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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 64184" data-attributes="member: 8"><p><strong>Re: need EVERYone\'s advice on gear</strong></p><p></p><p>If you want to buy a new gun by all means go buy a new gun.</p><p></p><p>If you want to learn long range shooting then just get your 270 and go shoot until you burn the barrel out as Harv suggests. practice practice practice. When it is snowing or raining take your gun apart and look at the bedding. Mess it up as much as you want because you are going to get a new one anyway in a year or so. Adjust the trigger adjust the bedding, take the scope off and reset it so you can get max elevation. If you warp the tube so what, this is just your practice gun and you are going to get a new one anyway. You need to learn what make a gun tick and what makes it not tick and learn this on your practice gun. The only valuable part of this gun is the action. Not learning to reload is not an option, even this is practice practice practice. You have to be able to produce high quality ammo that is customized to your specific needs.</p><p></p><p>When you can make your 400 yd shots then you start with the 500 yd and so forth. If you start now trying to extend your range it will probably take you several years before you should be shooting over 500 yds at any game animal. Perhaps if you are not married, do not have children do not have to work for a living and are independently wealthy you can do it faster. Think of it as a mountain to be climbed and a challenge to be achieved and most of all a very enjoyable journey to excellence.</p><p></p><p>I have in my life seen remarkable feats with the 308 out to extreme ranges. With total respect for the 308 round I decline to ever own one, but there is a huge 308 fan club out there. You have a good caliber already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 64184, member: 8"] [b]Re: need EVERYone\'s advice on gear[/b] If you want to buy a new gun by all means go buy a new gun. If you want to learn long range shooting then just get your 270 and go shoot until you burn the barrel out as Harv suggests. practice practice practice. When it is snowing or raining take your gun apart and look at the bedding. Mess it up as much as you want because you are going to get a new one anyway in a year or so. Adjust the trigger adjust the bedding, take the scope off and reset it so you can get max elevation. If you warp the tube so what, this is just your practice gun and you are going to get a new one anyway. You need to learn what make a gun tick and what makes it not tick and learn this on your practice gun. The only valuable part of this gun is the action. Not learning to reload is not an option, even this is practice practice practice. You have to be able to produce high quality ammo that is customized to your specific needs. When you can make your 400 yd shots then you start with the 500 yd and so forth. If you start now trying to extend your range it will probably take you several years before you should be shooting over 500 yds at any game animal. Perhaps if you are not married, do not have children do not have to work for a living and are independently wealthy you can do it faster. Think of it as a mountain to be climbed and a challenge to be achieved and most of all a very enjoyable journey to excellence. I have in my life seen remarkable feats with the 308 out to extreme ranges. With total respect for the 308 round I decline to ever own one, but there is a huge 308 fan club out there. You have a good caliber already. [/QUOTE]
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