Hello y’all!
I’m looking for a rifle like the title reads.
I would like:
- to put a 1-5 or 6x vs a 1-8x or possibly a 2.5-10 scope on it.
- I would like to use 5-20 round mags, with extra points if it takes AR pattern mags
- be able to use it as a personal defense weapon in states like CA, on overlanding trips
- Use it for medium to large game out to 300 yards or so.
- Be able to shoot reduced IPSC silhouette steel (12x24”) out to 500 yards
The Ruger an Steyr Scouts are very intriguing but force you to mount a scope far forward, which I don’t want to do. And I would be willing to give up iron sights for a more traditional scope mounting system.
There is the Mossberg MVP Scout, which has a longer rail that comes all the way back and takes AR10 mags but I’m concerned about quality and action.
I like what’s going on here with this Tikka (video below), but the 10 round mags are $90 each, and I’d have to get some good gunsmith to cut down the barrel. But if pressed I'd go this type of route at this point.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.