I had asked opinions starting w Browning 308 and asked other brands - thanks for all the help - here is what I got:

Bergara ridge wilderness B14 - 20 inch barrel w karakote - topped w Leupold Vx6Hd 3x18x50 side focus w firdot reticle - got it at Village Pawn - he knocked 100 off scope and knock some off gun - he always deals bettr than anybody I found across the south (Shane)
Thanks again for help - really like the feel and look of the rifle and the trigger feels very good - trigger May not need work

The 270 w dream trigger and Zeiss conquest is my go to but think this could get lot of use

My Tika 2506 w victory scope may be on back burner

Sounds like a great set up! Good luck finding a good load. All of my .308’s pretty much like everything I have fed them. Love me some .308!!!

Sounds good.maybe a good excuse to rebarrel and restock the Tikka to a custom build?
Tikka in 338-06 would be sweet

Thanks guys - I wanted a 308 for about 20 years - finally pulled the trigger

Well you pulled it on a fine rifle. Enjoy.

Congrats - .308 is a great do it all round. Its easy to reload and adaptable to all kinds of powder and bullets. I've loaded it from a 90g up to a 220g bullet. The best was the 168g Game King or Match King.

Congrats on a new setup!

Congratulations T you will love the .308 mine has proven to be a reliable workhorse and just a sweet shooter. Post up some pics of that bad boy!!

Nice score tdog 👍 I love the 308 for deer I've killed a bunch of yotes with it too

That is hilarious Bustinbeards- let me get off this hunt and see what I can do

Posting for TDog.

Man she's purty 👍

Very nice setup TDog93 👍🏻

Dang! That’s gun porn for sure!

Thanks guys - the gun was for Christmas- wife don’t know about the scope yet 😀

Appreciate You posting Pics BustinBeards

Let us know how she shoots

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I shot it 8 times today - the last 2 shots at 100 yards were inside a tennis ball size circle so it can kill now. I like the bolts action and really like the big knob on the bolt and the trigger is pretty good - I May try to get it down to 2# - I am guessing it 2.5 - not quit as sensitive as my 270 - but great for out of the box

I will try to see what it will do on a group of 3 and get back to u w a pic sometime in next 2-3 weeks

I bought this Bergara Premier Approach a few months ago, and I dedicated a Saturday morning to the barrel break in procedure in the Bergara manual. I know some folks don't believe in it, but I figured it couldn't hurt. By the end of it I wasn't pulling any copper out on my patches and the groups were tightening up more and more.

I shot one group after the "official" break in process was finished and it was just better than an inch. I've shot two deer with it this year, including a buck today.

It will definitely tighten up as you put more rounds through it. I've been really happy with mine, and you actually have a better scope on yours than I do on mine.

The one thing I learned after some skinned up knuckles...it's easier to feed the BDL rifles upside down vs through the top.

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Very nice - you got a bettr rifle though - good looking gun

I think I will like my shorter barrel - I need to spend lot more time shooting it - May do what u did - thanks for the tip