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This & That....A Layman's Long Range Rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 1322" data-attributes="member: 376"><p><strong>Re: This & That....A Layman\'s Long Range Rifle?</strong></p><p></p><p>Any thoughts on a Savage, either the 12BVSS (short action repeater), 112BVSS (long-action repeater), or 112BVSS-S (long-action single-shot)?? I too have been interested in a long(er) range gun, partially for fun/target shooting, and also perhaps for hunting. I'm pretty much a wuss about recoil, though, so I've been leaning towards the SA model in .308 Win. Another shooter locally recently picked up a 112BVSS-S in .300 Win Mag, and had a newer style Vais brake put on it, and says it recoils about like a .243 Win now.</p><p></p><p>I don't have kids in college yet, but union contract negotiations will be going on over the next 16-18 months, so I can't afford to be spending the world on 'extras' in case things go sub-optimal, if you know what I mean. I can squeeze ou a little extra here-n-there, though <img src="http://images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Also, I already have a 'spare' Leupold 6.5-20x50mm LR scope w/ a target dot reticle, though I might swap that over to my 40XB-KS in .220 Swift, and make the 8.5-25x50mm LR (medium duplex reticle) available.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Monte</p><p></p><p>[ 02-08-2002: Message edited by: milanuk ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 1322, member: 376"] [b]Re: This & That....A Layman\'s Long Range Rifle?[/b] Any thoughts on a Savage, either the 12BVSS (short action repeater), 112BVSS (long-action repeater), or 112BVSS-S (long-action single-shot)?? I too have been interested in a long(er) range gun, partially for fun/target shooting, and also perhaps for hunting. I'm pretty much a wuss about recoil, though, so I've been leaning towards the SA model in .308 Win. Another shooter locally recently picked up a 112BVSS-S in .300 Win Mag, and had a newer style Vais brake put on it, and says it recoils about like a .243 Win now. I don't have kids in college yet, but union contract negotiations will be going on over the next 16-18 months, so I can't afford to be spending the world on 'extras' in case things go sub-optimal, if you know what I mean. I can squeeze ou a little extra here-n-there, though [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Also, I already have a 'spare' Leupold 6.5-20x50mm LR scope w/ a target dot reticle, though I might swap that over to my 40XB-KS in .220 Swift, and make the 8.5-25x50mm LR (medium duplex reticle) available. Monte [ 02-08-2002: Message edited by: milanuk ] [/QUOTE]
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