bulletsmith
Master
Goal: Develop the skills and equipment to be able to strike a reasonable sized target, with some repeatability, at the distance of 1000 yards. This is intended to be a study/education on the overall experience of learning to achieve what seems to many as a nearly impossible task. I know that talented people are doing this all the time, but coming from the handgun world, it really amazes me that this is possible (I hope).
Equipment: So far I have a rifle. Rem. 700 VSF in .308. (1 in 12) I did quite a bit of research and came to terms with this one. For optics, I'm planning on the Primary Arms 4-14x44 mil.mil. (once they come available).
Experience: Virtually none. I have two 3 lb coffee cans full of spent primers from handgun reloading and shooting over the years. I have only shot any rifle on the rare occasion. I own a few rifles of different calibers, some have never even been shot.
I wanted stainless, heavy barrel, and a rem. 700. I kicked around many options, and as usual I found that there was an endless price range. I decided to set a $1500.00 budget for my first "sniper rifle", so here we are. After spending the last month reading around this forum and searching online, I decided to post here in the search for feedback. It doesn't seem likely that that will be an issue here .
Barrel break in: Research makes me believe I can use cheap ball ammo with the shoot once, clean once x times - shoot 10 times, clean once x times and so on. One article actually suggests not to do a break in if the thing is reasonable accurate out of the box. Anybody here ever gone without an actual breaking routine on a new barrel?
Thanks in advance.
I have reloading questions I will post in the appropriate forum.
Equipment: So far I have a rifle. Rem. 700 VSF in .308. (1 in 12) I did quite a bit of research and came to terms with this one. For optics, I'm planning on the Primary Arms 4-14x44 mil.mil. (once they come available).
Experience: Virtually none. I have two 3 lb coffee cans full of spent primers from handgun reloading and shooting over the years. I have only shot any rifle on the rare occasion. I own a few rifles of different calibers, some have never even been shot.
I wanted stainless, heavy barrel, and a rem. 700. I kicked around many options, and as usual I found that there was an endless price range. I decided to set a $1500.00 budget for my first "sniper rifle", so here we are. After spending the last month reading around this forum and searching online, I decided to post here in the search for feedback. It doesn't seem likely that that will be an issue here .
Barrel break in: Research makes me believe I can use cheap ball ammo with the shoot once, clean once x times - shoot 10 times, clean once x times and so on. One article actually suggests not to do a break in if the thing is reasonable accurate out of the box. Anybody here ever gone without an actual breaking routine on a new barrel?
Thanks in advance.
I have reloading questions I will post in the appropriate forum.