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Bone to pick with new rifle owners - 100 yards out of the box
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<blockquote data-quote="Chadp82" data-source="post: 2920163" data-attributes="member: 114151"><p>At a social gathering last week, a coworker was asking me about a hunting rifle to get started in big game. He prefaced this by saying another guy he knows would build him one that said would shoot 1000+ yards to the tune of $2-3k. (Rifle only, no scope)</p><p></p><p>I told him you can get a solid rifle to get you started easily under $1000, and if he wants help I can go with him. </p><p></p><p>I also said a $3k rifle doesn't make up for inexperience and the best thing he could do in my opinion was go get a basic bolt gun in 30cal or 7mm, and practice. The recoil on these is much different than the AR-15 world which he is coming from. I even offered to take him to the range and let him shoot a couple, one with a muzzle brake and one without so he can feel the difference.</p><p></p><p>I offered to help, but think the other guy already got his hopes up to shoot 1000 yards right away. I offered once and unless he asks, I did my part.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chadp82, post: 2920163, member: 114151"] At a social gathering last week, a coworker was asking me about a hunting rifle to get started in big game. He prefaced this by saying another guy he knows would build him one that said would shoot 1000+ yards to the tune of $2-3k. (Rifle only, no scope) I told him you can get a solid rifle to get you started easily under $1000, and if he wants help I can go with him. I also said a $3k rifle doesn’t make up for inexperience and the best thing he could do in my opinion was go get a basic bolt gun in 30cal or 7mm, and practice. The recoil on these is much different than the AR-15 world which he is coming from. I even offered to take him to the range and let him shoot a couple, one with a muzzle brake and one without so he can feel the difference. I offered to help, but think the other guy already got his hopes up to shoot 1000 yards right away. I offered once and unless he asks, I did my part. [/QUOTE]
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