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<blockquote data-quote="WV Sendero" data-source="post: 599378" data-attributes="member: 29930"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I really don't want to turn this topic into bickering but I feel like you reply to my questions like I have never shot a rifle before and have no idea what I am doing. That is not the case. I am nowhere near as knowledgeable about rifles/shooting as most folks here probably yourself included but I am not totally ignorant either. I wanted information on a rifle that would be accurate enough to hit eggs and other small targets at 300-400 yards but be capable of shooting farther if given the chance. I did not even mention shooting 1000 yards with this gun, and I have no intentions of doing so. I chose the calibers I did because given the right load they should be accurate, able to fight wind fairly well, and do what I want them to do. I actually did start my selection similar to what you suggested. I started with the 6 and 6.5mm bullets that are relatively heavy, and have good BC. I then looked for a cartridge that would shoot those bullets accurately, with little recoil, and be fairly flat shooting. I found the calibers that would do that then I looked for rifles in those chamberings and came across the Cooper. That is why I posted asking for others input with Coopers. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I do however appreciate your input of the Cooper triggers & stocks, the suggestion of the Savage, and the comparisons of the two. That is the type of information I was looking for. And if I took what you said in the wrong manner then I apologize but that is how it came across to me. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WV Sendero, post: 599378, member: 29930"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I really don't want to turn this topic into bickering but I feel like you reply to my questions like I have never shot a rifle before and have no idea what I am doing. That is not the case. I am nowhere near as knowledgeable about rifles/shooting as most folks here probably yourself included but I am not totally ignorant either. I wanted information on a rifle that would be accurate enough to hit eggs and other small targets at 300-400 yards but be capable of shooting farther if given the chance. I did not even mention shooting 1000 yards with this gun, and I have no intentions of doing so. I chose the calibers I did because given the right load they should be accurate, able to fight wind fairly well, and do what I want them to do. I actually did start my selection similar to what you suggested. I started with the 6 and 6.5mm bullets that are relatively heavy, and have good BC. I then looked for a cartridge that would shoot those bullets accurately, with little recoil, and be fairly flat shooting. I found the calibers that would do that then I looked for rifles in those chamberings and came across the Cooper. That is why I posted asking for others input with Coopers. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I do however appreciate your input of the Cooper triggers & stocks, the suggestion of the Savage, and the comparisons of the two. That is the type of information I was looking for. And if I took what you said in the wrong manner then I apologize but that is how it came across to me. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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