What's your favorite cheap rifle?

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stagpanther

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I got my oldest a Mossberg Patriot in .243Win. He loves that rifle and it shoots lights out. I got it at industry price, which was under $150. They are in the $400 range today. They offer a lot of calibers and models up from the base.
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Patriots are hands down the worst designed and engineered rifle I've ever seen. But if they work for you--more power to ya. :)
 
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44caliberkid

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I recently got an unfired but previously owned Remington 700 SPS, Buckmasters edition, 243 for $400. I’m super impressed with the accuracy, 1/2 inch at 100 yards for 5 shots, with a foggy Bushnell Banner 3x9. It would be my favorite right now.
 
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MarkCO

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stagpanther said:
Patriots are hands down the worst designed and engineered rifle I've ever seen. But if they work for you--more power to ya. :)
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Can't disagree with you, but I have seen too many shoot tiny little groups to object too much. I don't own one and I have tried to talk my son into letting me sell it and replace it with a Bergara, Weatherby, Browning in the mid-tier range. He won't let it go.
 
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hammie

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They're not my favorites, yet, but two economy centerfire rifles, I plan to add after the first of the year are: a CZ 600 Alpha, and a CVA Cascade. No one has mentioned them and I think they're close to the 600$ limit. The reviews give them high marks on performance and build quality.
 
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CleanDean

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Remington … Nylon 6 .
The ( CBC) Brazilian clone called a GR 8 … might be shoddy on some models .
The knockoffs were made from the old machines & Tooling that REM. had sold to the Brazilians.
 
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ernie8

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I would say it worked as a hunting rifle should . 12 shots fired and 12 game animals down . The last girl is still using the first box of hunting ammo .
 
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jmhyer

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My experience with the Mossberg Patriot was a poor one. Granted, I've only had the one, but that was enough to keep me from picking up another one. I purchased mine about 5 years ago. It was in 243 Win. I couldn't get it to group well at all (probably only 4-6 MOA at best) with two or three different scopes and at least 3 or 4 brands of factory hunting ammo. It's still sitting in my safe. I can't bring myself, in good conscience, to sell it without a disclaimer that it appears to be a lemon. I took it out again before hunting season this year and results were the same as the previous times I shot it.
 
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stagpanther

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It's not that the Patriot can't shoot well--as long as the barrel is fairly good--which it is--and you can get the trigger releasing the pin you stand a good chance of getting a bullet near/on target. But if you take one apart, see how the action is held to the stock with the plastic mag provided key contact point--and have the misfortune of the trigger seizing up and you need to take a closer look at how they are made--they are truly preposterous in execution IMO.:rolleyes:
 
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s3779m

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My personal favorite was a NIB Tikka Lite 223 for under $500 from the local (at the time) gun shop. About seven years ago so don't know if this is anywhere near what they are going for now.
 
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tangolima

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75% of what I own are cheap.

Currently I am tinkering with an AR-15 and an AR-10. AR-15 in A2 configuration cost $400 to put together, optics extra. It shoots 1-1.5moa. AR-10 is in .243 win., costing about $500 to put together, optics extra. It was consistently sub moa. Gradually it degraded to 2moa. Turned out barrel extension came loose. Just gotten a new barrel from the upper manufacturer. Will see how it goes.

-TL

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Ricklin

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My favorite cheap needs to be gotten back to. Ronnie's old Mossberg bolt action 30-30. A very cheap rifle when new, war surplus .30 cal. machine gun barrels were used to make them. It needs to be prettied up.
 
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hooligan1

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Stevens 334? Cva Cascade?.. Ive owned neither.
Ive seen plenty of YouTube videos on the Cascade to know they are decent.. Ruger American is decent..
 
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ligonierbill

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I've been watching this thread and thinking about...cheap. How about real cheap: Remington 783. Yes, I bought one in .223, with a wretched scope, for I think $260. Why, in the name of all that's holy, you ask. Well, I got tired of chasing brass from my one and only AR, so why not. It's heavy. It's a one size fits all action, so there's a big space in the mag well. But, it shoots inside an inch with Sierra 55 HPBT and 65 SGK. I put a vintage Weaver K8 (also heavy, also cheap) on it. Even heavier. But hey, it's all fun.
 
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taylorce1

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ligonierbill said:
Remington 783. Yes, I bought one in .223, with a wretched scope, for I think $260
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I bought my first Stevens 200 in .223 for $195 out the door. However, those days are long gone. I looked at a few 783 rifles back in the day and almost bought one on .308. I found a used 700 for $500 vs. almost $400 for the 783.
 
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jackstrawIII

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The only inexpensive rifle that interests me at all is the Howa mini action. I have one and it's nice, now that I've replaced the stock with a nice chassis system.

The other cheap rifles I've handled all feel... cheap.
 
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FITASC

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Between a Marlin model 60 or their kid version Lil Buckaroo, I have not fired a >22lr that was more accurate until you get into either the Anschutz stuff or a totally customized 10/22 (where the only original piece is the aluminum receiver shell). The 60 cost me $89 and the Buckaroo $69 - my kids learned to shoot with that Buckaroo
 
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