Ok, I know what I am about to ask has been asked time and time again. I have spent quite a bit of time on here reading old post and sticky's and pretty much have the answer to my question already but it is nice to have what you think confirmed or if there is somting I didn't think about brought up.
Before I ask my question I'd like to quickly introduce myself since I am new and have been ragged on for not introducing myself on another site, although they did have a spot specifically for that. If you don't care skip the next paragraph.
I live in west texas, love to hunt and shoot. I spend as much time as I can duck hunting and the rest deer or varmint hunting. I have a degree in forest wildlife management, which I am in now way using. Was in the army reserves for 6yrs and spent 1yr in Iraq during that time. Currently work in the oilfield, mostly laying pipeline or somting realated to it and also mechanic for the same company. Well that pretty much sums that up and gets it out of the way. I hope to get to know yall better and hopefully am able to contribute a little bit to this site.
Ok, now my question, not sure if this is the best spot for this post but thought it was the most appropriate area. I am planning on getting a new hunting setup together before deer season, which is quickly approching. Currently the only real deer type rifle I have is a 8mm mauser with a 4x30 bushnell that is at least 26yrs old but it has droped many of deer at ranges up to 450yds with reloaded ammo (no idea how old the rifle itself is). This was my dads gun and I am planning on putting it to pasture. I have shot and owned 30-06, 7mm and a .270. I am also wanting to do some long range shooting (1000 to 1500 yds) just for fun, with the same gun. I would like to be able to shoot deer (or larger game animal) out to 500-600 yards if need be. I am planning on getting a Rem 700 sendero 300RUM and somthing in the price range of Leupold Mark4 6.5-20 ($1500 or so). From what I have read and heard the sendero's are really good rifles and the 300rum has plenty of power and reach. The price of the gun and scope will pretty much be the total of my budget for now, plus the additional stuff like rings and stuff to mount the scope.
So far the only real negatives that I have heard about the 300Rum is the barrel life and some say recoil. The barrel life issue does not concern me overly much because it seems like most say the barrel life is around 1000rds. I figure with the amount of shooting I would do with this gun the barrel should last me long enough. The only other issue that I have seen is some say it is difficult to get good manufactured ammo for this round. Again this does not concern me much because I will be reloading.
If anyone has a suggestions that would meet my needs for around the same budget they would be greatly appreciated. I know the Mark 4 may not be the best scope for my needs as far as hunting but I would like it for long range shooting or a similar type scope unless someone has a better suggestion. I know there are other scopes out there for the similar price range but I keep going back to the mark 4.
I really know very little about good med-long range scopes, this is probably what I am most indicisive about right now and need the most help with. Where I live it is pretty difficult for me to go check out gear in person becuase the closes town with anything bigger than a gas station is an hour away so I am hoping to get some good insight from yall because when I get to town the next time I will be buying a rifle or ordering it over the internet, since we do actually have a ffl in town.
Well that is all I can think of right now, once again I do appologize about asking somthing that I know has been answered many times before but like I said earlier it will make me feel better to confirm what I think or to correct me if I am wrong and help me save some time and money.
Before I ask my question I'd like to quickly introduce myself since I am new and have been ragged on for not introducing myself on another site, although they did have a spot specifically for that. If you don't care skip the next paragraph.
I live in west texas, love to hunt and shoot. I spend as much time as I can duck hunting and the rest deer or varmint hunting. I have a degree in forest wildlife management, which I am in now way using. Was in the army reserves for 6yrs and spent 1yr in Iraq during that time. Currently work in the oilfield, mostly laying pipeline or somting realated to it and also mechanic for the same company. Well that pretty much sums that up and gets it out of the way. I hope to get to know yall better and hopefully am able to contribute a little bit to this site.
Ok, now my question, not sure if this is the best spot for this post but thought it was the most appropriate area. I am planning on getting a new hunting setup together before deer season, which is quickly approching. Currently the only real deer type rifle I have is a 8mm mauser with a 4x30 bushnell that is at least 26yrs old but it has droped many of deer at ranges up to 450yds with reloaded ammo (no idea how old the rifle itself is). This was my dads gun and I am planning on putting it to pasture. I have shot and owned 30-06, 7mm and a .270. I am also wanting to do some long range shooting (1000 to 1500 yds) just for fun, with the same gun. I would like to be able to shoot deer (or larger game animal) out to 500-600 yards if need be. I am planning on getting a Rem 700 sendero 300RUM and somthing in the price range of Leupold Mark4 6.5-20 ($1500 or so). From what I have read and heard the sendero's are really good rifles and the 300rum has plenty of power and reach. The price of the gun and scope will pretty much be the total of my budget for now, plus the additional stuff like rings and stuff to mount the scope.
So far the only real negatives that I have heard about the 300Rum is the barrel life and some say recoil. The barrel life issue does not concern me overly much because it seems like most say the barrel life is around 1000rds. I figure with the amount of shooting I would do with this gun the barrel should last me long enough. The only other issue that I have seen is some say it is difficult to get good manufactured ammo for this round. Again this does not concern me much because I will be reloading.
If anyone has a suggestions that would meet my needs for around the same budget they would be greatly appreciated. I know the Mark 4 may not be the best scope for my needs as far as hunting but I would like it for long range shooting or a similar type scope unless someone has a better suggestion. I know there are other scopes out there for the similar price range but I keep going back to the mark 4.
I really know very little about good med-long range scopes, this is probably what I am most indicisive about right now and need the most help with. Where I live it is pretty difficult for me to go check out gear in person becuase the closes town with anything bigger than a gas station is an hour away so I am hoping to get some good insight from yall because when I get to town the next time I will be buying a rifle or ordering it over the internet, since we do actually have a ffl in town.
Well that is all I can think of right now, once again I do appologize about asking somthing that I know has been answered many times before but like I said earlier it will make me feel better to confirm what I think or to correct me if I am wrong and help me save some time and money.
