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The Basics, Starting Out
Should I get a long range shooting or hunting gun or try to balance between the two?
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<blockquote data-quote="c_bass16" data-source="post: 3001814" data-attributes="member: 20355"><p>My first long range gun was not built specifically to hunt...but after getting it...I loved it so much, I used it for that purpose anyway.</p><p>I built a custom 7mm Rem Mag Match on a Win M70 CRF. Manners T5A, 23" Rock Creek pipe, sending 180 Berger Hybrids at 3100fps, Nightforce, suppressed, yada yada yada.</p><p>Still love the gun, will never sell, but I probably havent shot it in 5 or 6 years. Especially since I'm on the wrong side of 40. Darn thing weighs 22lbs unloaded and with a can...it's WAY to long for hunting. It's a dream to shoot, but a b!tch to carry. That said...I carried it and took some nice critters with it when I was a little younger.</p><p></p><p>I've since added about 5 more custom match rifles that are all as accurate or more...and as heavy or more...but I've also added a few custom hunting rifles that are nearly 1/3rd the weight.</p><p></p><p>I'll use a reference my late aunt gave about buying houses.</p><p>"You really won't know what you want till you're on about your 3rd house"</p><p></p><p>She pretty much hit that right on the head.</p><p>There's no perfect rifle for every application. You can get close, but I'd start with one or the other and decide from there what you may want different down the road.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]531414[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]531415[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]531413[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c_bass16, post: 3001814, member: 20355"] My first long range gun was not built specifically to hunt...but after getting it...I loved it so much, I used it for that purpose anyway. I built a custom 7mm Rem Mag Match on a Win M70 CRF. Manners T5A, 23" Rock Creek pipe, sending 180 Berger Hybrids at 3100fps, Nightforce, suppressed, yada yada yada. Still love the gun, will never sell, but I probably havent shot it in 5 or 6 years. Especially since I'm on the wrong side of 40. Darn thing weighs 22lbs unloaded and with a can...it's WAY to long for hunting. It's a dream to shoot, but a b!tch to carry. That said...I carried it and took some nice critters with it when I was a little younger. I've since added about 5 more custom match rifles that are all as accurate or more...and as heavy or more...but I've also added a few custom hunting rifles that are nearly 1/3rd the weight. I'll use a reference my late aunt gave about buying houses. "You really won't know what you want till you're on about your 3rd house" She pretty much hit that right on the head. There's no perfect rifle for every application. You can get close, but I'd start with one or the other and decide from there what you may want different down the road. [ATTACH type="full"]531414[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]531415[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]531413[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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