I'm in the market to buy one of these. Ideally, I'd like to get a CZ 550, but it seems that Savage and CHA are the two readily available brands. They cost about the same. Are they about equal in quality at the 2.5k price point? Before you ask, I'll be using it to hunt chipmunks.
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- Thread starter Ringorock
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Get what you really want. The ammo is the long term cost with 338 lapua. And depending on what you are actually doing with it, you may be just as well served served with something like a 300 Norma with ammo costing about half
When you’re stepping up in that fire power just go full custom. At $2500 you can at least have a quality action, stock, and barrel. Probably another 1200 in gunsmithing costs depending on how detailed you get on accurizing.
It's pronounced Lah-Pwah. Gotta learn Finnish for it to shoot right
Chipmunks at a mile and a half..................Seems like the perfect caliber to me. Of course I carry 44 magnum for self defense. I did pick up a 300 wm for squirrels.
I just watched a ammo-testing promotional video from the company in their own Finnish language.
It's pronounced "LAH-pooah" w/ accent on first syllable, of what sounds like a two-syllable word, not three syllables.
Get a rifle with some heft, I have a Sako TRG-S light weight hunting rifle, approx. 7lbs without optics.
It will hurt bad, ask the many scope cut people who shot mine in the past.
"I'm telling you, wear the recoil pads, and DON'T choke up on the scope!"
It is a sharp dig, not a strong push like a heavy 50 BMG rifle.
But then, I guess this was purposely built for the one shot hunts, not for repeated target shooting.
I'm in the slow process of customizing mine, I bought the KRG Whiskey stock, was the last thing I did.
Was going to get APA to rebarell it to a much heavier profile barrel than the skinny hunting barrel.
Haven't followed up on that part, sigh...
It will hurt bad, ask the many scope cut people who shot mine in the past.
"I'm telling you, wear the recoil pads, and DON'T choke up on the scope!"
It is a sharp dig, not a strong push like a heavy 50 BMG rifle.
But then, I guess this was purposely built for the one shot hunts, not for repeated target shooting.
I'm in the slow process of customizing mine, I bought the KRG Whiskey stock, was the last thing I did.
Was going to get APA to rebarell it to a much heavier profile barrel than the skinny hunting barrel.
Haven't followed up on that part, sigh...
