Hello everyone,
I'm in the market for a new deer rifle and want some input from others before I make the investment. Just a little about myself, I'm 23, 5'2" and 165lbs and just got out of the Marine Corps Infantry, so I've had a little shooting experience and recoil is not an issue, but I am a left handed shooter and would like a left handed bolt action rifle, and being so short I would like it to fit my stature. So these are the rifles I have been looking up; the Browning a bolt, I have found a used one at a local shop it is a 7mm-08 stainless stalker LH w/BOSS system and a Nikon scope, the problem with this is they are asking $899 for the rifle and I would rather not spend that much for a used rifle I was thinking of offering him $700 to see if he would take it but am not sure what it is really worth as I have not been able to find another like it online. I've also looked up the Beretta T3 lite stainless synthetic LH, I was thinking in a .270 win. And the last rifle in my list a Remington 700 SPS compact synthetic LH in 7mm-08 as well. As I have not handled the later 2, I'm not sure how they feel in my shoulder, I have the Browning and it is comfortable and I can get decent eye relief with out having to lean forward. I have a Remington 760 30-06 so if I ever happen to get a Moose permit that is the rifle I would use, so I am really just looking for a deer/target rifle. Any input would be useful and would like to hear from anyone that has any experience with these rifles or input in general.
I'm in the market for a new deer rifle and want some input from others before I make the investment. Just a little about myself, I'm 23, 5'2" and 165lbs and just got out of the Marine Corps Infantry, so I've had a little shooting experience and recoil is not an issue, but I am a left handed shooter and would like a left handed bolt action rifle, and being so short I would like it to fit my stature. So these are the rifles I have been looking up; the Browning a bolt, I have found a used one at a local shop it is a 7mm-08 stainless stalker LH w/BOSS system and a Nikon scope, the problem with this is they are asking $899 for the rifle and I would rather not spend that much for a used rifle I was thinking of offering him $700 to see if he would take it but am not sure what it is really worth as I have not been able to find another like it online. I've also looked up the Beretta T3 lite stainless synthetic LH, I was thinking in a .270 win. And the last rifle in my list a Remington 700 SPS compact synthetic LH in 7mm-08 as well. As I have not handled the later 2, I'm not sure how they feel in my shoulder, I have the Browning and it is comfortable and I can get decent eye relief with out having to lean forward. I have a Remington 760 30-06 so if I ever happen to get a Moose permit that is the rifle I would use, so I am really just looking for a deer/target rifle. Any input would be useful and would like to hear from anyone that has any experience with these rifles or input in general.