FRANCHI MOMENTUM

This one already wears an Athlon Talos 6-24×50, so it’s zeroed-and-go instead of another optics shopping trip. Franchi made its name on shotguns, then quietly built one of the better bolt guns in its price bracket. The curved stock and TSA pad eat about half the felt recoil, while the free-floating barrel and adjustable 2-4 pound trigger do the accuracy work. Threaded muzzle for a can, 6.7 pounds of rifle before the glass, all in FDE.

The only thing left to buy is ammo.