Will be making a change next year. Looking for quality, durability, ease of operation and cleaning. Also a good scope pairing.
Currently shoot 30-06 and see no reason to switch . Most shots 100 yards and under.

Mild recoil too. Like to be able to shoot more than few shots at a time at the range

Savage rifle and scope package gun

That’s what I have now. Model 110……
Been shooting it for about 28 years or so……..

What kind of change? Whats wrong with what you got? If you just want to get yourself a present try a 22-250.

Have you looked at the Howa Rifles? I picked one up just over a year ago. Very nice rifles. Nice smooth action, smooth trigger and Easy to clean.
Mine is .308 and I took a moose and a Deer with it last year.

I think I paid $600.00 and it came with a Vortex scope.

Danny , would like to get something a little heavier to limit recoil a bit. Plus won’t lie, just want something new……

Ruger Hawkeye line. When I was looking for high quality and American made, this was the only option that I could find that wasn’t full of plastic. They cost a little more, but I don’t buy new deer rifles very often. My old Marlin 30-30 was my deer rifle for over 30 years. I started hunting in a blind with several 300 yard shot opportunities so I bought a longer range rifle.

https://www.ruger.com/products/Hawkeye/overview.html

I got the predator and it’s a real tack driver.

Appreciate the input…… I’ll do some research on those !!

I have no personal experience with these, but I’m in the market for a new rifle in the next couple years and have been hearing and reading lots of good things on the Howas. I currently have a .308, a .243, and looking to add something “bigger” to set up for more western longer range hunting. What mode is yours Griffin?

To the OP, if I grew up an -06 guy I would probably stick with that as my go to also! They are very versatile. Happy trapping! ScottW

Think you missed the “mild recoil” part, lol. I wouldn’t take one of those guns if it was given to me and I’d feel ashamed of myself if I tried to sell it to someone. We sighted in a 6.5 and it wasn’t that bad, but still worse than anything I have. The .270…that gun kicked like a mule on steroids…I used to shoot 3.5” 12ga turkey loads too. The scopes will not hold a zero after 3-4 shots and even though they say they are boresighted, you better have an 8x8 sheet of plywood and start out at 10yds to hit on the board.
When we were done and carried the rifles back to the owner he’s asked what I thought of them, I told him he definitely got what he paid for…a cheap piece of junk and I’d never sight another one of those guns in again.

Tikka t3x lite .308 with DNZ one piece mount/ring combo with a 3-9 with great glass of your choosing.

30-06 has been around a century now for good reason. It just works. I got an old 243 my grandfather bought in the 60's. Very accurate and kills deer just fine. Almost no recoil.

I got a 270 I really like. My soon to be 11 y/o grandson killed a deer with it the other day in a MO youth season. A little less recoil than an 06 but hits hard enough to kill anything on 4 legs in N. America.

If you want low recoil and still enough zip to kill deer, have a look at some 22- 250's. If you got time to shoot careful 300 yards aint to far for deer. If you can hand load 62 grain nosler partitions are deer medicine.

That’s the problem I am having now….. with the synthetic stock the gun is light and I am getting tired of getting punched with it.

Danny where I hunt in Michigan we just don’t shoot over 100 yards. Just not wide open here

I've killed lots of deer with a .243. As for make and model that is entirely up to you as there is many good rifles out there for reasonable price. Another good but underrated chambering is 25-06

Lots of good info guys— I appreciate it. I’ll check in here off and on today…. Keep it coming

I have a Ruger American in .308 and my son has one in 7mm/08. Both can be repeatedly shot by my 8yr old off sandbags, lol. Just too them with good optics and they are great tack drivers.

Mine is the 1500, with the hogue stock. I'm usually not big on the rubbery stocks but I've covered this thing in mud on the fourwheeler and it cleaned up very easy.
I see Dick's has them on sale for $600 with a scope right now.

EDIT: The hogue stock is heavier than most synthetic stocks but slightly less than a wood one.

I agree with bhugo .I had a Hawkeye in 6.5 Creedmor It was the Predator model A very well made gun It was as solid as you can get .With the laminated stock and stainless action and barrel it was as good to look at as it was to use It was a bit in the heavy side I think they also make a compact /lightweight model You will not wear it out

Kicked this around myself in the past few months, had decided on a 260 Rem, then really got to studying load data, and cooled off on the idea. For now, going to perfect loads for the 6mm Rem. I now remember why I chose that back when I did. It has a lot going for it over all the 6mm choices, except popularity. Getting nearly impossible to find brass or ammo for it.

Which brings me back to the 308 Win and siblings. 7mm-08, 260 Rem and 243 Win. Bottom line, if you can handle what recoil the 308 generates, it is hard to beat. Abundance of ammo, abundance of reloading components, easy to load for and it is a hammer. Of the siblings, not a fan but 243 has same attributes, at half the recoil of the 308. Third choice.......7mm-08. Less components and ammo choices, but a strong performer. Bringing up the rear........260 Rem. Strong performer, but like 6mm Rem, fading fast. No ammo, gonna be hard to find brass.

I have two howa's. One a weatherby vanguard which is really a howa and one I bought as a barreled action and had a gunsmith put together a stock for my wife. Both are very accurate. Shoot quarters at a 100 yards.

Mine are wood stocked. I think they are all composite stocks now but if anything composites ought to make them shoot even better.

I think you would like a 22-250. Shoot very flat. Very little recoil. As soon as you say you dont need more than a 100 yard gun your going to want to make a 200 yard shot ......