What rifle would you buy planning on resale later?

Looking for a 308 or 243 heavy barreled hunting rifle to use for the 3 years I am in Oz.

What has good resale?

Are Savages frowned upon in Australia?

I can build a killer Savage.

308 of any of the mainline names

Savages certainly are not frowned upon here.

Oi Gryph! Thanks for the honest confession mate. These yanks don't realise that Oz is full of you savages eh??!!

You definitely missed my point,its the 800,000 Kiwi`s that I was referring to that live in Aus...the place to be obviously as far as they reckon.

Cool, probably do Howa, Remington, or Savage. Unless I can find something else on the cheap.

Sako rifles hold their value the best in my opinion - especially the old model ones form the 90's.

I guess it depends on what kind of deal I am going to get.

Going to probably try a heavy barreled Howa and put a Wild Dog or Bell and Carlson stock on it.

Stinking Wild Dog is expensive isn't it. Kind of like the price of AI stocks in America.

I notice Ruger rifles are pretty cheap here this year. In some calibres the barrel weight is just right for carrying in the hills - but then you want a heavy barrel so may not care.

The SSAA magazine classifieds seems to be full of used .243 and .308 rifles for sale. A good second-hand rifle should hold its value better than a new one.

Ruger would work. Not going to be to picky, as I may not get to export it.

That if I buy a Mark II I can do a lot of work to it, like a new trigger and a HS Precision stock.

Thanks!

I'll be in Melbourne for the airshow if you want to get some beers.

When is the airshow, D99?
My quick googling only shows Avalon 2011. I live on the way from the airport, so might be able to meet up.

Cheers
- Paul

Yep, that will be me.

Look for a fat bald guy wearing a green flightsuit, Navy desert digital cammies, Navy desert cammies, Navy woodland cammies, or Navy blue digital cammies.

D99, I didn't bother to note what time of year it is. Send me a PM close to the date and we might be able to meet up.

Cheers
- Paul