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Offline Maverick

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bought myself a birthday present!
« on: June 05, 2012, 09:50:44 PM »
Savage axis 22-250. Came with a scope but I don't want it. What kind of scope should I put on it? Something not too expensive. I'll need to buy a bipod. Anyone know of anywhere I could order a different stock for it? Is.like one with a thumb hole. Anything else I should look into just let me know!

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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 10:01:17 PM »
Vortex scopes have a growing reputation, and I know a lot of guys like em.
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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 10:27:25 PM »
Anyone know of anywhere I could order a different stock for it? Is.like one with a thumb hole.

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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 10:59:04 PM »
For a bench gun a thumbhole works but for a hunting bolt action it can be kind of a pain in the butt to work the bolt and tang safety with a thumbhole. 

Scope selection depends allot on what your going to use the rifle for.  Calling coyotes a nice 2.5x10 or 3x9 would be handy but I prefer a 1.5x6 or 2x7.  If your just shooting targets of opportunity a 4x16 wouldn't be out of the question.  Sage rats, Pd's or rock chucks even a 6.5x20 would work well. 

Camara land has 6.5x20 Vortex vipers at $279, they have the same scope in 2x7 for $199.  Natchez has some good prices on Burris FF-II 2x7's.  Weaver has some really nice scopes in the V-9 and V-16.  Redfields are good also.
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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2012, 09:17:00 PM »
Anyone know of anywhere I could order a different stock for it? Is.like one with a thumb hole.

http://www.stockysstocks.com/  :tup:

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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2012, 12:47:49 PM »
Congrats on the new rifle

Show is some pic's when you get it all set up to the way you want. :tup:

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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #7 on: June 19, 2012, 03:33:15 PM »
vortex makes a good scope.  I have a 4X16 Viper PST.  A little spendy but well worth it.  Its on a savage model 12 LRP in 6.5 Creedmoor. Fun setup!!! Have fun with your savage.  22-250 is a great round.  For the money the Cabelas Pine Ridge MT series is good. The MT stands for Multiple turrets. for $180 you can get a 6.5X18 that has 2 turrets calibrated for 50gr and 55 gr bullets out to 500 yards.  I have one on a 17 Rem Model 700 LVSF.  I haven't had any complaints.  it has a side focus knob and the glass is surprisingly clear for the price.  The other 5 turrets it comes with are for .204 and .223
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Re: bought myself a birthday present!
« Reply #8 on: June 19, 2012, 09:17:16 PM »
a nikon 4-12 power would be more than enough

 


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