Light cheap accurate rifle

[Bowmannate2000]

This is an interesting option. Under $700 at sportsman's warehouse. Bergara barrels on the cascade. Might be worth considering.

CASCADE SB (Short Barrel) Cerakote Graphite Black/Veil Tac Black – CVA

cva.com

 

[Bulldog12]

Ruger American Predator 308 18" barrel. It isn't threaded but weighs 7.5lbs with a Leupold 2-10x42scope and loaded. It has a heavy tapered barrel which is nice as light barrels like to wander for me. $450 on grab a gun.

 

[1896]

Ruger Hawkeye Predator

 

[tkhuntsman]

I picked up a browning AB3 in .308 after hunting season for a pretty good price and so far it has shot lights out. I tested several loads and it seems to prefer 150 grn loads. It's been sub MOA so far with about 120 rounds through. It comes in at 7.5 lbs with a vortex viper 2.5-10x44 and 4 in the mag. It's got a 20" barrel not threaded but there's enough meat that it could be if needed.

 

[glahorses1]

Ruger American checks all those boxes. Have one in 30-06 and it groups as good or better than my hells canyon. No frills just a great shooting cheap rifle.

 

[howl]

Adding the cost of threading an unthreaded econo rig adds a nominal 20%.

 

[dye7barrel]

Another vote for Ruger American. They are inexpensive and accurate.

 

[shannerdrake]

So my buddy and I played around with his new Tikka T3 Superlite 300WM. Weighs 6.1 empty.

Shot a .375 in group with factory Barnes 180 TTSX. Then turned around and shot .567in with factory Barnes 165 TTSX. 15-20mph winds. Both bullets had the exact same point of impact. UNREAL.

I have a Weatherby Vanguard (Howa) that I’ve messed with for 5 years that won’t do better then .85 and that group was probably a bit of luck. My Weatherby weighs almost 1.5lb more and cost more.

 

[njbrain]

I really like the CVA Cascade. They come Cerakoted and the barrel is threaded. depending on the stock they are between 600-680

 

[88man]

tikka t3 lite ss synthetic

 

[grizzly63]

WBY Vanguard all shoot under an inch

 

[Tikka06]

If that Ruger American Predator feels good to you then it would probably be my vote as I have seen a few of those be stupid accurate. But if you feel like a little bit of a project, a Tikka with a little bit of smith work would probably be overall the best option. Not sure if it would be cheap after the work though.

 

[funkafide]

Tikka all the way

 

[Lota lota]

Tikka all the way

I own three...super accurate and affordable!

 

[Gus Chiggins]

I'd go Tikka then! Sub moa guarantee and you can get a stainless one for under $1k.

2nd Tikka. Online there are gobs of Tikka 6.5 CM for sale, so you might find a "non-base model" T3x at a slightly cheaper price than in .308. Or ..308 in stainless.

Cheapest new Tikkas online sell for around $650+, plus shipping and fees.

 

[Gus Chiggins]

I'd go Tikka then! Sub moa guarantee and you can get a stainless one for under $1k.

You may be able to find a Tikka .308 or 6.5CM with a threaded barrel at around or just under $1K.

But I think 22" for the 308 and 24" for the 6.5CM. (Was doing a lot of Tikka shopping a while back, many online vendors erroneously list T3x 308s as having a 24" barrel) Good luck with your decision

 

[Don Fischer]

Major word here I though was cheap. But talking about rifles from around $600 up mostly. Cheap is a bad word, how about inexpensive. Probably get to same answer's for the most part. To many people thing $600 just isn't much money. Then there's the less well attended of us. I live on a SS check, $600 is a lot of money to me! The words cheap and inexpensive both mean different things depending on who you talk to!

 

[rogerthat]

Major word here I though was cheap. But talking about rifles from around $600 up mostly. Cheap is a bad word, how about inexpensive. Probably get to same answer's for the most part. To many people thing $600 just isn't much money. Then there's the less well attended of us. I live on a SS check, $600 is a lot of money to me! The words cheap and inexpensive both mean different things depending on who you talk to!

Yeah ideally I would spend less than $600 but since I wasn’t seeing many short barreled threaded options the discussion moved up to the $1000 price point. Right now I’m considering a tikka t3x and cutting the barrel down and threading$1000 or a ruger American would be the straight out of the box option at the lower price point.

 

[ammo]

Surprised nobody has mentioned Savage. Mine is light, kills elk, doesn't break the bank.

 

[Yaremkiv]

Man it's REALLY hard to beat the Tika T3x and I have multiple $4.5k custom rigs. Action is stupid smooth. 70 degree bolt throw. Crisp trigger. Accurate barrel/action. Light. The stock is plastic which could be upgraded but I bought the vertical grip for it and a Mountain Tactical cheek riser and it's good to go in my book. All you'd have to do is get barrel end threaded.