5x10 mag. I still think either rifle will do the job. With how accurate both rifle brands claim to be, it will end up being my time shooting that will determine how accurate I can be.
A lot of good feedback, like I said in post #1 I haven't had any experience hunting with a rifle and until last year my deer gun was a 870 express with iron sites. So as for magnification I am somewhat ignorant without any experience. My goal is practice enough to have an effective range of 400...
I have been eyeing either the Randy Howa or a Tikka T3x Lite for my first big game rifle. IL does not allow the use of rifles during deer season so I haven't had much use for one until I made the decision this spring to start DIY hunting out west.
Anyway, just curious if anyone has shot both...