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building a new rifle but need some input
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<blockquote data-quote="308 nate" data-source="post: 86698" data-attributes="member: 1920"><p>DanC,</p><p>I typically shoot my barrels until it is uncomfortable to the touch, a lot of times in matches you're required to shoot so many rounds in a certain amount of time. As far as this long range hunting and competition thing, you need to figure out what you want to compete in as there is no one gun for all competitions. If you are building an "F" class match rifle or Palma style rifle,they can turn out to be very nice long range hunting rifles as well. If you are thinking bench rest (heavy or light) you might want to be thinking about two rifles,not to say you can't long range hunt with a bench rest, but a 16 - 40 lb gun will be cumbersome.....So, I guess it would be more like bench rest hunting /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif</p><p>If you were just building a long range hunting rifle,I would build it specifically for long range hunting. Which would probably include a larger caliber with a good muzzle brake for long range energy.</p><p>So depending on what you want to compete in,I would build the rifle for that specific type of competion and then adapt it into long range hunting if so desired, but as stated before some adapt better than others.</p><p>At 1K your biggest enemies are wind and for me recoil.</p><p>The next key would be quality ammo,if you want to compete at 1k you need to be able to keep your ES in the single digits(which can be frustrating to achive)</p><p>FWIW,</p><p>308nate</p><p>P.S I feel the 7MMWSM with the right bullet has a very acceptable amount of energy for taking white tails and mulies up to 1K (some will argue this, shot placement is the key)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="308 nate, post: 86698, member: 1920"] DanC, I typically shoot my barrels until it is uncomfortable to the touch, a lot of times in matches you're required to shoot so many rounds in a certain amount of time. As far as this long range hunting and competition thing, you need to figure out what you want to compete in as there is no one gun for all competitions. If you are building an "F" class match rifle or Palma style rifle,they can turn out to be very nice long range hunting rifles as well. If you are thinking bench rest (heavy or light) you might want to be thinking about two rifles,not to say you can't long range hunt with a bench rest, but a 16 - 40 lb gun will be cumbersome.....So, I guess it would be more like bench rest hunting [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] If you were just building a long range hunting rifle,I would build it specifically for long range hunting. Which would probably include a larger caliber with a good muzzle brake for long range energy. So depending on what you want to compete in,I would build the rifle for that specific type of competion and then adapt it into long range hunting if so desired, but as stated before some adapt better than others. At 1K your biggest enemies are wind and for me recoil. The next key would be quality ammo,if you want to compete at 1k you need to be able to keep your ES in the single digits(which can be frustrating to achive) FWIW, 308nate P.S I feel the 7MMWSM with the right bullet has a very acceptable amount of energy for taking white tails and mulies up to 1K (some will argue this, shot placement is the key) [/QUOTE]
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