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See that table is why I asked this question. Obviously people don't only shoot when there is nothing within 2 miles even though that's what it says for 243. Thanks for all the feedback so far

With Indiana changing the hunting laws to allow some rifle cartridges this year, what is the safe distance for shooting a 243 from an elevated stand? For instance if you are shooting at deer under 200 yards is it dangerous if there is a house 600 yards away? Half mile away? 1 mile away? Trying...

I have a new savage model 25 varmint thumbhole rifle in .223 and am having some scope problems. First scope I tried was a firefield 8-32x50 and I had to max out windage to get it correct and with elevation adjustments maxed it was still 4 inches high at 50 yards. Tried two different rings with...

In my earlier thread about my savage model 16 trophy hunter in .308 being to heavy of recoil for me to enjoy shooting lots of people suggested getting a muzzle break. This sounds like an interesting option but I know nothing about them and have some questions. 1) how much do they reduce...

So I purchased a savage 16 in .308 last summer and really don't care for shooting it because of the recoil. It weighs about 7.5 pounds with a 22 inch barrel. My primary use is target/bench shooting from 200-500 yards. Though I also bought the .308 for the possibility of big game hunting (elk...

So it sounds like if I only want it to view 200-300 yard shots I should just give up because it's not gonna happen?

What kind of spotting scope do I need to be able to see .308 holes and maybe .223 at 300 yards? I don't have a ton of money to drop on this so please let me know what if any scopes would be available at a reasonoable cost

Ok.... Little harsh there. I've never owned a bolt gun and just wanted to be thorough to Mae sure I fully understood assembly/disassembly before taking it apart. I own a lot of guns and always do this. The savage instructions weren't very well written is all.

Ok the savage 16 trophy hunter xp is the first bolt gun I've owned and I have a few questions. the manual talks about removing the bolt and cleaning/lubing the barrel. Is this the only cleaning you do? Is there cleaning of the bolt or action or anything to do? I'm going to adjust the...

Have a manual just haven't read the section on rifles yet. Wanted to get some feedback here first. Thanks.

It is a bolt action, not semi. Do all .308 shoot 7.62 or is it like.223 where a .223 shoots .223 only but a 5.56 shoots either.

I just bought a .308 and have some reloading questions. I have a lee classic turret press and have experiance reloading for pistols but have never reloaded for rifle. Im looking for target shooting at 100-400 yards Questions: 1) how much more difficult is it to reload rifle? Aside from dies...

Just bought a savage rifle in .308 am looking for recommendations on low cost factory ammo. I use wolf in my AR and it works great but not sure if they make .308 ammo or if it's good enough for the .308. I am looking for a target load to use from 100-400 yards. So what is a option that should...

This is a follow up question to my other post on rifle selection. I think I have my rifle choice narrowed down but need help with scope selection. Going to be getting a .308 probably a savage 11 or 16. The primary use will be target shooting between 100-300 yards but I may shoot 500-800 yards on...

Is the Nikon scope that comes on these decent or should I get the gun and scope seperately? Is the. 3-9 adequate for shooting out to 500-800 yards?