I am wanting to buy a gun for under $700. What's the best option?

Not enough information.

What will it be used for?

Ranges?

Sorry. I am going to use it for deer hunting. Shooting 200-250 yards.

I've been extremely pleased with my 6.5 Grendel on the AR platform.

What 11 year old has 700.00 ?

You sure ain't making extra cash betting with the Chiefs.

I earn by building fence for my dad.

Pay attention, especially to those who just want to support the innocent ones. Are ya getting it yet?

I always did and more. I cut a lot of grass, raked leafs, and worked for my uncles tree business draging brush. I often had a few thousand in my pocket.

I'm betting he may be looking for x Mas gift ideas for mom and dad to go in on him with.


Absolutely any modern caliber will get the job done. What ammo is most available in your area?

I am very fond of 243 and 7mm08. Low recoil and flat puts them down. My kids have been laying them down with them for years. My daughter is 20 now and I think I bought her that Remington 700 lefthanded youth in 7mm08 when she was 8?

What action type do you want? I'm assuming you want a youth or compact model? I'm guessing you also want it scoped if so is that and rings included in your $700?

Bolt-action

Scope and rings included in your $700?

Tikka! I bought one in 6.5 Swede a few years ago. It shoots one hole but I hated the plastic stock. I bought a clean 308 in a walnut stock, did the old switch-a-roo with stocks and dumped the 308. It still shoots one hole and is a joy to carry.

Yes

Ruger No. 1.
Sako bolt action.
Marlin JM 1895.
Ruger AR-MPR.
Ruger Marlin 1895.
Blaser bolt action.

How many of these do you have for sale at $700 or less? I will take all of the No.1's you can come up with.

Think about the price of ammo. Check used gun racks too. I love my Ruger American.

Catch they don't figure it out until it's too late

160 - thought maybe you would sell yours to me.
There can be deals around, just much harder to find.
The youngster could build more fences and save his $.

I've been wanting to build one. Found a 6.5 rifle kit for around 300 today. I have the lower so I'm very tempted

In today's ammo market it's more reasonable to choose your rifle based on ammo available in your area. In my area, that would be: .223 rem, .308 win, 6.5 creedmore, or 350 legend. Where the government is heading with toxicity, you might wanting to be even more selective and only consider calibers being available with monolithic copper bullets.

Savage Arms is hard to beat today for value and reliability. While an old remington man, I have been buying Savage in varmint calibers lately; don't care for what Remington has to offer in today's models. I also like what Ruger is producing.

And remember, optics are just as important as the firearm, if not more so. You can't shoot what you can't see clearly.

Tikka, but that is going to take up your 700 and not leave anything left over for scope. The new Savages are an accurate shooting gun for less money and many come with a cheap scope. Might want to research the scope that comes in the package deals, they offer them with different brands and models at times and some of them are so junk they won't hold a zero, while others are not bad.

Willy, I'll buy every Sako you have for 700 a piece. Just PM me.

As for caliber, you will get a lot of opinions and most will work. I'm not a huge 6.5 Creedmoor fan but it is a good deer caliber and low recoil, and it seems to be the most readily available caliber around here just by my looking at the shelves whenever I get to town.