Varminterror
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The internet can be very discouraging for anyone new or untrained in shooting. Every
That’s the saddest part, to me. So many guys will thump their chest and validate the money they spent on their long range rigs, and poo-poo anyone’s $350 rifle and $250 scope... there ARE legitimate reasons to spend more and you really do get more out of your rifles by spending more on custom built precision rifles, but if a guy is content to hit a car door at 1,000yrds, it can be done for less than $600. There’s no magic to it. If a guy can dial a phone number, they can enter data into a ballistic calculator which will get them on target at 1,000.
It’s actually kind of ironic - so many guys are on YouTube these days with their “AR at 1,000” or “milk jug challenge,” videos these days, you’d think there would be more guys realizing it doesn’t take a military trained sniper and a $10,000 rig to hit 1,000yrd targets. But unfortunately, the availability of information online doesn’t seem to encourage folks, it only seems to discourage them from trying.
$400 Sig Kilo 2200, $30 Caldwell Windwizard II, $20 Advanced Ballistics Mobile app, $150 in match/premium ammo, $30 rear squeeze bag, $60 Harris-knock-off bipod, and a $600-700 rifle and scope from Remington, Ruger, Winchester, Savage, Howa, Nikon, Bushnell, vortex, Leupold, Burris, Sightron, etc etc etc. Not really so different than any of the hunting rifles any guy might own already. Cardboard 2x2ft or larger squares and a four wheeler work for targets, but I prefer steel. I built my steel hangers for about $40 each, some angle iron, bolts and nuts, and spray paint, and my biggest 24”AR500 target was $150 delivered, which is a lot less than I have spent on shoot-n-c targets at 100yrds during the same length of time when I owned this one. That’s really all of the tools a guy needs to get out to 1,000yrds. That, and 1,000yrds where they can safely shoot.