ahuntnfool
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- Joined
- Mar 16, 2010
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First off I would like to say hi to all the shooting enthusiasts on this site !..
This will be my 1st post but I have been a member for several months just soaking up all the info on the pages within this site.
I am impressed with the way this site is ran and my hat is off to Len for doing such a great job !!..also to all the members on this site....you all conduct yourselves like true gentlemen and I am glad to be a part of this site !!.
Now the questions .......
I wanted to build myself a custom long range shooter but as of Feb I lost my job and as of yet I am not reemployed, so I have decided to hold off on the custom for the time being and I would like to do some things to the rifle that I currently own to make it as good a shooter as I can afford right now.
I have a Rem 700 SPS in 300 RUM which I purchased used and it came with a bunch of handloading stuff (brass,powder,dies,bullets etc) and it had a Nikon Buck Masters scope on it and a muzzle break.I got the whole package for $800.
The guy I bought the rifle from claimed that it will shoot .5 moa at 200 yards,but I have not even shot the rifle yet to confirm that claim as I immediately took the scope and and sold it.
Now do I have the factory stock pillar bedded ,or do I replace the stock with an after market stock like a Bell and Carlson Alaskan 2 or a HS Precision Pro Series Sporter stock on it ??
I plan on using Bushnell Signiture series rings and bases on it for the scope mounting, but which scope to use ? I have been shooting with Leupold scopes all my life and I really like them,but I have been doing alot of research on the Sightron S2 Big Sky also.
I am looking at the Leupold VX3 4.5-14X40 with CDS with a standard duplex reticle and I am also looking at the Sightron S2 Big Sky 4.5-14x44 with target turrets and adjustable objective and it has the dot reticle in it.The scopes are very comparable as far as price goes,but which one will be better for the application ? I do not plan on shooting more than about 8-900 yards with this set up.
I do my own handloading and I am loading for several rifles of which one is a Win Model 70 Stainless Classic with a bone stock barrel in 7MM RUM and I am getting 3595 fps with 150 gr Nosler Partitions and it shoots .685 3 shot group at 100 yards.
The trigger for now will just be the factory trigger adjusted down to 2.5-3 lbs.
What do I do ??
Sorry for the long post..
Thanx for all your input and again this site and its members are top shelf !!!!!...
Randy
This will be my 1st post but I have been a member for several months just soaking up all the info on the pages within this site.
I am impressed with the way this site is ran and my hat is off to Len for doing such a great job !!..also to all the members on this site....you all conduct yourselves like true gentlemen and I am glad to be a part of this site !!.
Now the questions .......
I wanted to build myself a custom long range shooter but as of Feb I lost my job and as of yet I am not reemployed, so I have decided to hold off on the custom for the time being and I would like to do some things to the rifle that I currently own to make it as good a shooter as I can afford right now.
I have a Rem 700 SPS in 300 RUM which I purchased used and it came with a bunch of handloading stuff (brass,powder,dies,bullets etc) and it had a Nikon Buck Masters scope on it and a muzzle break.I got the whole package for $800.
The guy I bought the rifle from claimed that it will shoot .5 moa at 200 yards,but I have not even shot the rifle yet to confirm that claim as I immediately took the scope and and sold it.
Now do I have the factory stock pillar bedded ,or do I replace the stock with an after market stock like a Bell and Carlson Alaskan 2 or a HS Precision Pro Series Sporter stock on it ??
I plan on using Bushnell Signiture series rings and bases on it for the scope mounting, but which scope to use ? I have been shooting with Leupold scopes all my life and I really like them,but I have been doing alot of research on the Sightron S2 Big Sky also.
I am looking at the Leupold VX3 4.5-14X40 with CDS with a standard duplex reticle and I am also looking at the Sightron S2 Big Sky 4.5-14x44 with target turrets and adjustable objective and it has the dot reticle in it.The scopes are very comparable as far as price goes,but which one will be better for the application ? I do not plan on shooting more than about 8-900 yards with this set up.
I do my own handloading and I am loading for several rifles of which one is a Win Model 70 Stainless Classic with a bone stock barrel in 7MM RUM and I am getting 3595 fps with 150 gr Nosler Partitions and it shoots .685 3 shot group at 100 yards.
The trigger for now will just be the factory trigger adjusted down to 2.5-3 lbs.
What do I do ??
Sorry for the long post..
Thanx for all your input and again this site and its members are top shelf !!!!!...
Randy