ruger or howa or ?????in 6.5creed

[Dellboy]

After christmas i want somthing for 1000 yards and have decided on 6.5CM

So what do i buy

AI in 308 and a barrel
Ruger precision
T3x TAC A1

any other suggestions ?
really want a 26inch barrel which seems like a no go on most things (someone said the tikka can have one special order )

[Dellboy]

No other suggestions ?

[The Gun Pimp]

Is it for competition or just plinking?

[Dellboy]

plinking mostly

[phaedra1106]

Do the decent thing, Tikka Tac A1 build quality is head and shoulders above the other choices, I speak from experience as I have the Ruger and the Tikka :)

[meles meles]

Beggin' your pardon, ooman, but why bother with one of these new fangled and unproven cartridges? We'd recommend you pop along and buy yourself a nice old Tikka chambered in 6.5x55 Swedish. It's been around for over 120 years and those devilish cunning Scandisqueagans have ironed out all the bugs by now. They are cheap, ditto the cartridges, the brass is plentiful if you reload, they don't burn out barrels and they are every bit as accurate as you'll need for 1000 mard shooting.

[ovenpaa]

The stripey feckers words of wisdom are very valid, the 6,5SE is very hard to beat and cheap to feed.

[btshoot]

I am in the same position myself (full bore target newbie)
Have a look at a sabatti. They seem pretty well put togetherand have unusual rifling (they call it MRR but it looks like polyagonal without the sharp corners). I have not experienced one on a range so this is far from a recommendation, but it might be worth a look. their website shows a couple of models with 26 inch options (NB the website is hard to navigate for tech specs; dowloading the pdf catalogue seems to work best)

[Pesty]

Bergara B14 BMP?


I’ve bought one it’s very nice not had chance to do anything but site in.

[Geek]

I have an AI AT in .308 (not bought a 6.5CM barrel yet) and a Ruger PR (mark I) in 6.5CM and in my opinion my Ruger was good value for money (I paid £1150 + £90ish for a Titanium bolt shroud + £100 for a muzzle brake). However, isn't the list price now about £1800 for the Ruger PR and the Tikka £3 TAC A1, therefore comes down to personal preference (one point though is the cost of spare magazines, aren't the Tikka's a lot more extensive?).