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The Basics, Starting Out
New to long range, looking for setup advice.
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<blockquote data-quote="1187Shooter" data-source="post: 1269165" data-attributes="member: 98522"><p>Welcome from another newcomer. </p><p>I also am a huge fan of the 30-06... it is by far my favorite all around cartridge. If I had to choose only one rifle to keep it would be an '06. Tat being said, I went ahead and picked up the 270 WSM. It's in almost pristine shape, only 23 rounds through it... 20 at the range, one scope check shot at the lease and 2 dead deer. It also came with 6 full boxes of various ammo (minus those last 3 Winchester Ballistic Silvertips.)</p><p>I should point out that my reason for picking this rifle up is that it was a deal I could not pass up, and did not cost me any actual cash money... I'm a die-hard horse trader. Any upgrades I do to either of these rifles will be the result of trading and scrounging... so I will work with what I have until I can get into better optics and gear. The new rifle came with a (good but not great) 3-9x40 scope so I'll move that to the '06 and put the 6.5-20x44 on the WSM. I figure If I can learn how to shoot well with the guns and scopes as they are, once I finally get some good glass on the rifles, I'll be even better off. I have hunted with a scope exactly 3 times in my life, so it's really new to me, long range or not. Give me a peep sight or even buckhorns and I'm in my comfort zone.</p><p></p><p>side note... it is a dream of mine to go hunt NZ... looks like a lot of similarities to some of the ground I roamed in Alaska as a youngster. Those Red Stags are just cool!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1187Shooter, post: 1269165, member: 98522"] Welcome from another newcomer. I also am a huge fan of the 30-06... it is by far my favorite all around cartridge. If I had to choose only one rifle to keep it would be an '06. Tat being said, I went ahead and picked up the 270 WSM. It's in almost pristine shape, only 23 rounds through it... 20 at the range, one scope check shot at the lease and 2 dead deer. It also came with 6 full boxes of various ammo (minus those last 3 Winchester Ballistic Silvertips.) I should point out that my reason for picking this rifle up is that it was a deal I could not pass up, and did not cost me any actual cash money... I'm a die-hard horse trader. Any upgrades I do to either of these rifles will be the result of trading and scrounging... so I will work with what I have until I can get into better optics and gear. The new rifle came with a (good but not great) 3-9x40 scope so I'll move that to the '06 and put the 6.5-20x44 on the WSM. I figure If I can learn how to shoot well with the guns and scopes as they are, once I finally get some good glass on the rifles, I'll be even better off. I have hunted with a scope exactly 3 times in my life, so it's really new to me, long range or not. Give me a peep sight or even buckhorns and I'm in my comfort zone. side note... it is a dream of mine to go hunt NZ... looks like a lot of similarities to some of the ground I roamed in Alaska as a youngster. Those Red Stags are just cool! [/QUOTE]
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