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Help me plan out a mid range rifle? .25-06 & light barrel experts needed.
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<blockquote data-quote="trebark" data-source="post: 505460" data-attributes="member: 19172"><p>The suggestion of a Remington 700SPS is a good one. Given you are pretty much limited to factory ammo, I would give serious consideration to 308 (generally speaking, I would go up or down a caliber e.g. 6mm, 6.5mm or 7.62mm as they have better BCs than the .25). An SPS will cost you ~$500.</p><p> </p><p>Once you have the rifle, replace the stock and have a good smith can 'accurize' it for you - tune trigger, lap lugs, recrown barrel. This will cost ~$300 depending on the stock you chosose. Examples...</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/nephews-transformed-rifle-53634/" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/nephews-transformed-rifle-53634/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/my-308-1k-rifle-evolution-continues-43510/" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/my-308-1k-rifle-evolution-continues-43510/</a></p><p> </p><p>Optics..Leupold is nice. Sightron SIII is better. Their 6-24x50 will run you ~$800</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trebark, post: 505460, member: 19172"] The suggestion of a Remington 700SPS is a good one. Given you are pretty much limited to factory ammo, I would give serious consideration to 308 (generally speaking, I would go up or down a caliber e.g. 6mm, 6.5mm or 7.62mm as they have better BCs than the .25). An SPS will cost you ~$500. Once you have the rifle, replace the stock and have a good smith can 'accurize' it for you - tune trigger, lap lugs, recrown barrel. This will cost ~$300 depending on the stock you chosose. Examples... [URL]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/nephews-transformed-rifle-53634/[/URL] [URL]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f53/my-308-1k-rifle-evolution-continues-43510/[/URL] Optics..Leupold is nice. Sightron SIII is better. Their 6-24x50 will run you ~$800 [/QUOTE]
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