Recent content by amaziah

Many matches are 1000yd. these days. Great fun and humbling.

Lesson 1 Always listen to Grandpa!!!!!!!!! Most rifles really don't shoot 1" groups. Group sizes are to shooting as fish length is to fishing!

By the time you practice enough to make a reasonable kill at a 1000yds. you will know what you need. So you are saying your fiance is sitting around chatting with you and goes something like this. Honey I have been dreaming of a rifle that I could kill a bear or an elk at 1000 yards. I am...

Apparently reading comprehension isn't your strong suit lol peace brother. My first 2 sentences talked about cheap surplus ammo as being cheap meaning not very accurate and I will add it's fun but when I want to get serious and shoot the wing off of a fly at 300 yards I use handloads. You...

Keep in mind that cheap .223 ammo is cheap ammo. If you want maximum accuracy at long range you definitely are not going to be shooting the surplus ammo. In the .223 for long range using 80 gr. bullets are usually seated long so they are fed 1 at a time. Not a problem for a bolt gun but in an...

You are getting 1'' groups with factory ammo at times. You definitely have a great factory rifle and I want to echo the other replies about handloading for maximum accuracy. If you are going for ultimate accuracy you really don't know what you have until you reload your own ammo tailored to...

Given the money you are considering spending there are alot great choices. Personally if I was looking for consistent 600 yard + performance I would not go with the 5.56/.223 cartridge. Sure I know someone who swears up and down that he killed a bear that was in his back yard with a .223...