Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting $5K to spend?

If you have 5,000 to spend and are ready to do it, you should. Buy the best components for the money and don't skimp on the scope.

The guys here telling you how to do it on the cheap just like to have an excuse for their misses

LOL

I'm reading this thread early tomorrow!

Stick may set a new record for the use of profanity in his reply to the above quoted post.

It's not my money nor my build, but with that budget what optic would you put on it? It's pretty damn easy to blow the $5K on a scope these days.

What's the $5000 "excuse" on this one?

It really depends on how much weight you're willing to deal with. OTOH, I'm not familiar with any "lightweight" scopes that are in the $3,000 range; most will be heavy.

Right now I'd seriously consider a high end Vortex in the configuration you are comfortable with. The info I have says they are testing mechanically at the top and no failures. The glass isn't the best, but good enough

With the animal in this position at the shot, all I can blame it on is a missed wind call. Hammered into his neck and required a follow up.

Unfortunately I wasn't shooting a RAR Predator with a cheap scope or I would have a list of excuses as long as my arm.

LOL

Thats the shot you took?

And you're blaming it on a bad wind call?

And nobody has nick named you Horn Hunter?

Quick question.... I thought none of that mattered? I though Cost/Weight were "non-factors" in one's "ability to make hits"....

It was more the nucl'r than the RAR.... but that's my own damn fault... and kinda yours... laffin. Busted base screws also tend to throw wrenches into things in a hurry. I've got another RAR in the kitty.... with a little different piece of glass on it.... we'll make a run down there to Raton one of these days.

If you've already paid your dues... and shot a couple thousand rounds... maybe a few matches, and you're looking to eek everything possible out of yourself and your gear.... then yeah, maybe dropping that kinda dough will be the difference between 50 hits.... and 52. To some guys... like Ric and JB.... it's TOTALLY worth it. Because hey.... making hits is the name of the game.... and dropping that kinda coin does tend to remove all equipment based "excuses" (Leupolds aside)... or at least it f'n better.

The last 10% of Performance.... is 90% of the Cost. How much you gotta spend depends on how many times you wanna chase that 10%....

PS..... that "cheap scope" held its own, with scopes costing in the 10x as much ballpark, in testing on your pard's sufistimucated scope tracking tester thingy.... if I'm not mistaken?

Last I remember it was a broadside shot, but carry on...


If that's the shot you took, you truly are a bonidide DUMBPHUCK.

PS... That's a mature ram there too Ricky Rodeo...

Viagra overdose...?

That thread was very enlightening.

Nope. He could still prone out he'd just have to dig a little hole first.

Well, I agree in principal but any decent "built" rifle w/scope appropriate for long range will end up costing what, $2500 all-in? Minimum? I mean you can win the lottery with a really accurate factory rifle, and I have, and that's great when it happens, but you can't count on it by any stretch, and a build costs $$$. So even at $5k it's more like 50% more.... to your point, to chase it beyond a $5k build probably goes exponential. I sure wouldn't know.

I kept my heavy 7 WSM build to right around $2500, but I did a bunch of otherwise expensive machining myself, and the scope was only $700 or so (and it kicks ass, but that's another thread). Call it a $3000 build w/compromises. It would be fun to spend a couple K more. It'd be on Alpha optics, for me. Just to see how you guys across the tracks live <g>.

Damn the luck.... I did find a used M700 RUM when I went looking the other day........ N+1....

Jeffrey,

Are you taking work now? Or do you only work on your own rifles?

I bet your machine work turns out some real killing machines!


Thanks,
Travis

Don't answer him Jeff. He's an industrial spy for Flave Precision.

I've long suspected that Travis isn't even actually a person, but rather a team of highly-trained provocateurs- call "him" a spy, if you will, cause I think they are that as well. They are relentless. They are omnipresent. They are clever bastids, and even damn funny at times. They work in shifts. They WILL NOT STOP until they have achieved their goal of World Snarkiness!

Is that a "no?"



Travis

Trg 42 for sure.

You better leave him alone, he might ask to borrow your reamer.