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<blockquote data-quote="gcamp54" data-source="post: 502046" data-attributes="member: 16056"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">This is only one opinion but I have learned some lessons trying to get a rifle to shoot long range without spending the money up front. I am no expert on this site. Just been there and done that. My lesson as been, pay now or pay later. But also I can afford it now, I couln't then. There are two very important components that you should consider first. One is quality brass availability if you plan to reload and two is the barrel. Brass makes a difference and I would recommend going to the Lapua or Norma web site. Pick a caliber either one of those manufactures produce brass for and use their brass. Second is that you cannot beat a custom barrel shooting long distances accurately. Since you stated you are interested in hunting the large game such as elk you can't go wrong with choosing a .30 cal or .338. There are some great threads in this site on "best large game calibers". There's always trade-offs with going bigger such as recoil and expense but you said you plan to use a brake. With that said and saying you have time before being able to buy another rifle, I'd watch for a good deal to come up on a custom receiver and go from there. You will need to decide if you want a short action, long action, or something designed for the bigger .338s. Then you don't have to true the action to put a good quality barrel on it and you should get a good quality custom barrel. The down side of this approach is that it's going to be more expensive than buying a factory rifle but it will shoot better. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gordon</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcamp54, post: 502046, member: 16056"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]This is only one opinion but I have learned some lessons trying to get a rifle to shoot long range without spending the money up front. I am no expert on this site. Just been there and done that. My lesson as been, pay now or pay later. But also I can afford it now, I couln’t then. There are two very important components that you should consider first. One is quality brass availability if you plan to reload and two is the barrel. Brass makes a difference and I would recommend going to the Lapua or Norma web site. Pick a caliber either one of those manufactures produce brass for and use their brass. Second is that you cannot beat a custom barrel shooting long distances accurately. Since you stated you are interested in hunting the large game such as elk you can't go wrong with choosing a .30 cal or .338. There are some great threads in this site on "best large game calibers". There's always trade-offs with going bigger such as recoil and expense but you said you plan to use a brake. With that said and saying you have time before being able to buy another rifle, I'd watch for a good deal to come up on a custom receiver and go from there. You will need to decide if you want a short action, long action, or something designed for the bigger .338s. Then you don't have to true the action to put a good quality barrel on it and you should get a good quality custom barrel. The down side of this approach is that it's going to be more expensive than buying a factory rifle but it will shoot better. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Gordon[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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