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Originally Posted by NoSoup
Heya folks -
Earlier today I went shooting, and although I have done extensive trap and pistol shooting in the past, I have had nominal (read:no) experience with rifles.
I went with a friend who brough along his.... rifle. (30-6... accumark?) and as it turns out, I'm a bit of a crackshot. I guess all those FPS games payed off.
Although I've never fired a scoped rifle before (pretty much only .22 plinking) I helped him get his scope calibrated, and pretty soon it was dead on. I was consistantly hitting a bulleye from 100 yards with my grouping less than 1/4 of an inch a part, which is very good, from my understanding.
Not all that surprisingly, I'm now in the market for a rifle, but know very little about them. I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive, but can be flexible - but it needs to be accurate. It was quite the feeling to see how accurate it was, and I want my own 
Additionally, I'm likely going to need a pretty decent scope, the one we used at 9x zoom on it, but I want something more powerful for longer shots.
For what it's worth, I don't hunt, just target practice....
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ok i think for your firtst time i would go with the remington model 7 308. and a leupold 2.5 X 10
the 308. will take down a moose if need be its a good round and relitivly easy to find
the luepold scope is the same i got its a good scope and you ca find em for 2-3 houndered dolars if you know whwere to look
if u want somthing with a bit more blast move on up to the 30-06 the same gun you shot the round is buetiful and you never have to worry about power and ell if you as good a shot as you say u can take it bear hounting but the 308. and the 30-06 are the best rifle rounds for you the next thing you got to do if find your company and scope but i love luepold s i recomend them
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Originally Posted by NoSoup
Still hunting around for my next purchase...
I'll be using it exclusively for target practice, I don't much get into hunting...
Too much work. Instead of stalking my prey for hours on end, killling it, dragging it miles out of the forest, gutting/skinning it, and then somehow making it into edible chunks, I'd rather just go to the local grocery store
Dune - I was looking at the .223 as well, but I'm concerned about accuracy at long distances (300 yardsish, possibly longer) How does the .223 fare at that range?
Thanks for all the reply's folks, I't definately helping me narrow down my choices |
if you put it that way then i would go buy an AR-15 they are easy to find cheap and it con shoot out to 400= yard i dont think 500 maybe with match ammo and some prctice but you can get it to 400 yard relitivley easy