Hunting bolt gun recommendations

[u/General_bacon21]

Hi everyone, I am looking into getting a 308 bolt action rifle for hunting and some range. I want it to be 20 inches or less and I have narrowed it down to these few:

CVA Cascade SB (Threaded barrel, good price but sort of hard to find)

Tikka T3X Lite Compact (Non threaded barrel, probably the most expensive of all, hard to find and the really expensive mags are a con)

Ruger American Ranch Gen2 (Nice looking rifle, I do have some doubts about a 16 inch barrel and I have heard there might be some issues with the feeding sometimes)

Bergara B14 Ridge SP (Also hard to find and the one I know the least about)

I would like yalls opinion on all of these rifles and if you own them what you guys think of them. Note that I think for this one I would like to buy this gun used and I don't think I would be hunting past 250 meters.

Thank you

[u/preferablyoutside]

Most of the LARPers on here are absolutely in love with a flagpole length barrel as they neither hike nor actually go outside so you’re bound to get some hate for even mentioning a sub 24” barrel.

I’d get the Ruger, the price is right and the feeding issue is more guys not bothering to clean or CLP them when they first buy them. If you don’t mind being a little heavier the Bergara is fantastic.

[u/Berns35703 → u/preferablyoutside]

I’ve got a gen 2 prairie in 6.5cm. Still haven’t broken it in completely and I had one or 2 minor feed issues at the very start. Just a bit of work to clean it and it works perfectly fine. Also have a Bergara SP in .223 I’m looking at a longer barrel for because it’s a bench rifle. But it’s reliable, well built and I have no clue how many rounds I’ve put through it