r/canadaguns • u/noahdesouza • Jul 22 '26

Buy recommendations .308

Looking for advice/input on what to get or build.

I want a hybrid rifle chambered in .308. One that is good for backpacking/hunting/target shooting. I don’t want it to be only a bench rifle, for that I will get a Tikka T3X Ace Target or TAC A1 most likely in 6.5 Creedmor.

So far I’m trying to choose between

Sig Cross 16”
MRA Maverick 12.5” or 16”
Tikka CTR w/ MDT HNT26 Chassis
Tikka CTR w/ MDT The Tactical-LSS Gen3 Kit
Tikka CTR w/ MDT The Worker-LSS Gen3 Kit
Tikka components

They all have their pros/cons and tradeoffs.

Preferably I would like a shorter barrel.

I’d really appreciate your input/advice and thank you in advance for your responses!

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u/FD4L Jul 22 '26

A 12.5" will be a pretty unpleasant 308. I'd personally go for 16" with a decent linear compensator.

You could do a ruger ranch and put it in a minimalist config mdt lss3 with a folding stock and it should come in just long enough to be legal while folded. It would probably be 9-10 pounds loaded with an optic but it would fold to like 27" for carrying.

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u/noahdesouza Jul 23 '26

Thanks for your response! How would you compare that build to the Sig Cross? How’s the action, BCG, barrel, etc. compared to the Sig Cross?

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u/FD4L Jul 25 '26

I cant directly compare them, I dont own a Sig. I have a gen 1 308 ranch in a magpul hunter stock that I use as a bush rifle.

The ruger action takes a bit to smooth out but it shoots well, and once it is broken in its a really easy rifle to use. The bolt is built like a tank. The only range time it gets is pre hunting season, ill do 5 shot groups of fmj and if its on ill do 5 rounds of whatever hunting ammo im using. I zero at 100 and im almost always sub moa on my groups, although it would likely get some PoI shifts if I kept shooting and heated up the barrel.