I don't see why not. What caliber is it?

Ya, I guess it would work for long range hunting for big game. I wouldn't take one deer hunting where no more than 100 yard shots are going to be made, but I think you could get one to work with practice.

Of course it would the military has used a sniper rifle based on the model 700 for a very long time, you would have excellent optics and if it would take down a person it would surely take down a deer or larger sized game.

I think it depends on the shooter. Myself, I just don't shoot enough to feel comfortable making those longer shots. I do know a guy in CO that I use to run around with that consistently shot coyotes at long distances. I saw him, we even had it on video, shoot a coyote at 1,000 yds. That is a little out of my comfort area, but for those that shoot all the time, more power to you. You may even see him sometime on the show "Best of the West".

Savage tactical .308 would be a great gun from large varmints to elk.

I would think that a sniper rifle would be fine for hunting as long as your comfortable and practiced in shooting with it. No matter how accurate the rifle may be, if you don't practice with it in hunting type situations, you never know how you'll do with it. If your comfortable and practiced with it, by all means you should use it, but there's no sense in using a sniper rifle unless you plan on some long range shots, so take into consideration what type of terrain you are going to be hunting.

Yes, typically a sniper rifle chambers rounds from a .227 all the way to .50 calliber. These guns would be great because they are built by military specs and would be able to handle more wear and tear than your average gun. I wouldnt mind using a Dragunov bucause they are light weight and are semi-automatic. Also, the Russains are known for making good firearms

Sorry, I meant Del in Kansas that I agree with. Not buckhunter.

What type of caliber are you talking about? I think that it is great. Hone your skills. If you can make an ethical kill at more than 500 yds. more power to you. I have seen a .50 cal sniper rifle for sale before at Sportsman's Warehouse in Anchorage, AK before. I would say that would be OVERkill.

No I don't think it would be a good hunting rifle although it would have its place. The reason people say it would be a good stand rifle is because due to the 24-26 inch bull barrels are rather heavy and unwieldy. I don't think that they would be good hunting rifles based on this; I had a Remington Sendero back in my younger days and it was HEAVY about a 12 pound gun. The 26 inch barrel would hang on every briar, limb, and vine in the woods and it balenced well forward of the action. So it was rather front heavy. After a few miles through the woods or a few hours on your shoulder you were done. Also most Sniper rifles of the Vietnam era had fixed 10x scopes which are too high for most deer hunting.

Now I said all that to say this. If you stand hunt and take all your shots at 200 plus yards then yes the rifle would be fine. I have to walk to all my stands at least 2-300 yards and I usually walk a lot farther than that during a hunt. I refuse to carry a rifle that is over 8-9 pounds topped out.

That's my $.02 worth

it will definantly get the job done but use a .308 tactical