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Hensoldt Storms The US Market By David M. Fortier
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<blockquote data-quote="JRu" data-source="post: 335093" data-attributes="member: 6837"><p>We don't really have a "LRH" tradition here as our forests are thick, 99% of the shots are 200 or closer. The few of us who shoot/hunt long range, shoot pretty much what the rest of the world does; Mostly .308Win, 6.5x284 , 338LM.</p><p></p><p>I had a TRG-42 ( the 5-25 S&B was on top of that ) but I sold it as it sickened me to see it just gather dust in the gun cabinet. I had it out a couple of times a year for ELR shooting and competitions.</p><p></p><p>I simply started to think of 338LM as overkill for paper/plate shooting and TRG + S&B 5-25 as too heavy ( 16 lbs ) for a practical carry rifle. These days I prefer the mediums and I think I'm pretty well covered; For our type of hunting ( <500 ) I've got a real tack driver TRG-S 30-06, and for those occasions I get to stretch it a bit, I'll pull out the 7mm RM that will match 338LM trajectory with 168 or 180 VLDs or 175 SMKs. Not too thin for hunting should opportunity arise, and not overkill for plain old paper punching. Your mileage may vary, naturally, but this is where I ended up.</p><p></p><p>Of course, with the TRG-S there's always the option of going big as it's the 338LM size action. So far I've had zero need, and I sure don't miss the cost of shooting & reloading a 338LM size cartridge...</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the thread hijack. I'll just conclude we Finns have considerable experience with both Hensoldts and S&Bs and choosing between them should come down to simply a matter of taste over their implementations of key features; DT vs. multi-turn turret, rheostat placement and function, reticle selection, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRu, post: 335093, member: 6837"] We don't really have a "LRH" tradition here as our forests are thick, 99% of the shots are 200 or closer. The few of us who shoot/hunt long range, shoot pretty much what the rest of the world does; Mostly .308Win, 6.5x284 , 338LM. I had a TRG-42 ( the 5-25 S&B was on top of that ) but I sold it as it sickened me to see it just gather dust in the gun cabinet. I had it out a couple of times a year for ELR shooting and competitions. I simply started to think of 338LM as overkill for paper/plate shooting and TRG + S&B 5-25 as too heavy ( 16 lbs ) for a practical carry rifle. These days I prefer the mediums and I think I'm pretty well covered; For our type of hunting ( <500 ) I've got a real tack driver TRG-S 30-06, and for those occasions I get to stretch it a bit, I'll pull out the 7mm RM that will match 338LM trajectory with 168 or 180 VLDs or 175 SMKs. Not too thin for hunting should opportunity arise, and not overkill for plain old paper punching. Your mileage may vary, naturally, but this is where I ended up. Of course, with the TRG-S there's always the option of going big as it's the 338LM size action. So far I've had zero need, and I sure don't miss the cost of shooting & reloading a 338LM size cartridge... Sorry for the thread hijack. I'll just conclude we Finns have considerable experience with both Hensoldts and S&Bs and choosing between them should come down to simply a matter of taste over their implementations of key features; DT vs. multi-turn turret, rheostat placement and function, reticle selection, etc. [/QUOTE]
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