Which one should I buy ?

[Country Boy]

 I want a .243 to carry in my truck for coyotes etc. I like the slender forend on the Rugar MKII, The
Remington 700 seems to shoot better but is heavy, and the Browning A-bolt II has too short a forearm. are there any other suggestions you might make to me ? sure would appreciate it.

[huntswithdogs]

Check out The Savage or Stevens. They're great truck guns and are mostly pretty accurate.


HWD

[Country Boy]

 I bought two of the Stevens/savages and both were a piece of @#$%. Factory loads would blow out the ejector and freeze the firing pin, best they would do is 6" group. Sold them to a gunsmith who thought he could fix them after I had sent them to Savage. By the way Savage service is great.

[DalesCarpentry]

Remington makes 2 different SPS'S. The first is a Varmint barrel that is 26" long. The second is a standard contour barrel and I think it is 24" and is much lighter. I have the former with the Varmint barrel in the 243 pictured below. It shoots great. Dale

[DalesCarpentry]

Country Boy. Here is a link to the lighter SPS. Dale   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=100683833

[DalesCarpentry]

Here is a link to the Sps Varmint. The one I have. Dale   http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=100717458

[Freezer]

    How about a BLR or Savage 99?  You live in Pa and find them dime a dozen.  What kind of range are you talking?  Both are accurate to 300yards and are very light.  The BLR has a clip but the Savage has a bullet counter so if you shoot one or two shots days apart you'll know how many rounds are in the gun at a glance.  (The Browning comes in 7-08)
    Dale, I hope your wife doesn't read these posts!

[Graybeard]

Remington Model Seven Predator. It's full camo with a 22" fluted barrel. Mine in .17 Fireball is an honest 0.5" gun at 100 yards right out of the box with factory ammo. The only thing I've done to it is lighten the trigger pull from the 5 pounds it came with down to 2.5 pounds. I have about 350 rounds of the factory ammo I'll be popping prairie dogs with soon.

[Sitting Duck]

If you're driving a Dodge truck, buy a Savage or Stevens.  If you're guiding a Chevy, Ford, or Toyota down the road, buy a Remington.

 

Those Dodge trucks and Savages were made for one another.



In jest guys.... In jest.

[Mckie Hollow]

Agreed with The Duck

[victorcharlie]

Ruger ultralite?  Browning micro hunter?

My wife has a .243 tang safety Ruger ultra lite which is glass bedded and free floated with a very nice trigger job.  The actions been smoothed and it's a slick working action.   I hand load for the rifle and she shoots it quite well.

[slim rem 7]

  country boy ,,sorry you had that kinda luck..for every story like that  tho theres
  boys who went savage [my favorite] 110 .. out of the box i had it sighted 2 inches high at a hundred in 4 shots..now i just leave it zeroed at a hundred..
 with fusion 165 grn, cause it puts  three in the bulls eye anytime and i just like knowing i can do it anytime i choose.. . ..the groups are same at 200.
   shoot thats the kinda statement bets are made from.. this gun makes me a lot better
   shot than i ever was before..id have to recommend it to anyone buying thier first..
 again im sorry you had such bad luck with yours..