Recent content by Ian02

Sweet, another NH guy. Where the heck is Monroe? I decided to stick the 1-4 on an AR15 I built and bought a new scope for this rifle. Nikon Monarch 3, 4-16×42 with a MilDot reticle. Going out Sunday to see how it shoots. Thanks for the thoughts guys. I realize it's kind of shallow to...

Well, here it is. Again, it's great functionally but I'm not a huge fan of the look.

I'm up here in NH and this will be my 3rd year hunting Whitetail Deer. I decided to build a rifle and a Muzzle loader so I have something for each season we have. I found a Savage 11 Trophy Hunter in .308 super cheap with no scope or anything, just the rifle. I decided it would be great...

I bought one in 25-06 and just picked up a nice Nikon Monarch 3 for it yesterday. Hopefully I'll hit the range with it Sunday. Real nice rifle and stock. It was barely more for this rifle than the regular Varmint model with the plastic Remington stock on it.

I just bought a 700 Long Range in .25-06. It's basically a Varmint with a better stock. It isn't as nice as the Senderos I've seen, they seem to be a higher quality rifle.

I have done a lot of reading here and wanted to try Savage or Tikka along with a few other brands but the only rifles that felt as nice happened to be well above my price range. A $500 Savage might have a nice action and barrel but the stocks felt cheap. This 700 just felt right, nice stock...

Well guys to be honest I went a whole different route and bought this.... It's a new model I guess, Remington 700 Long Range .25-06 with the B&C M40 stock. I know it's basically a Varmint model in a nicer stock but it feels awesome. I put a cheap bipod on for now and picked up a Nikon...

One of these just popped up for a decent price at my local gun shop. .30-06, no scope/rings/bases, just the rifle itself. Doesn't look to have many rounds through it. Not perfect but very nice and under $800 out the door. Would this be a decent caliber/rifle to get my feet wet in this...

Went with the used VX3, wished it had a little more magnification but it looked the brightest and clearest.

It's store credit at my local gun store. Here are some options. Nikon Prostaff 5 3-9x40 $350 Nikon Buckmaster BDC 3-9x40 $170 Leupold VX1 3-9x40 $230 Leupold VX2 3-9x40 $299 Or a used VX3 2.5-8x36 for $325, like new in box, 2013 model Also there are some Nikon M223 and Leupold Mark...

Well I picked up a scope last night. I kept looking at Leupold VX1, or Nikon Prostaff, just something cheap to get started. I checked out the gun shops "tactical" rifle section and noticed a Bushnell fixed 10x40 Elite Tactical 3200 Mil-Dot. It was in the same price range and felt more...

I don't really know what's drawing me into the long range shooting/hunting but it seems like it would be fun and challenging. I've read a ton of threads here about caliber selection and thought about what type of yardages we shoot and the type of game we have here in New Hampshire, and decided...