I prefer Cabelas, myself. They just opened their first store here in OK and I was able to visit it yesterday and pick up a few items. I'm with Cush on the 6-pay program at Bass Pro though. Part of the appeal of Cabelas was that I could order online and not pay tax before they opened a store in...
I weighed mine the other night and it was about 22 lbs. with a couple items that needed to be removed. I was trying to see what the total lack weight was on my way out because I had some extra special cargo on the pack out.
Get the Tikka and put the rest toward quality glass. I love my Tikka .30/06 with Zeiss Conquest. I'm not much over your $1000 budget with rifle AND glass. Pick up a recoil pad too because it will thump a little bit.
I ordered this from Midway thinking I was getting the hoody because that was what was in the picture but they sent me this. They've said they won't do a straight exchange, only a refund so I figured I'd make a fellow Hunt Talker a deal on it. It's new with tags and I only took it out of the...