I have lived in Nebraska all my life. I am new to building rifles. I bought my first savage 16 years ago for deer hunting. It was a 111 7mm rem mag. Over the last year I have built it into a long range precision rifle. I have not tried competition shooting yet. I am currently in the process of collecting data from my rifle for extreme long range shooting (1500 yards plus). I also own a savage FTR 308 and it is a tack driver.