What is a good $2000 or less rifle to shoot at 900 yard?

Question

I would like it to be a single shot bolt action rifle it also needs to be able to attach a scope to it

TYVM

Answer 1

The Savage 12F/TR fits your bill.  http://www.savagearms.com/12FTR.htm  It is designed for long range precision shooting and is a single shot for the stiffest receiver possible.  It comes with a target trigger which is adjustable from 6 ounces to 2.5 lbs.  This is an exceptionally accurate rifle.   You should be albe to find one retail for ARound $1000 which will leave you another $1K for your scope.  

There is also the Savage F class single shot rifle.  http://www.savagearms.com/12f_class.htm

Answer 2

Any Bolt action of the .30 cal or bigger will produce at 1000 yards.

Even the 270 or 280 has the power to reach out there.

A lot of Military Snipers use the .308 or a 7.62

My choice for Long Range shooting is the 30/06 with a 165 grain bullet.

Answer 3

FN308SPR  

ultra accurate rifle I just purchased for about 1300 bucks. It's only been shot out to 300 yards so far. Will be heading out to the big range in a few weeks. Likes federal 168 gr. matchking serria bthp. Hornady 168 gr. TAP ammo close second. I'm shooting the 308, with aimpoint tactical rings on a picatinny rail.Scope choice was Leopold MK lV 6.5 x 20- 50 mm objective. ( MK lV Long range tacticle with mil dot ) Factory match ammo is over 44 bucks from gander- cheaper then dirt has it right now on sale for 22 bucks. My buddies are all shooting 300 win mags but so far they can't match my 308 in ave group sizes. Don't know what 800-1000 yards will yeild but I'm hopeful.I would not limit my choices to single shot only. Several magazine fed bolt action rifles could serve your purpose just as well.

rifle  approx    $1300.00

rings                  $164.00

scope              $1200'00

Picatinny rail   included with rifle

Harris BiPod     $65.00

Answer 4

new single shot rifles are hard to come by most of them are custom built. now these days with good optics rifles with a magazint are just as accurate as single shots, once the bullet is chamberd thats what matters, and both rifles with magazines and single shot rifles have a bolt right, so assuming that you want single shot for maximum accuracy, i would say that you dont need to worry there as long as you buy quallity you will be fine. thre rifle is only asd good as the glass that you put on top. in terms of calibers to shoot at that range 308 is the obvious choice and is very hard to beat, on only mention it as you did not specify. rifles that are in that price range are remington 700sps varmint at about $1500, or the tikka t3 super varmint at about $1700, both have detachable magazines, if you wanted something with a mauser style floor plate then look ath the ruger laminated varmint, but the remington or the tikka would be my choice, the tikka comes from the factory fully floated and beded and you can get a picitinny rail and large bolt handle, dont know about the remington, but for a smith to do that its about $100, the advantage with remington is that you can get lots of aftermarket stocks and accessories, a couple worthwhile investments would be a harris notched swivel bipod, and a muzle break, or flash supressor, use some badger ordinance rings or the sako optilok rings with weaver bases to go an a picitinny rail, a excelent scope for the money would be the bushnell elite 6500, probably better that an mk4 leupold and allot cheaper. any othe questions just email me if you want, otherwise good luck

sorry forgot im talking AUD here but the whole kit would be about $3500 including rifle scope rings bipod muzzleberak give or take