Hello guys,
Rex here, I am Italian but are now based in Switzerland since a few years.
I am a lifelong shooter, my first long gun had been an Izhmash Tigr that I had to sell first time I relocated from Italy. Now I have a K31 that I pushed up to almost 1000 meters with a crap Chinese scope. I have a CSA vz58 carabine that I use for dynamic shooting or similar but because the short barrel and the simple red dot on it I was able to enjoy it up to not more than 200 meters.
Although I consulted a few treads of this forum in the past I never registered for it, now I decided to register because I think I will need to leverage on your expertise more regularly in the future.
I am on the market for a serious long range system and I am considering different alternatives and how to split the limited budget between scope and rifle. Caliber will be 6.5 CM. Use would be tactical and long range competition, my club is very active in this sector and we have the possibility to use a very nice facility, so it's a pity not to use it since I am a member.
Recently I had the occasion to use a Sako S20 and I felt in love for it
. Here it comes at more or less 1K more than a Bergara HMR Wilderness leaving a lot less budget for glass. I would like to go suppressed and keep the barrel length to maximum 22", so Bergara seems not to check this box if not by going with an hunter model and than change the stock pushing up the cost. S20 offers a 20" barrel with perfect profile to keep it light and compact to do stairs, widow and roof shooting stages.
In terms of scope I have owned 4-8x or 10x fix magnification and I was always able to do my things. So I am not necessarily looking for more than 15X, I would like a FFP Mil Mil optic. I would like a clean reticle and easy to use turrets possibly with a zero stop and a second zero indicator. I think on glass we get decent deals in Europe and depending on how much I am going to spend with the rifle I could strike a used S&B for a decent price, alternatives are Meopta, Zeiss or IOR (for which I could get a very good price but I see there are a lot of mixed and very extreme feedback on it) or I am open to suggestions...
Looking forward to hearing your opinions I wish you a good day.
Rex
Rex here, I am Italian but are now based in Switzerland since a few years.
I am a lifelong shooter, my first long gun had been an Izhmash Tigr that I had to sell first time I relocated from Italy. Now I have a K31 that I pushed up to almost 1000 meters with a crap Chinese scope. I have a CSA vz58 carabine that I use for dynamic shooting or similar but because the short barrel and the simple red dot on it I was able to enjoy it up to not more than 200 meters.
Although I consulted a few treads of this forum in the past I never registered for it, now I decided to register because I think I will need to leverage on your expertise more regularly in the future.
I am on the market for a serious long range system and I am considering different alternatives and how to split the limited budget between scope and rifle. Caliber will be 6.5 CM. Use would be tactical and long range competition, my club is very active in this sector and we have the possibility to use a very nice facility, so it's a pity not to use it since I am a member.
Recently I had the occasion to use a Sako S20 and I felt in love for it
. Here it comes at more or less 1K more than a Bergara HMR Wilderness leaving a lot less budget for glass. I would like to go suppressed and keep the barrel length to maximum 22", so Bergara seems not to check this box if not by going with an hunter model and than change the stock pushing up the cost. S20 offers a 20" barrel with perfect profile to keep it light and compact to do stairs, widow and roof shooting stages.In terms of scope I have owned 4-8x or 10x fix magnification and I was always able to do my things. So I am not necessarily looking for more than 15X, I would like a FFP Mil Mil optic. I would like a clean reticle and easy to use turrets possibly with a zero stop and a second zero indicator. I think on glass we get decent deals in Europe and depending on how much I am going to spend with the rifle I could strike a used S&B for a decent price, alternatives are Meopta, Zeiss or IOR (for which I could get a very good price but I see there are a lot of mixed and very extreme feedback on it) or I am open to suggestions...
Looking forward to hearing your opinions I wish you a good day.
Rex
