Originally Posted by
SavageShooter
The problem with trying to answer a question like the OP has asked is without a heck of a lot of knowledge and information that he says he does not have, it is very difficult to help him no matter how much we want to do that. And people who are not well versed in the necessary information who want to get into "long range shooting" are, in my opinion, whistling Dixie. You can't take flying lessons and as soon as you solo, go fly an F-15 Tomcat. It doesn't work that way for much of anything in life, and it doesn't work that way for shooters, especially those who want to shoot a thousand yards or more. There are a lot of reasons for that, but this isn't the place to go into those. I don't know how well that helps the OP, so I'm going to be the one to tell him the news he probably does not want to hear.
Mr. OP, there are a lot of things you will need to know before you can make an informed decision regarding what you have asked. Do your home work. What some of these guys have recommended to you are good recommendations and will likely work for you, ONCE YOU KNOW and understand what they know. But if you don't learn and understand what they know, the rifle probably is not going to do what you want because you don't know enough to make it do what you want and that is the plain truth of it. The reason for that is because the rifle is only half of the eqaution for making a good shooter. What the shooter's training has been, what he knows and understands, and how much shoting experience he has is the other half.
If you want to buy a rifle and buy off the shelf ammo and go out to a range on Saturday and enjoy a day of shooting, that is one thing. But if you want to be able to do what some of the guys here are able to do, then you are going to have to pay the same dues they did and there is nothing we can do to short cut that process. You have to know what you are doing and there is a heckofva a lot more to this than most people believe. We will be happy to help any way we can, but you need a good loading manual with ballistic tables in it to BEGIN, and once you have studied AND UNDERSTAND the charts of the cartridges you may be interested in, then you are off to a good start. If you don't want to go that far, then stick to shooting factory ammo in a factory rifle and be happy with it because that is all you are going to be able to do. You can't start on third base and expect to be a capable shooter.
So get yourself a good manual and study it and then come back here with knowledge about the cartridge or cartridges you are interested in and we'll go from there. Just make sure the cartridge and bullet you choose will stay supersonic for as far as you expect to shoot. After that, there are many good shooters here who can help you with suggestions about barrel harmonics, how to estimate range, dope the wind, read mirage, and all sorts of helpful information you'll need to become a good shooter. So get started and let us know how we can help.
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