little bit of background on myself, and my firearm history.
I'm currently 19 years old, I'm a welder for great Dane in Georgia, Most of my Firearm experience has come from "skeet" shooting, with a .12gauge, Target shooting with a whitetail compound bow, Short range rifle shooting with a bolt action .22.
~budget~ $2,000 MAX
~What i'm looking for/interesting in~
A friend of mine who lives in florida does 1kYrd competition shooting, and is also a rep/worker for manner stocks, has got me really interested in long-range target shooting.
I also have a uncle who was army special forces sniper, who i'll try to get in contact with and see if he has any tips.
So what i'm wondering, ( i don't have much access to his knowledge) is what complete gun setup would you guys and gals recomend, bullets, and perhaps even shooting ranges.
The gun/range time~
edit- this will NOT be used for hunting, range shooting only.
I had my eyes on the 40-xs tactical, but the complete set ran for around $3,999, $2,100 for the gun itself, that is obviously to much to fork over for a new shooter.
So my eyes are set on a remington 700 .308, which of these gun would be the best/well built to invest in?
A friend from work mentioned today the following
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-vtr.aspx
list of other guns
http://www.remington.com/product-families/firearms/centerfire-families/bolt-action-model-700.aspx
out of this set, what would you recomend?
I plan to shoot around 500-800 starting out ( if i can find a range of that size) and work my way up to 1kYrd, i already know of a 1k range about an hour/30 NW of me called cool acres, from what i've read it only has 1k, 1200, and 600 .50cal only range.
So if you know a range nearby me please let me know! i googled a good bit and know a few but they are a tad bit farther away, and i will only be able to shoot on weekend due to work.
scope/pod
i already know if a pod i can get made by harris.
I had a website with a set of scopes, but i had it on my old computer, and will have to get it again, so any scope for 700-1k i think would do just fine for me, if needed i will get two sets.
Bullets~
price really isn't an issue to me when it comes to bullets, i won't be shooting everyday, but when i do shoot, i would like to send a good 20-50 downrange.
Thats about all i can think of that i will need to atleast get started, i appreciate any and all input, and will go do some forum surfing to try and fill my cup of knowledge, and if anyone is near the bulloch county area let me know, i would love to find others that are interested in shooting, i believe my cousin may try investing in a nighthawk.
~thanks
I'm currently 19 years old, I'm a welder for great Dane in Georgia, Most of my Firearm experience has come from "skeet" shooting, with a .12gauge, Target shooting with a whitetail compound bow, Short range rifle shooting with a bolt action .22.
~budget~ $2,000 MAX
~What i'm looking for/interesting in~
A friend of mine who lives in florida does 1kYrd competition shooting, and is also a rep/worker for manner stocks, has got me really interested in long-range target shooting.
I also have a uncle who was army special forces sniper, who i'll try to get in contact with and see if he has any tips.
So what i'm wondering, ( i don't have much access to his knowledge) is what complete gun setup would you guys and gals recomend, bullets, and perhaps even shooting ranges.
The gun/range time~
edit- this will NOT be used for hunting, range shooting only.
I had my eyes on the 40-xs tactical, but the complete set ran for around $3,999, $2,100 for the gun itself, that is obviously to much to fork over for a new shooter.
So my eyes are set on a remington 700 .308, which of these gun would be the best/well built to invest in?
A friend from work mentioned today the following
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-vtr.aspx
list of other guns
http://www.remington.com/product-families/firearms/centerfire-families/bolt-action-model-700.aspx
out of this set, what would you recomend?
I plan to shoot around 500-800 starting out ( if i can find a range of that size) and work my way up to 1kYrd, i already know of a 1k range about an hour/30 NW of me called cool acres, from what i've read it only has 1k, 1200, and 600 .50cal only range.
So if you know a range nearby me please let me know! i googled a good bit and know a few but they are a tad bit farther away, and i will only be able to shoot on weekend due to work.
scope/pod
i already know if a pod i can get made by harris.
I had a website with a set of scopes, but i had it on my old computer, and will have to get it again, so any scope for 700-1k i think would do just fine for me, if needed i will get two sets.
Bullets~
price really isn't an issue to me when it comes to bullets, i won't be shooting everyday, but when i do shoot, i would like to send a good 20-50 downrange.
Thats about all i can think of that i will need to atleast get started, i appreciate any and all input, and will go do some forum surfing to try and fill my cup of knowledge, and if anyone is near the bulloch county area let me know, i would love to find others that are interested in shooting, i believe my cousin may try investing in a nighthawk.
~thanks