Hello everybody.
I have been doing long range shooting since 2006 and actually I would like a little bit change with a 308 caliber semi-automatic rifle.
Of course I already have three long range bolt action rifle : .308 ; 300WM and 338 Lapua Magnum. And I already have an AR15 / 5.56NATO it’ a special assembly for the competition made by a European manufacturer.
But none of these weapons can fire quickly at 800 yards.
At first I wanted to buy a Knigt's SR-25 .308 with a 20" barrel because I know that at 800 yards it is very accurate. This rifle costs around 5000USD for US buyers. But I live in the European Union and with transport, customs fees and taxes (specific to each country of the EU) this weapon costs 7500USD in my country.
From 5000 to 7500USD … that's a bit of an exaggeration. Even if this weapon is an excellent acquisition I think that there are also excellent and less expensive SA rifles .308.
What can you recommend to me as a weapon of the same standing but at a but a little lower and more reasonable price please ? Who would be better placed than an American sniper to give me good advice? ;-)
I would like a semi-automatic weapon in caliber 308 and accurate to 800 yards. Maybe even 1000 yards.
Would you have a brand or model to advise me ?
European manufacturers make very good weapons: the precision H&K used by the German and French army in caliber 308 may be worth considering. As well as the SCAR of the Belgian FN Herstal.
All these weapons are semi-automatic rifles in .308 (compatible with NATO cartridges). But at 800 or 1000 yards they are not necessarily equivalent.
When possible I shoot 1500 yards. But Europe is small compared to America: the only place where it is allowed to shoot at this distance is at the army shooting ranges (for security reasons because uninhabited areas do not exist unlike in the USA where there are vast uninhabited deserts to shoot). And the army does not open its doors every day. In general we have the right to 8 shooting sessions at 1500 meters per year. In winter it is closed.
Thank you very much for your advice.
PS : currently .308 semi-automatic sniper rifles are increasingly difficult to find in the European Union: stocks originally intended for sale to sports shooters have been redirected by Governments to Ukraine in order to help the soldiers fight against the Russians. The Ukrainians were not ready for a war and had only old Kalashnikovs in stock in case of war.
Thank you.
I have been doing long range shooting since 2006 and actually I would like a little bit change with a 308 caliber semi-automatic rifle.
Of course I already have three long range bolt action rifle : .308 ; 300WM and 338 Lapua Magnum. And I already have an AR15 / 5.56NATO it’ a special assembly for the competition made by a European manufacturer.
But none of these weapons can fire quickly at 800 yards.
At first I wanted to buy a Knigt's SR-25 .308 with a 20" barrel because I know that at 800 yards it is very accurate. This rifle costs around 5000USD for US buyers. But I live in the European Union and with transport, customs fees and taxes (specific to each country of the EU) this weapon costs 7500USD in my country.
From 5000 to 7500USD … that's a bit of an exaggeration. Even if this weapon is an excellent acquisition I think that there are also excellent and less expensive SA rifles .308.
What can you recommend to me as a weapon of the same standing but at a but a little lower and more reasonable price please ? Who would be better placed than an American sniper to give me good advice? ;-)
I would like a semi-automatic weapon in caliber 308 and accurate to 800 yards. Maybe even 1000 yards.
Would you have a brand or model to advise me ?
European manufacturers make very good weapons: the precision H&K used by the German and French army in caliber 308 may be worth considering. As well as the SCAR of the Belgian FN Herstal.
All these weapons are semi-automatic rifles in .308 (compatible with NATO cartridges). But at 800 or 1000 yards they are not necessarily equivalent.
When possible I shoot 1500 yards. But Europe is small compared to America: the only place where it is allowed to shoot at this distance is at the army shooting ranges (for security reasons because uninhabited areas do not exist unlike in the USA where there are vast uninhabited deserts to shoot). And the army does not open its doors every day. In general we have the right to 8 shooting sessions at 1500 meters per year. In winter it is closed.
Thank you very much for your advice.
PS : currently .308 semi-automatic sniper rifles are increasingly difficult to find in the European Union: stocks originally intended for sale to sports shooters have been redirected by Governments to Ukraine in order to help the soldiers fight against the Russians. The Ukrainians were not ready for a war and had only old Kalashnikovs in stock in case of war.
Thank you.
