Message from @Artemis
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I'd like to have something that, perhaps with the right barrel and load, can make a mile with the right person behind it, as that's as far as the ranges around here seem to go. Basically trying to get the most bang for my buck in a single rifle that I can learn with, so the two calibers that can do that while still being common enough are 6.5 creedmoor and 300 win mag. 300 is a bit hot and isn't allowed at some ranges, so 6.5 is the best all around option for me.
Damnnnnn you guys have mile ranges there?
That way if i move up from the 600-1000 yard classes to longer range shooting, I won't have to buy another rifle
Yeah there's one that i know of
Well if that’s the case then yea you should sit back and wait and make sure you spend more on glass than the rifle
It's out in the middle of nowhere an hour from me
Or get the rifle. Put something on it that’s good for that 600-1000 range. Practice that and save for the top glass
I had no problem hitting 629 with my 556
And it was just a 3-9x40 Nikon p223
So I'm looking at the Remington 700 in 6.5 because it's good enough to start with but has enough parts support to easily get a barrel that can do a mile. I'll be buying the optic first though as it's probably going to be more expensive, and more important
Sure will be
The 700 is a great choice
But like I said
If you want to get that first and something to go on top that will put you in the shorter range for a bit so you can save for the top glass that wouldn’t be a bad route to go either
That way you have a rifle
If you don’t already have any
If you already have guns then yea just go the way your saying
I often hear that the 700 is overpriced for the package you get.
I had one 4 years ago
After all, Remington kinda went down the shithole over the past few years with QC
By the time i have enough experience, i may need to change the barrel anyway lol.
I don't really have anything I could put on it and don't wanna spend the extra money.
Then it was good I havent been in the DMR in a bit
That’s what confused was saying earlier
I didn’t even know that
I had mine in 2015
I went big on my first rifle, and then made the mistake of getting a cheap scope, haha. It works... I guess, it's just I don't do MOA, and I got it because it was a mildot reticle, but the turrets were MOA.
I considered the qc thing but it has the best aftermarket
So I can't effectively use it without too much math.
It does have a really good aftermarket.
So if you were gonna get it, and use it to build from, then it's decent I guess.
I went with a Mossberg MVP Precision rifle.
Yea I was telling myself I was going to get a DMR for my next purchase but I bought that M6 IC DI instead lol
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Which I’m very happy with
I made a 20" AR off of a Aero upper for my 'DMR', but I might make a new one in the future and use a 18" .308 barrel instead.
Let your gun grow into the glass not the glass into the gun
Or in layman's terms, buy good glass one time and build the rifle to fit it
Yep, I learned that afterwards.
I've learnt that the hard way as well
Well, I already told Leopold Optics that my next LR glass purchase will be through them, haha.
I told them I'd buy from them if they got Daddy Thumb to do an advertisement for them, and of course they tagged him and I in the same post, and he agreed.
Haven't seen said ad yet... but I'm waiting to see it.