16 September 2006, 16:36
holzaugeSteyr Pro Hunter - any experience?
Anyone have experience with the Steyr? I have long wanted a stainless steel rifle in 6.5x55, with a composite stock, mostly for whitetail deer and black bear. What is the Steyr's twist rate?
Nothing else seems as good a match. The Sako 75 seems heavy for my uses, the Winchester out of production and going for more than it's worth. The Tikka's stock is a little too long for me with no easy way to change it. I like the Steyr's easy pull adjustment.
17 September 2006, 05:12
9.3 riflemanholzauge,
I have a 6.5x55 Steyr Forester - the same action and barrel but with a wooden stock. It is very well balanced and super accurate with any load I feed it. It loves just about any 140 grain bullet (it loves the Federal Classic 140 grain load). I am not sure of the twist rate, but the trigger is fantastic on mine. It also feeds very smoothly. I think that a Pro-Hunter model in stainless steel and synthetic would be fantastic for whitetails. You will not be disappointed with the performance.
17 September 2006, 14:55
sniper66quote:
Originally posted by 9.3 rifleman:
holzauge,
I have a 6.5x55 Steyr Forester - the same action and barrel but with a wooden stock. It is very well balanced and super accurate with any load I feed it. It loves just about any 140 grain bullet (it loves the Federal Classic 140 grain load). I am not sure of the twist rate, but the trigger is fantastic on mine. It also feeds very smoothly. I think that a Pro-Hunter model in stainless steel and synthetic would be fantastic for whitetails. You will not be disappointed with the performance.
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17 September 2006, 16:20
bumscratcherI looked at a pro hunter with synthetic stock and thought it was junk, the stock was so flimsy that it was a jokeyou could move the fore end around 10mm or more with just finger and thumb pressure, the wood stock versions do look nice and they all seem to shoot i too looked at the swede but went custom in the end.
B
17 September 2006, 17:40
sniper66quote:
Originally posted by bumscratcher:
I looked at a pro hunter with synthetic stock and thought it was junk, the stock was so flimsy that it was a jokeyou could move the fore end around 10mm or more with just finger and thumb pressure, the wood stock versions do look nice and they all seem to shoot i too looked at the swede but went custom in the end.
B
that's right, the fore end with the standard synthetic stock seems to be a little weak, but for little extra money you can order a black fiberglass reinforced synthetic stock which is absolutely amazing. I have seven of the Pro Hunters with the black reinforced stock and I don't want to miss one of them...