I need some help. I want to purchase a rifle to complete my arsenal at home. Here is what I currently have on my restricted budget.
For CCW Glock 30 and Taurus 1911
For home defense and bird hunting Remington 870 express pump action 12 gauge
For small game, squirrels, coke cans the occasional army man etc... and plinking a Mossberg plinkster .22LR
I think that to round out the collection I need something that will go out to 300+ yards if needed. I live around the coast and should another Katrina happen or the SHTF I want the ability to provide and protect me and my own. I have been eyeing a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 not .223. I know it is a bolt action and not semi-auto but that is just fine with me. Not too interested in the AR-15 just yet but not completely opposed. I want .308 to have the "knock down" capability at great distances. Will I ever need it, probably not but then again I will probably not need my G30 but I take it with me at all times.
As you can tell from above I don't buy the most expensive things but the ones that I find will get the job done and keep doing it over and over again. Sometime in the future I will be able to afford nicer things but my son is still very young. I will add that I do not hunt big game mostly dove, quail, duck etc...
I am not stuck on the Remington but the reason why I like it so much is because it is a budget rifle, will get the job done, reliable and just an all around good gun. I can also accessorize it the way I want. Any suggestions on other rifles would be great or advice/experience you have.
J
For CCW Glock 30 and Taurus 1911
For home defense and bird hunting Remington 870 express pump action 12 gauge
For small game, squirrels, coke cans the occasional army man etc... and plinking a Mossberg plinkster .22LR
I think that to round out the collection I need something that will go out to 300+ yards if needed. I live around the coast and should another Katrina happen or the SHTF I want the ability to provide and protect me and my own. I have been eyeing a Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 not .223. I know it is a bolt action and not semi-auto but that is just fine with me. Not too interested in the AR-15 just yet but not completely opposed. I want .308 to have the "knock down" capability at great distances. Will I ever need it, probably not but then again I will probably not need my G30 but I take it with me at all times.
As you can tell from above I don't buy the most expensive things but the ones that I find will get the job done and keep doing it over and over again. Sometime in the future I will be able to afford nicer things but my son is still very young. I will add that I do not hunt big game mostly dove, quail, duck etc...
I am not stuck on the Remington but the reason why I like it so much is because it is a budget rifle, will get the job done, reliable and just an all around good gun. I can also accessorize it the way I want. Any suggestions on other rifles would be great or advice/experience you have.
J