Hello from Ohio. Been off and on with this site for a few years now and decided I'm getting to the point where I can understand some of what you guys are talking about ! Figured it was time for me to sign up. I grew up with shotguns and bows here. I had never shot passed a hundred yards until about 10 months ago . A few years when Ohio passed "straight walled " rifles for deer hunting I got into reloading. My curiosity has continued to grow about shooting rifles now and im all in. I have found a somewhat local place that has a 300 yard range. As a family man with kids and a mortgage my buget is limited. All I have is a ruger American 6.5with a vortex gen 5 to 25 and a Harris bipod . I have been reading about buget stocks and I'm sure I'll probably do that in the next few months. However down the road I'll have more to blow on this hobby. Anyway thanks for all the information you all have already given me.