Best Hunting Rifle Under $350: Five guns reviewed head-to-head and hands-on


Are you looking for a new hunting rifle for yourself or someone in your family? Is inflation making your budget a little bit smaller for a new hunting rifle? If so, this video is for you. We didn’t personally make it, but the team over at Backfire did, and it’s great. So we wanted to share it with you.

In this video you’ll see the best hunting rifles.

The hunting rifles that were reviewed were the Thompson Center Compass, Ruger American, Savage Axis, Remington 783, and Mossberg Patriot to see what the best inexpensive hunting rifle is. After shooting hundreds of rounds and doing in-depth testing for over 100 hours, this is their order of which is the best and worst gun at this price point.

After their review this is their order from best to worst:

  1. Thompson Center Compass
  2. Ruger American
  3. Savage Axis
  4. Remington 783
  5. Mossberg Patriot

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If you are looking for a time table to see more about an individual hunting rifle here you are.

1:01 Mossberg Patriot
5:16 TC Compass
7:07 Remington 783
10:49 Savage Axis
13:04 Ruger American

Steven Swift

Steven has always been interested in the outdoors. Camping, hiking, mountain biking, fishing... he loves it all. Steven loves being able to share what he learns here.

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