wvbearhunter
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Why hit the easy button and do 308? Get a Zermatt Barreled.action from pvs and find a stock you like. Easy peezy.
Looking to built a precision rifle
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Yep, as noted in #8. My range has a rimfire shooting club that shoots in the 200Y and 300Y ranges. They have some serious set-ups, though.
I just attended my first 200yd benchrest match yesterday. It was either 6BR or 30BR. I was shooting 708. LOL
I have two 6.5X47 and really like them. That cartridge is about the easiest to find an accurate load for with multiple projectiles. My last build was a complete custom with premium components with the purpose of shooting 1000 yard matches in the Tactical division. Gun weighs 20.48 lbs and at 100 yards it will put 5 shots in a ragged hole about every time.By the way, there has been a new world record set in LG at 1000 yards…..and yes it was set with this cartridge.
Put some distance on that past 600 and you will see most of those guys with some variant of the 6BR such as BRA, Dasher, 6 X 47…… in other words a bit more case capacity.
Let me get all my 200yd shots in 1" and then I'll go see what them 600yd dudes doing!
Be prepared to make those same or close to it 200 yard shots at 600. And going from 600 to 1000 is another ball game.Let me get all my 200yd shots in 1" and then I'll go see what them 600yd dudes doing!
Yeah, this 200yd match was enough to have my cockyazz tail tucked! I just found this range, and I'm absolutely cooked now! They got centerfire & rimfire benchrest, CMP Highpower, CMP Vintage. I'm gonna be eating Ramen noodles...Be prepared to make those same or close to it 200 yard shots at 600. And going from 600 to 1000 is another ball game.
Oh no! I sense a "hook" about to be set and you found a new rabbit hole. lol.
98cwitr
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Just a range toy? 6creed gets my vote, 6GT if you want something that's got slightly less recoil, but I'd want the most for my money. 243win (or 243AI if you're a reloader) actually has slightly better performance than both inside of 500 yards...so don't take it off the table just because it's not the "new hotness." Things can change...you might have 1000 yards available to you in the future, so don't pigeonhole yourself just based on current circumstances.
Well I joined the club the first day after the vintage rifle match! Which I didn't do terrible with my Enfield No4MK2. I rolled around on my shop floor a few days prior trying to remember the finer points of Marine Corps Marksmanship with the loop sling from 30yrs ago!
38 min drive. Like I said, I'm cooked...LOL
The look on the match director's face when I told him this was my first match ever, and I got this British Enfield...He was really nice, but I could tell he thought he was gonna have some work on his hands. No shooting coat, spotter, flimsy mat. I shoot my 5 sighters, first shot hit low, went 3 clicks up on the ladder sight, then and couldn't see anything else on the target. On the way down I'm telling him I hope I hit the daggum thing. To my relief we saw: 10X, 10X, 10, 9! Bwahahaha! Then I shoot the highest score in that first match. I know a couple shooters were kinda miffed...
So, I'm glad I went the next day and shot that 200 benchrest. My hats went back to fitting my head...
Awesome brother! The main thing is to approach it with the intent to just have fun. Little by little the urge to be more competitive with respect to the crowd will drive you further into emptying that wallet……hence "rabbit hole". lol.
6 BRA or 6 Dasher
"That's Brad, AKA Cooked Rabbit"
