Hi , I live in valpo indiana. Kind of sucks no far ranges around here unless knowing someone with land for it. Jasper polaski has i believe a 200 or 250yd range , Kingsburry a 100 . I am surprised i have not got into guns in a serious manner yet. I have like 25k in rc toys i no longer use, i have 8 toys (dirtbike, quads, jetskis, snowmobiles)all modded . probably 100k of my money in that . And in past 6 wk im up to 6 hand guns (460 xvr 14in, s&w m2.0 3.5in 9 with laser, Ruger mk 4 hunter with vortex 3moa and trigger/action mods, S&w performance center sw22 with trigger/action mods and venom 3moa as well, taurus 692 9mm/357mag 7 shot revolver, Springfield XDM OSP threaded barrel 4.5in 9mm with rock river precision extreme trigger and action mods, and springer precision open compensator and venom 3moa set up for race gun action steel (not that ill compete ) I also just ordered my first rifle. HOWA HCRA uses the australian precision rifle chassis and chambered in .308 my second gun costing 1k or more. Cant imagine 2k or more on a gun but after researching actions, barreled actions, jewel triggers, high end barrel's , stocks etc now i see its easy. I may look for some used higher end setups then perhaps if they go for great deals. I am not sure what a good deal is considered (perhaps 65%-70% of msrp. Not sure if there are certain people who load rounds of hard to find ammo for good prices. Reason i went with .308 is u can find ammo for as cheap as 35cents a round steel case.
SPeaking of ammo some attributes dont make sense. 6mm creedmoor is a more popular target competition round vs 6.5 creedmoor and also a smaller round in terms of brass(i think) and bullet size. Yet cheapest i see 6mm is 72cents a round where as 6.5 being 50cents. Mind blowing a smaller round costing that much more for being a standard round. Not like its a 6mm dasher. Speaking of 6mm dasher (being the most used round comp. wise ) what can those rounds be bought for at cheapest. Im all about best performance for the price , best accuracy for price, best scope for price, and so on. I may buy a Howa oryx .223 20in next week new i found for 850 new. I plan to shoot 250yd max as far as range goes, and a friend has neighbor with a 400yd stretch with back drop i can shoot at too . I would also want a nice .22lr precision rifle too. May just cheap out and get a RPR and put decent scope, Or a cz455 22lr in a 500 MDT chassis if possible. Idk i cant see spending more than a grand on a 22lr and having a 1lb trigger. Does a 11deg crown using a muzzle brake make a difference or is that for barrel's not using brake.
By Trade i am a union machinist but do millwright work in the mills machineshop. i work averaging 80/wk this year (easy ) No i cant do gun smithing at work and would be to lazy too. Just as i am afraid if i got into reloading i would be to lazy to actually do it. Kind of like i went and shot my guns once so far in past few weeks. I am in shape too its just at 38 i do like to relax maybe to much being not much free time to get that motivated.
SPeaking of ammo some attributes dont make sense. 6mm creedmoor is a more popular target competition round vs 6.5 creedmoor and also a smaller round in terms of brass(i think) and bullet size. Yet cheapest i see 6mm is 72cents a round where as 6.5 being 50cents. Mind blowing a smaller round costing that much more for being a standard round. Not like its a 6mm dasher. Speaking of 6mm dasher (being the most used round comp. wise ) what can those rounds be bought for at cheapest. Im all about best performance for the price , best accuracy for price, best scope for price, and so on. I may buy a Howa oryx .223 20in next week new i found for 850 new. I plan to shoot 250yd max as far as range goes, and a friend has neighbor with a 400yd stretch with back drop i can shoot at too . I would also want a nice .22lr precision rifle too. May just cheap out and get a RPR and put decent scope, Or a cz455 22lr in a 500 MDT chassis if possible. Idk i cant see spending more than a grand on a 22lr and having a 1lb trigger. Does a 11deg crown using a muzzle brake make a difference or is that for barrel's not using brake.
By Trade i am a union machinist but do millwright work in the mills machineshop. i work averaging 80/wk this year (easy ) No i cant do gun smithing at work and would be to lazy too. Just as i am afraid if i got into reloading i would be to lazy to actually do it. Kind of like i went and shot my guns once so far in past few weeks. I am in shape too its just at 38 i do like to relax maybe to much being not much free time to get that motivated.
