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I'm indecisive. Help me choose a caliber.
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<blockquote data-quote="junkpile" data-source="post: 720933" data-attributes="member: 57489"><p>I guess I'm just not sold on the idea of buying a stock factory rifle for $1k when I can probably put together something special with a better barrel and a better trigger for the same price or less. Am I under-estimating? Haven't tried building a full custom before. But I have been seeing Savages listed for as low as $200 lately.</p><p> </p><p>I'm thinking that if I want to reach out past 1000 yards, that I'll probably need to get into one of the 338's. My logic says to separate the two into purpose-built guns rather than compromising and doing it with one. </p><p> </p><p>So what am I looking at in terms of effective range and trajectory with the 6.5-284? </p><p>How does it compare to the 7mm Rem Mag? </p><p>What about 7mm STW? Or the 7mm-08? </p><p>And what are the best long range bullets and weights for 6.5 and 7mm? </p><p>Are there some charts somewhere that I can find this information? I've only got a couple reloading manuals, but the don't give anything besides the supposed MV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="junkpile, post: 720933, member: 57489"] I guess I'm just not sold on the idea of buying a stock factory rifle for $1k when I can probably put together something special with a better barrel and a better trigger for the same price or less. Am I under-estimating? Haven't tried building a full custom before. But I have been seeing Savages listed for as low as $200 lately. I'm thinking that if I want to reach out past 1000 yards, that I'll probably need to get into one of the 338's. My logic says to separate the two into purpose-built guns rather than compromising and doing it with one. So what am I looking at in terms of effective range and trajectory with the 6.5-284? How does it compare to the 7mm Rem Mag? What about 7mm STW? Or the 7mm-08? And what are the best long range bullets and weights for 6.5 and 7mm? Are there some charts somewhere that I can find this information? I've only got a couple reloading manuals, but the don't give anything besides the supposed MV. [/QUOTE]
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