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Out of the Box: Best Long Range Target Rifle/Caliber/Ammo Combo?
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<blockquote data-quote="OneShot0351" data-source="post: 733913" data-attributes="member: 28987"><p>300WM or 7 Mag, +1 on the sendero, also remington now makes the new XCR long range in 300wm and the sps long range in 300wm and 7 mag, the Vortex pst, hst, and leupold mark 4 lr/t, all great scopes.</p><p></p><p>buying a factory rifle and expecting 1/2 or 1/4 moa from factory ammo could be hit or miss, you can buy a box or hornady, federal gold medal, or HSM match ammo, and the first brand and first box could shoot lights out 1/4 moa, or not then your off to try a new brand/bullet. and the 2nd choice shoot great, or 3rd, or 4th.... or all of it, or none at all. Every gun is different and if the first one dont shoot right your throwing $40-$60 a box trying to find one that will shoot in your rifle.</p><p></p><p>an option to that, preciserifleammo.com, you can select your caliber, select your bullet, and brass and its still going to cost you about the same as a box of match ammo, and you can select to receive a sample pack of 40rnds that are 10rnds of 4 different loads i believe... test those and get them to load the recipe they send you that shoots the best. the ammo may cost a little more but its cheaper in the long run than buying 20rnd box after 20rnd box trying ammo. of course with so many choices it can be dangerous to, just have t make sure you select a bullet that is a known shooter and not a "picky" bullet that will work well with the twist rate of your barrel. there are other custom ammo manufacturers out there that do the same i seen one a while back that send you a test pacl 1(different charge weight in each round) you select the charge weight you want thenn they send you test pack 2 that adjust the seating depth for that that charge weight and you choose what shoots best and have a custom recipe for your rifle without touching a reloading bench and they contine to send you the custom ammo when you need it and have your recipe for when you start pressing out your own one day. </p><p></p><p>imo its just dangerous to throw that money into a rifle and expect a 1/2 or 1/4 moa gun from factory ammo. from personal experience i have bought rem sps tac and savage fcp-sr both .308 and federal gold medal match 168gr and both rifles would not shoot over a 1/2 moa... but i have also spent 3,800 on a custom build that sprayed factory ammo like a Woodmaster 742. I then investe din reloading equipment and that the best money ever spent(esp for this sport)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OneShot0351, post: 733913, member: 28987"] 300WM or 7 Mag, +1 on the sendero, also remington now makes the new XCR long range in 300wm and the sps long range in 300wm and 7 mag, the Vortex pst, hst, and leupold mark 4 lr/t, all great scopes. buying a factory rifle and expecting 1/2 or 1/4 moa from factory ammo could be hit or miss, you can buy a box or hornady, federal gold medal, or HSM match ammo, and the first brand and first box could shoot lights out 1/4 moa, or not then your off to try a new brand/bullet. and the 2nd choice shoot great, or 3rd, or 4th.... or all of it, or none at all. Every gun is different and if the first one dont shoot right your throwing $40-$60 a box trying to find one that will shoot in your rifle. an option to that, preciserifleammo.com, you can select your caliber, select your bullet, and brass and its still going to cost you about the same as a box of match ammo, and you can select to receive a sample pack of 40rnds that are 10rnds of 4 different loads i believe... test those and get them to load the recipe they send you that shoots the best. the ammo may cost a little more but its cheaper in the long run than buying 20rnd box after 20rnd box trying ammo. of course with so many choices it can be dangerous to, just have t make sure you select a bullet that is a known shooter and not a "picky" bullet that will work well with the twist rate of your barrel. there are other custom ammo manufacturers out there that do the same i seen one a while back that send you a test pacl 1(different charge weight in each round) you select the charge weight you want thenn they send you test pack 2 that adjust the seating depth for that that charge weight and you choose what shoots best and have a custom recipe for your rifle without touching a reloading bench and they contine to send you the custom ammo when you need it and have your recipe for when you start pressing out your own one day. imo its just dangerous to throw that money into a rifle and expect a 1/2 or 1/4 moa gun from factory ammo. from personal experience i have bought rem sps tac and savage fcp-sr both .308 and federal gold medal match 168gr and both rifles would not shoot over a 1/2 moa... but i have also spent 3,800 on a custom build that sprayed factory ammo like a Woodmaster 742. I then investe din reloading equipment and that the best money ever spent(esp for this sport) [/QUOTE]
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