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<blockquote data-quote="Outlaw6.0" data-source="post: 1266479" data-attributes="member: 23486"><p>If your son is already shooting a .243, why not stick with that barrel? Unless it's of the pencil variety, it'll ring still at almost any distance the Creedmoor will & will kill whitetail handily. Now, if you shoot at 600 on game a lot, I'd give the Creedmoor the nod for the greater BC, SD and cross sectional area of the bullet.</p><p> </p><p>Optics is a touchy subject, while i'll try to not be offensive; don't go cheap in this area. Cutting cost is cutting corners somewhere in that optic. Whether it's in the repeatability & durability of the turret, the optical clarity of the glass or the usefulness & accuracy of the reticle. I feel & my experience suggests that while you can most certainly "do what needs to be done" with a lower dollar scope; your chance of having frugality bite you in the posterior is a little higher than it would be with a superior optic.</p><p> </p><p>If for some reason you decide to build off the Rem700 over the Savage, I'd recommend looking at the MagPul Hunter stock. For the price, it's better than any Choate I've ever owned & upgrading to a detachable bottom metal is a plug and play affair. You can spend as much or as little as you'd like on a stock, decide which options you can live without and get on as many as you can before making a decision. If you can pillar & bed your own setup, the best stocks on the market (McMillan, Manners, etc) can actually be had at a decent(ish) price. You may even be able to score a new one on the classifieds at less than MSRP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>t</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Outlaw6.0, post: 1266479, member: 23486"] If your son is already shooting a .243, why not stick with that barrel? Unless it's of the pencil variety, it'll ring still at almost any distance the Creedmoor will & will kill whitetail handily. Now, if you shoot at 600 on game a lot, I'd give the Creedmoor the nod for the greater BC, SD and cross sectional area of the bullet. Optics is a touchy subject, while i'll try to not be offensive; don't go cheap in this area. Cutting cost is cutting corners somewhere in that optic. Whether it's in the repeatability & durability of the turret, the optical clarity of the glass or the usefulness & accuracy of the reticle. I feel & my experience suggests that while you can most certainly "do what needs to be done" with a lower dollar scope; your chance of having frugality bite you in the posterior is a little higher than it would be with a superior optic. If for some reason you decide to build off the Rem700 over the Savage, I'd recommend looking at the MagPul Hunter stock. For the price, it's better than any Choate I've ever owned & upgrading to a detachable bottom metal is a plug and play affair. You can spend as much or as little as you'd like on a stock, decide which options you can live without and get on as many as you can before making a decision. If you can pillar & bed your own setup, the best stocks on the market (McMillan, Manners, etc) can actually be had at a decent(ish) price. You may even be able to score a new one on the classifieds at less than MSRP. t [/QUOTE]
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