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Please help me select a caliber/rifle!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 873225" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>nubcake29</p><p>You came to the right blog for info, congrats!</p><p>Now let me send you off on a tangent.</p><p></p><p>1) Buy your first rifle to learn more but with no intention of modifying it more than a trigger job and moderate scope upgrade.</p><p>2) SAVE YOUR MONEY!</p><p>3) While you are putting in your range time you will learn what works for you and make a list of "things I want on my next rifle".</p><p>4) Build a good LR rig from scratch (or from a specialty shop inventory) when you have saved enough to do so.</p><p>5) Keep your original rig for practice and teaching another neophyte about this great hobby.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine recently got a Tikka in 7 RM and with a set of Tally one piece base/ring combos + Vortex Scope, price total was about $800. Even though it has a 22" barrel Hornady Superformance 162gr SST clocks 2989fps. The factory rings shot loose right away. I hand lapped the Talley rings in for him.</p><p>The 308 is good but the 7mm RM is better. You cannot progress down this road very far before Reloading is mandatory. Reloading erases the cost difference in ammo. The 7mm RM tosses high BC bullets faster than the 308 ever can hope to. 'Nuff said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 873225, member: 51650"] nubcake29 You came to the right blog for info, congrats! Now let me send you off on a tangent. 1) Buy your first rifle to learn more but with no intention of modifying it more than a trigger job and moderate scope upgrade. 2) SAVE YOUR MONEY! 3) While you are putting in your range time you will learn what works for you and make a list of "things I want on my next rifle". 4) Build a good LR rig from scratch (or from a specialty shop inventory) when you have saved enough to do so. 5) Keep your original rig for practice and teaching another neophyte about this great hobby. A friend of mine recently got a Tikka in 7 RM and with a set of Tally one piece base/ring combos + Vortex Scope, price total was about $800. Even though it has a 22" barrel Hornady Superformance 162gr SST clocks 2989fps. The factory rings shot loose right away. I hand lapped the Talley rings in for him. The 308 is good but the 7mm RM is better. You cannot progress down this road very far before Reloading is mandatory. Reloading erases the cost difference in ammo. The 7mm RM tosses high BC bullets faster than the 308 ever can hope to. 'Nuff said. [/QUOTE]
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