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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Long Range Scopes and Other Optics
Scope; Best Bang For Your Buck?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shootin4fun" data-source="post: 1354002" data-attributes="member: 28741"><p>The cost of a rifle and quality in return is a whole 'nother subject. I think most of us now acknowledge that you don't need a $3K gun to shoot <.5 MOA groups. Savage, Howa, Tikka, Browning, and others make rifles well under $1K that do this. I have some of them and though I drool over expensive rigs at the range, when I print a 1" group at 400 yards in 8 mph gusts with my Savage 7RM that cost me $450 from a clearance deal at big C with a $450 Monarch 3 on it, I realize that there's no absolute need to spend several thousand on a rifle to do that. Would I like to have so much extra cash that $5K means nothing to me? Sure! But like I tell the kids, when you're paying off a home loan, its $1 principle and $2 interest for every $3. So when you buy a toy, remember that if you put that money towards your mortgage you would have saved the $2. $2K extra for the toy means $4K extra you're paying for your housing in the long run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shootin4fun, post: 1354002, member: 28741"] The cost of a rifle and quality in return is a whole 'nother subject. I think most of us now acknowledge that you don't need a $3K gun to shoot <.5 MOA groups. Savage, Howa, Tikka, Browning, and others make rifles well under $1K that do this. I have some of them and though I drool over expensive rigs at the range, when I print a 1" group at 400 yards in 8 mph gusts with my Savage 7RM that cost me $450 from a clearance deal at big C with a $450 Monarch 3 on it, I realize that there's no absolute need to spend several thousand on a rifle to do that. Would I like to have so much extra cash that $5K means nothing to me? Sure! But like I tell the kids, when you're paying off a home loan, its $1 principle and $2 interest for every $3. So when you buy a toy, remember that if you put that money towards your mortgage you would have saved the $2. $2K extra for the toy means $4K extra you're paying for your housing in the long run. [/QUOTE]
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