I am finally going to make a purchase in the upcoming weeks to get my wife what she wants for her birthday: a hunting rifle with scope... I will have $1200-1400 to spend and was wondering if anyone could help me decide on the best combo. Reading through threads, I know that there are a wide variety of calibers to choose from and the 3-9x40 scope seems to be an average start. While I realize that if you put a crappy scope on a good rifle, you can screw yourself, I have no doubt that putting a decent scope on a crappy rifle won't be much better. As far as my wife goes, she's 5'8" and probably 180-ish, so she's not in need of a tiny caliber either.
I guess my real question was if you had $1200-1400 to set yourself up for general purpose (deer, hogs, etc within TX) what combo would go for?
I guess my real question was if you had $1200-1400 to set yourself up for general purpose (deer, hogs, etc within TX) what combo would go for?