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07-28-2014, 07:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2014, 07:45 AM by BelieveIn308.)
For a long range setup you need a long range cartridge... .308, 30-06, 300 Win Mag or 338 Lapua. You really cannot go wrong with Remington 700, period, provided a bolt will work for your needs.
I only get to shoot at a 1000 meters twice per year. 308 works for me. When you get over 500 meters to me it is more about the stock, glass and bipod.
A good scope will cost nearly as much as the rifle, some say more. To me that means Vortex or Leupold (wallet trembling). You could spend way more.
I just finished building a new Long Range setup, a DPMS LR-308 Lite 24" barrel, a Magpul stock, Harris Bipod and a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50FFP EBR-1 (MRAD) scope. I had a flash suppressor added. It shoots great over 600 meters. I probably dropped 2800 on the setup, and that's really a budget gun. And I didn't want a gun weighing in over 12lbs...
I only get to shoot at a 1000 meters twice per year. 308 works for me. When you get over 500 meters to me it is more about the stock, glass and bipod.
A good scope will cost nearly as much as the rifle, some say more. To me that means Vortex or Leupold (wallet trembling). You could spend way more.
I just finished building a new Long Range setup, a DPMS LR-308 Lite 24" barrel, a Magpul stock, Harris Bipod and a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50FFP EBR-1 (MRAD) scope. I had a flash suppressor added. It shoots great over 600 meters. I probably dropped 2800 on the setup, and that's really a budget gun. And I didn't want a gun weighing in over 12lbs...
I only get to shoot at a 1000 meters twice per year. 308 works for me. When you get over 500 meters to me it is more about the stock, glass and bipod.
A good scope will cost nearly as much as the rifle, some say more. To me that means Vortex or Leupold (wallet trembling). You could spend way more.
I just finished building a new Long Range setup, a DPMS LR-308 Lite 24" barrel, a Magpul stock, Harris Bipod and a Vortex Viper PST 6-24x50FFP EBR-1 (MRAD) scope. I had a flash suppressor added. It shoots great over 600 meters. I probably dropped 2800 on the setup, and that's really a budget gun. And I didn't want a gun weighing in over 12lbs...