Hi everyone,
I received a savage model 11 prairie dog (cabelas exclusive) as a Christmas gift and was hoping to get some suggestions on next steps (stock, sights, ect). It is a short action chambered in .223 rem and has a matte-blued 22'' heavy barrel with a 1''-9'' twist and 4 round internal magazine. The bolt release is located on the right hand side of the rifle.
There is a range near my house which extends out too 600 yards and has competitions about twice a month. I plan on primarily using the rifle for competing however would like to take it out prairie dog hunting eventually.
I was hoping to get some advice on upgrading the stock and suggestions on scopes. I have about $300 in bass pro shops gift cards and plan on purchasing the scope from there. My budget for the scope is $800 including gift cards and I am currently leaning towards the vortex pst coming in around $750.
Pics below and thanks for any feedback!
Update to post (6/22/2015)
I wanted to swing back around and give a quick update. I went with a viper vortex pst SFP from Bass Pro Shops which came in around $750. Unfortunately it was on backorder for about 2 months before I finally got a hold of a manager who allowed me to get the next higher up version (ffP) which was in stock and comes in around $950. I haven't had a chance to take it to the range yet, but will be sure to post results when I do. Next step after this is to get my hands on a decent stock.
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