New in Texas

[rahl07]

Pleasure to meet you all. I'm a (soon-to-be) Savage owner from Texas; I've been shooting action pistol and military rifle for a while in the Garand/M1A division. A few weeks ago I decided to begin construction on a .308 bolt rifle to shoot long-ish range. I've settled on .308 even though there are arguably better choices out there, because of four reasons:

1) My "big" guns are now all 30 caliber, so I'm not currently interested in stocking components for 6/6.5MM
2) I have dies, powder, brass etc. from shooting my M1A, even though they'll have a slightly different load
3) I can readily purchase factory ammo if needed
4) I plan to take this rifle hunting at some point

I'll use the forumsearch tool to narrow down my model, but expect opinion questions.

Thanks!

[drybean]

Welcome aboard

[Cranesvillehunter]

Welcome to the forum. I am new here as well and have found the forum very educational and interesting.

[cm12setx]

Hi , glad you made it here.

[Kadams1563]

Where in Texas are you located? I'm close to Wichita Falls.

[pbmax84]

Welcome. Nothing wrong with the .308. Even though I have long range rilfes in other calibers, I will always have at least one in .308. I shoot 175 MatchKings out to 1000yds pretty regularly. I would say thats the best way to start. You will have a lot more load choices, and you won't have to load to such a short OAL as you do with the M1A. Let us know how it goes.

[Rick_W]

Welcome

[ragsflh]

howdy

[wn40]

Welcome and from Texas too

[yew plucker]

Welcome to the board. Grew up in Odessa. Escaped after high school. Live in Montana now. Don't come here... it's cold and desolate, nothing to see here...uhhh. Yeah, like that.

[Hotolds442]

Welcome!