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What about a .50beowolf upper? My shop has one in decent condition with a dpms lower for 680
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sorry man that is one thing i don't know much about but how sweet would that be for a cqb rifle!:D
here is a link. looks by the article, that it is a huge round, moving pretty darn fast, and has really good range capabilities, and still has good accuracy!
 
Oh, I just figured that big of a round would have the potential to be accurate from really long ranges...

As far as what you said Possum, that would be rediculous for cqb! The only problem with it would be picking up the pieces of whatever you shot at afterwards.:evil:
 
I mostly like to shoot mine i clean them, but prefer shooting. The only problem i have is , i have no place to shoot it. Atabury is still closed, and i live in town.
 
the problem with the 50 beo in an ar package, is the cartridge itself can't hold enough powder to be a long range threat, if it did, you would be carrying a huge receiver/lower , ar type weapon.
 
A Savage or Remington bolt action. Don't worry so much about an extremely high quality, high priced gun so much as a great scope. 7mm Rem Mag is a good cartridge, pretty flat trajectory and long range, but you'll need to reload in order to afford a lot of shooting. I don't know the effective range of a 30.06, but ammo is much cheaper and comes in a much greater variety. .308 or .300 Win. Mag are also great calibers.

I don't know what your experience is with long-range shooting, but if it's limited, start off with a goal for 200-500 yards and get good practice there with a good 30.06, then go for a higher powered rifle system. Usually, the higher the power and caliber, the higher the cost (with the exception of reloading).
 
Remmy

Remington SPS 24" .308 dropped into a knoxx.com axiom v/s stock and put a scope on it.
 
Long distance rifle

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OK, I just bought my first AR15 a couple of weeks ago and I was going to try and just make it an all around gun for long and short ranges...But with this AWB scare I am going to buy up as many guns as I can in the mean time just in case. What I am looking for is something I can hit targets and plink with at 600-800 yards(maybe further). I won't be getting it for a month or so, so I have some time to decide.

So what are some good options for a "sniper" type rifle in the $1000 range.(not including optics of course)

Price may vary...If there is something a little more pricey, but is what im looking for, then thats fine. If there is something cheaper than that, then by all means! It wouldn't bother me to spend less


Thanks in advance guys.
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Well..it sort of depends what you want, how much you got, and what you expect out of it.

If you want to go the cheap route: A Schmidt Rubin K31 or a Swedish Mauser is a good way to go. Cost is about $200.

If you want to spend a little more money: take a hard look at a Sako, Tikka, or CZ chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum.

308 Winchester normally runs out of gas at around 800-900 yards and goes subsonic.

One thing for sure: you will want to RELOAD and tune your loads to your rifle.

The really nice thing about the Schmidt Rubin is that the Service Round is already tuned for the rifle. It is not uncommon to find a Schmidt Rubin K31 that can perform between .75-1 MOA.

The awful thing about using a Mil Surp as a Long Range gun is that you will want to Drill and Tap the Receiver for a Scope mount.

Word of Advice: Do NOT go cheap on the Scope, Scope Rings or Mount!!!
Get the best scope that you can afford.

Ballistically the 7.5 Swiss (which is really a 7.62mm bullet) is equivalent to the 308 Winchester.

So again...it will run "out of gas" between 800-900 yards. But it is very cheap.
Ammo is not so cheap.

The Swedish Mauser would be a better Mil Surp Compromise in terms of Ammo Cost, Availability and Price of the Rifle.
 
I found a .300 RUM in a pawn shop with a good scope as new everything for half of the $1000. Proly will sell or trade it off without the scope cause the ammo is sooooo expensive and the recoil is proly twice as bad as the cost of the ammo.
lol:p
 
If it good enough for the Army

Why not look at the m-24. It's a .308, chambered to except the 300 wm. Good enough for the us army snipers, good enough for me. I can't shoot **** past 800 yards anyways hahahaha. I'm sure even the worst condition m-24 will out perform 99% of the people here.You can pick these up at gunshows for anywhere between $69 - $2000. Do your research and you can find a few gems out there.
 
If you are willing to go with the AR-10 platform, there are many good long range cartridges available from .308 on...

If you want to stick with the AR-15 platform, 6.5 Grendel is the only one for the 600-800 meters you are talking about. You can go to Wikipedia.org and search for 6.5 Grendel for lots of good info.
 
What rockstar.esq said.

It is amazing how few people know how to effectively utilize the bolt-action rifle - and just how effective it can be.

Every bolt-action shooter deserves a copy of "The Art of the Rifle" by the Colonel as a companion piece.

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Bolt action .308 rifles.

You said you preferred a .308 Win, were looking for accuracy out to several hundred yards and doing some long range plinking and predator control. Can't go wrong with a bolt rifle. I'd recommend the Savage short action models. Buy the rifle, an aftermarket pillar bedded stock or free float stock, bipod, scope, mounts and a reloading setup.

Savage Model 10 runs about $400 bucks, give or take.
McMillan makes a decent stock for about $175.
Harris bipods go for about $60 around here, depending on model.
Don't skimp on optics. Expect to spend at least $500 on a scope that will deliver what you want. I'm not a fan of Mil-Dot scopes for sporting use. You need objects of known size to range them, you often don't get that shooting varmints. I prefer to use a 200 yard zero, shoot varying ranges to determine where I get appreciable drops and write down the clicks. I then use a "cheat sheet" laminated to my stock and a rangefinder.
 
I say anything in either of the swedes; 7.5 or 6.5 swiss, the k-31 is a good idea, and then a sythetic boltie refurb by kimber or howa, in 6.5 they usually sell for 400 or less.
 
A brand spanking new Savage 110 in 308 with a bull barrel, poly black stock and accutrigger can be had for under $550.00 ... you cannot go wrong with a stick like that.
 
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