I am looking to buy a .300 Win Mag and have found a Rem 700 BDL(Syn/SS), Weatherby Mark V Stainless, and Tikka T3 (Syn/SS) all for about the same price through various sources. Any opinions on which would be the better rifle? Thanks.

What about a Sako 75 in stainless synthetic??

Never regreted it.

The T3 has not received favorable reviews in my circle of friends.

Out of those options, I would go Rem. 700, I guess..sakofan..

The Tikka T3 felt to me like a cheapened version of the Whitetail. You know how some guns have a feel of character when you hold them? The T3 didn't. Out of the three you picked, I would go with the Remington, although a Sako stainless sure would be nice, but it is not close in price.

If those are the choices, I guess the REM700 also. A Winchester M-70 Classic (Syn/SS) if it's my cash though.

Terry

The Mark V I am looking is owned by a friend-of-friend. It has never been fired, and I can pick it up for about $550 (close the same price as the T3 and the 700 BDL). I think they normally run about $900 new but I may be wrong. For that price I would definitely get the Sako (which I have seen for under $900).

What about the older Tikka Whitetail Hunters? I have seen a couple of these in .300 Win Mag as well. I have a Whitetail Hunter in 7mm-08, but I am not sure how I like it yet. I have only tried the Hornady Light magnums in it and the groups were not great (even using a bench rest in an indoor tube). I bought some Federal 140 gr Partions to see how they shoot.

I have to add this, can't be helped: Browning A-bolt. You can have anything from the cold Stainless Stalker to the fancy wood/blue. I've experienced the utmost in reliability and accuracy with mine.

Only thing that will require some extra thought is the BOSS, which I have. If you handload at all you could probably get the accuracy without the BOSS. I set mine at 8.5 and have not touched it in 2 years. It's a mixed blessing. Recoil reduction is great at the cost of noise, but then you can always screw on the CR (conventional recoil) BOSS. With limited testing, switching between the two doesn't affect accuracy of POI.

Out of the guns you listed you said they were all close to same price. Go with the weatherby fully adjustable triger Remington trigers are junk. I have Remington Weatherby Ruger Winchester Sako rifles. And the weatherby and Sako's are better IMO than the others. BUY THE WEATHERBY

BUY THE WEATHERBY

Go with the Weatherby. Lawdog

I'm not impressed with your choices, but I suppose I'd go with the Wby or Rem....

I much prefer a Winchester or Ruger...I would really suggest a pre 64 m-70 or Mauser in that caliber....they hold their value also in the event you ever wanted to sell them...I still shoot an old 300 H&H pre 64 Win....but a lot of nice 300 Win mags are still available in the pre 64.

Weatherby, not even close.

Ruger KM77RSP

-CRF
-3 pos safety
-integral mounts
-synthetic stock
-rugged
-handsome
-accurate

I'd go for the SS Mark V. If you don't like it, you can sell it and buy a SS Rem with money left over.

blong04 if you don't what the Weatherby I'll take it.

I appreciate all of thge feedback. The guy with the Weatherby decided to keep it, and I ended up finding a still new Tikka Whitetail Hunter synthetic/stainless for a good price so I bought it.