for hunter class:
Anschutz 1700 series $900 and up
Sako Finnfire $600 and up
Remington $300 and up
CZ $300 and up
Kimber $700 and up
Anschutz is a known entity, most of the best shooters are using them. The Sako is of like quality and becoming more popular. Remington has been around a long time, fast locktime, lousy off-hand stock. CZ is very popular because it is good quality for the money. Good little shooter. Kimber is a nice rifle but hasn't really caught on. Too many little problems with too many other rifles without those little problems competeting. Still, you see a few of them on the line.
Keep in mind that the new rules are quite lax and really allow us to have a light standard rifle. As long as it looks like a hunter rifle, has a 2lb trigger pull, has a tapered barrel, and weighs 8.5 pounds or less you are okay.
Standard Rifle:
Anschutz 1800 Series as an out of the box rifle
most any action/barrel/stock combination that you can think of.
Many folks are using their hunter rifle for both classes.
Scope:
Leupold: most popular, most expensive, questionable tracking, good clarity and brightness
Bushnell: less popular, much less expensive, good tracking, wonderful clarity and brightness. they are abit heavy.
Sightron: less popular, much less expensive, excellent tracking, mediocre clarity and brightness, a couple of ounces heavier than the Leupold.
Lots of others being used but those seem to be the most popular.
