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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1905080" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>I'm going to go out on a limb ans say "Don't buy a new rifle". Not right now. Magnums are more expensive to shoot, have more recoil and much shorter barrel life. This is what I would do if I knew then what I know now... </p><p>First, join a gun club with long range steel targets.</p><p>Try it for a little while with your .308 set up the way it is now.</p><p>Learn about dialing, and buy a scope you can reliably dial for your .308. Doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg either.</p><p>Buy a Kestrel and a LRF. Learn to use them. </p><p>Practice as much as you can on those steel targets. Save all your brass.</p><p>By now, factory loads costs just too much and just aren't as accurate as loads taylored to your rifle, so it is time to learn to load. </p><p>Practice the whole system as much as you can.</p><p>Now. Buy the long range rifle of your dreams. You will know exactly what you want, and be deadly with it.</p><p>Rebarrel your now worn out .308. Keep it .308 or .260 or 7-08. Use it for your practice rifle and keep shooting it. Shoot the big gun just enough to learn it, and stay used to it. Take it with you whenever you go practice. Shoot it 2-3 times and put it up. It will last a long time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1905080, member: 92702"] I'm going to go out on a limb ans say "Don't buy a new rifle". Not right now. Magnums are more expensive to shoot, have more recoil and much shorter barrel life. This is what I would do if I knew then what I know now... First, join a gun club with long range steel targets. Try it for a little while with your .308 set up the way it is now. Learn about dialing, and buy a scope you can reliably dial for your .308. Doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg either. Buy a Kestrel and a LRF. Learn to use them. Practice as much as you can on those steel targets. Save all your brass. By now, factory loads costs just too much and just aren't as accurate as loads taylored to your rifle, so it is time to learn to load. Practice the whole system as much as you can. Now. Buy the long range rifle of your dreams. You will know exactly what you want, and be deadly with it. Rebarrel your now worn out .308. Keep it .308 or .260 or 7-08. Use it for your practice rifle and keep shooting it. Shoot the big gun just enough to learn it, and stay used to it. Take it with you whenever you go practice. Shoot it 2-3 times and put it up. It will last a long time. [/QUOTE]
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