Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting What factory gun would be the best bang for the buck for long range hunting?

Eddy',

Big Momma often reminds me that I've got "too much" stuff and there are times,when I think the Old Gal might could be close to right.(grin) Though I'd never say that to her.

550 for me,because I like to retain the control of manual indexing.









Mojo',

24" and too long in my book,mebbe I'll fix it this evening. The Rugerage is BD's.

MK II pistoles,reliably do nice thangs and can be pressed into service to Club Baby Seals to boot,when in a pinch.(grin)









rosco',

I've seen me be hard on loudeners too. A guy can do alotta schit with a hacksaw and a double-ended Oberg...though they(Oberg's) is gettin' tougher to find.









Anywhoo...onto chopped flutes.

Beat on it a smidge yesterday afternoon,after the weather broke. Done did the JB/Kroil pristine bore clean,so as to establish cursory Precision Baselines and I rolled some Old Gold if only for giggles. Was thinking to myself,that it had been 20+ years since I'd loaded nekked boolits,but it were the route to travel,for a Dedicated Ball Burper.



Got to shorten the leap some,ala HS...which is moot due to Cooler COAL. First poke got whistled from the hip,which is my standard practice for any new to me rifle,receiver or barrel. I'm pretty and wish to stay that way.

Boresighted on the beeg 100yd dot,as best I could MPAJ laying in the schit,like a [bleep] [bleep] and hung the first poke on paper. It were deep into left-field,so I whirled knobs and hung 3 more to season the bore. They was a touch toward the shortstop,so adjusted again and walked to take a look.





I'd be amongst the last,to make determinations based offa Clinically Cleaned bore,with but 5 pokes down it's neck. Waltzed back,poked pecker in the snow and rolled another trio. Could see through the fixed 12x glass,that things was gettin' mo' bettah. Waltzed again,to eyephuck in the flesh,to see what I knowed it were gonna do,had done been did.




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Bumped windage to the right,zero'd turrets,replaced caps,stoked the mag and were content. Swung by the store on the way home,bought BC's(I don't know where in the [bleep] the ones slated to it went,musta loaned 'em out?!?) and some primers...calling it a wrap. Ran a come-up ribbon and will play around giving schit a wee bit of a chance today,by goin' retro ala Rice Paddy Prone. Loaded up the balance of that nostalgic box of #2200's and am fixin' to Wage War,here directly.

Long way of sayin' The 82 Trick Move schit,has always cracked me the [bleep] up! The only schit that matters,is the schit that matters.(hint)

Much to be said for keepin' the pony ahead of the cart.

Film at 11:00.

LMFAO!

Dang I wish you would send me that barrel with the lopped off flutes and let me pretty it up for ya. I cut back about .80 staying with the root diameter of the the flutes after I face it off then bevel them on a 45 . Then cut a recessed crown about .100 with some beveled angles. I have done a couple that way and they really do not look bad at all. Not that it would make it humm any sweeter.

Now that is one of the most emotive questions anyone might ask! It is a very personal choice.
At the risk of offending you dear Hunting brothers and sisters in the States, I would reccomend a Mannlicher-Steyr, Calibre to suit your purpose, but 308 is the great all-rounder. The Cold-Hammer forged Barrels cannot, in my opinion, be bested, they are sub-MOA from the start, the copper build up is lower than pretty well all other types of barrel, and the Safe Bolt System has to be the safest available. The range of Models is nicely comprehensive enough to suit anyone, whether it be Varmint Hunting, general Hunting, or the Big Game in Africa requirements. All I can say is 'try it, you'll fall in love with it'!

Wolverine, welcome to the fire!

I am a fan of free floated barrels for my rigs.
The 308 is a good all around cartridge.
It is not my choice for the best to learn on though.
It will have a long barrel life.
For me there is more to a LR rig than barrel life.
Having said that I have a Rem 40x in 308 (Couldn't turn it down for the price), and am having a F-Class rifle built (switch barrel in 308 win for FTR and 284 Win for Open).

Sendero or a accumark, something 338

That's purty.

Is the stock an HTG with some custom body work on the grip and comb?

Browning ABolt LR in 6.5 creedmoor with fluted 26" barrel. Can be bought for $8xx.00. Already set to go. Don't need to do anything, but scope it and go.

Man what will you do when your phone dies...guess you're s.o.l.

I didnt know marksmanship included using an Iphone app....good lawd..

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You've got some catchin' up to do, Huh?

Dang JWP58 I thought you used one of these? Not much different than a phone.

Wow, those two-four-threes sound like the perfect long range elk and mule deer rifle especially using target bullets.

You might be surprised how perfect they really are.

Surprise me and show me some pics. Especially the long range shots.

I may actually have some hold on while I look in photoucket, but don't hold your breath.

I guess it flew right over your head that the iPhone app was used to analyze the group after I got home from shooting, based on a picture of the plate that I took after I shot the group...

My phone's battery has died in the field many times. There's a reason I carry a "laminated" drop chart in the stock pack on my LR rigs...

You cannot lead some folks to water no matter how many pics or videos you post RC. I did not have any elk or mule deer long range kill pics with the 243 on photobucket, just deer and antelope. I know I have some mule deer LR 243 kill pics somewhere, but they were shot by kids so they probably do not count. Everybody knows 243s only kill stuff for kids and women as that video confirms.

Cow elk with a 243, now we're talking.
Good thing they used a good hunting bullet, the Berger, and not a target bullet.