Re: Remington 700 5R - My First .308 Bolt Rifle!
YOU misunderstand what i'm saying. He can buy whatever he wants, what I was saying is that he doesn't NEED to spend that much money to have an excellent long range rifle package.
The 5r is plenty nice, I own basically the same thing. At the end of the day, it's still not a multi-thousand dollar GAP rifle or similar, so odds are that after a certain point he won't see much advantage in all the little extra features of truly high-end glass like a schmidt or USO. A leupold or vortex would be more than sufficient, especially for someone at an entry level. Hell i've been shooting for a long time and still don't feel like I "need" that.
Even though the 5r is a nice rifle, it is still limited by the fact that it's not built on a blueprinted receiver and is made on a production line rather than handcrafted by a master-level gunsmith. It's sitting in a stock that while nice, isn't glass bedded to that specific action. Has it had the trigger precision tuned (and I mean by a precision outfit, not just some dude with a tiny screwdriver)? Has the crown been checked/cleaned up (a known remmy issue is tooling marks about 1" down inside the crown end). Is he content with the BDL floorplate, or would he like to go to a DBM system?
See where i'm going here? Point is there are other things that should take precedence over spending an exorbitant amount on glass or a can, when all the basics are not covered yet. A rifle is a total system, and while the triggerman is the most important part, other things do matter and there is a difference between even a high-end production model and a true precision build.