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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 178859" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>Welcome aboard Straitshooter , I think that you will find that the guys here are very understanding of everybody elses oppinions , for the most part , and generaly don't pass judgement against anybody.</p><p> </p><p>F-class shooting is a great place to start shooting long range , as it allows you to practice fighting one of the biggest factors thats the wind , the range is known so thats generaly not to worried about. As for your gun , well 1.5" groups at 100yds surely won't cut it in any kind of match. I personaly don't care for Ruger action and like them less and less evry time I work with one (insert bad words about front action screw) but they can be made to shoot as well as any other action. Unless you had a fondness of this gun I'd sell it and either put that money toward a custom action and build from their or start with a known accurate rifle like the Sendero serries from Remington , the BVSS from Savage and a couple other of the heavier barreled rifles from other makers. Right now Savage is making a rifle specificaly for the F-class crowd chambered in 308 and 6.5-284. It has a 30" heavy barrel. I think that the 308 would be a good place to start with this rifle as its slower velocity will make your respect the wind and ranges more , that in turn will helop you out in the LR area , its also cheaper to shoot , has a very long barrel life and several ammo makers offer match quality ammo for it if you don't reload yet. Another good thing about the 308 in this gun is that once you get better at shooting and range estimation a simple rechamber job and swap out the bolt head and you can step up to the 300 WSM or other 30 cal wildcats and take better advantage of that 30" barrel. I think these guns are selling for under $1000 now and all of them that I have heard of will shoot in the 1/2" range , I know guys that spend 3 times that amount on full custom rebuilds and strugle to get close to 1/2" groups.</p><p> </p><p>When you think about guys shooting long range and how risky it is think about this , your rifle shoot 1.5" groups at 100yds , alot of the guys here shoot groups like that at 600yds!! so your shooting at the same size target and your rifle goups just as well but ours is 5 football fields further away. I agree with getting closer if it possible especialy on animlas like elk that are harder to kill than the smaller deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 178859, member: 8843"] Welcome aboard Straitshooter , I think that you will find that the guys here are very understanding of everybody elses oppinions , for the most part , and generaly don't pass judgement against anybody. F-class shooting is a great place to start shooting long range , as it allows you to practice fighting one of the biggest factors thats the wind , the range is known so thats generaly not to worried about. As for your gun , well 1.5" groups at 100yds surely won't cut it in any kind of match. I personaly don't care for Ruger action and like them less and less evry time I work with one (insert bad words about front action screw) but they can be made to shoot as well as any other action. Unless you had a fondness of this gun I'd sell it and either put that money toward a custom action and build from their or start with a known accurate rifle like the Sendero serries from Remington , the BVSS from Savage and a couple other of the heavier barreled rifles from other makers. Right now Savage is making a rifle specificaly for the F-class crowd chambered in 308 and 6.5-284. It has a 30" heavy barrel. I think that the 308 would be a good place to start with this rifle as its slower velocity will make your respect the wind and ranges more , that in turn will helop you out in the LR area , its also cheaper to shoot , has a very long barrel life and several ammo makers offer match quality ammo for it if you don't reload yet. Another good thing about the 308 in this gun is that once you get better at shooting and range estimation a simple rechamber job and swap out the bolt head and you can step up to the 300 WSM or other 30 cal wildcats and take better advantage of that 30" barrel. I think these guns are selling for under $1000 now and all of them that I have heard of will shoot in the 1/2" range , I know guys that spend 3 times that amount on full custom rebuilds and strugle to get close to 1/2" groups. When you think about guys shooting long range and how risky it is think about this , your rifle shoot 1.5" groups at 100yds , alot of the guys here shoot groups like that at 600yds!! so your shooting at the same size target and your rifle goups just as well but ours is 5 football fields further away. I agree with getting closer if it possible especialy on animlas like elk that are harder to kill than the smaller deer. [/QUOTE]
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