"precision" rifle on a budget

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Btw, I prefer Badger Ordnance mounts and rings, But less extravagant options will work just fine. You can look at a replacement stock from Hogue, Bell and Carlson, Choate, AI, etc, but if the rifle comes in a composit stock with aluminum bedding already, there really isn't any reason to change it if you are trying to do this on a budget.
 
I just went though what you are going through right now. I was simply looking for something absolutely cheap and buildable. I know there are more accurate rifles out of the box but I wanted something with a ton of aftermarket parts. What I bought was a Remmy 700 in .243. It was a youths gun and was only $439. I mounted a $1800 piece of glass on it and installed a Remmy LOP extender and took it out to the range. That cheap rifle shot so well that I haven't even sent it off for a complete customization yet. I know that when I send it off the smith is going to have it for a while so a few weeks ago Bass Pro had the Remmy 700 sps .308 in 26" varmint barrel with Houge tupperware and the new xmark trigger, so I picked it up to have a bolt gun to shoot while the other one was out to the smith. Its cost was $569. I shoot 800+ yards with both of these rifles just the way they came out of the box most every weekend.
 
I got a Savage 10FCP with HS Precision stock this year. It has the awesome accutrigger and I have a Nightforce 10-22x50 NXS scope. With my hand loads of 41.7 grs of Varget, Lapua Brass, 168gr Amax, zeroing at 100yds the rounds all went in the same hole. At my 600yd range I got 2"-7" groups. I was shocked how accurate this rifle is.
 
No matter what you get it's going to take some serious trigger time to get good at + 600 yrds. I usually run thru 600+ rnds per month just in practice. You might want to invest in some reloading gear for whatever caliber you will use.
 
No matter what you get it's going to take some serious trigger time to get good at + 600 yrds.
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Exactly. I found that shooting and hitting at 600 yds. really isn't that difficult even with aperture sights and only a sling for support. The problem is dealing with the wind especially if it's variable and/or shifting speeds.

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I have practiced with a. 22 trying to get used to drop and wind.. and have a place I can shoot up to 500 yards at every day if I wanted to and a buddy that reloads
 
good luck with your savage one thing to remember you can swap barrels out yourself i found a .223 Mcgowen 26" 1-8 twist barrel on another site for 105.00 shipped and a shilen select match 308 30" barrel for 175.00 shipped .swapped them out on 2 of my savages and the 308 shoots awesome 100yd groups and 1/4-1/2 moa @ 300yrds the 223 shoots 1/2 moa @ 300yds
 
First, congrats on your new rifle. Next I have to ask, as much as I like the .270 Win, what factor convinced you to purchase that caliber, in that rifle? After all, the .277 projectiles are very limited in precision projectiles, and at "...500-800+ meters..." I am assuming that you will be using precision (match) projectiles.

Just curious, and puzzled.

Geno
 
Looked at ballistics ofalot of calibers the gun I wanted was avaliavle in 308 270 and 30-06 at the gun show and my friend has everything to reload 270 basically just convienance
 
Agree with Geno on this....

While the 270 Win is a fine hunting cartridge you wont find it in the "precision rifle" circles and for good reason, it simply doesnt have the bullet selection that the .264" .284" and 308" bores have.

Not saying the 270 wont shoot well that far out, but high BC bullets are your friends when stretching distances such as 500-800+meters.

You could always re-barrel it to 308 or 30-06:)
 
going for 500 yards at first if i cant get it after lots of prectice ill rebarrel no biggie
 
My friend just got the Savage a few months ago, he was waiting for a scope, finally decided on one, "lost track of wht he ended up with", he ended up with the Precision Hunter, because the weight on the other one he was looking at was too heavy, like 13 lbs, "maybe precision target" or something that sounds like that, I do know he got it at cost, as he is buddies with the distributer and it still ran around $900.00 before the scope which was another thousand. I'll let you kneow the exact numbers when I go with him to sight it in and sight in my new AR. I do know it is in 308, "he is a Marine sniper. So we were trying to find a range with some distance, which isn't working out too well in S. FL. that was why i was looking for a range that went out further than 600 yards. Not for me, but so I could learn from him.
 
I have this Savage model 10 in 308. It also comes in 223.

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It was purchased through Gallery of Guns which includes a lifetime replacement warrantee for around $750.00. I have mounted a Burris Fullfield II 3-9X Scope.

It is a good shooter especially for me at 100 yards. I mount 18 inch X 18 inch targets and shoot in a standing position with a sling wrap. I can hit some spot on that target. I am old and unsteady. A younger shooter with good eyes and steady hands would get a lot more out of this piece than I could.

From the bench, using a Harris Bipod, I can usually keep the results within two inches. As I said, a really good shooter could do a lot better. However, I try to simulate what would happen in a live situation.

You may want to consider this as an economical alternative.
 
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