Re: Very New
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KHOOKS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Filling out the rest of your profile will help you. Let us know where your located at maybe get some invites to shoot. And maybe some local people to help you with hands on type of stuff.
Welcome to the Hide!
If your just getting into LR shooting the .308 is a good place to start. .308 info is tried and true lot of people to help you with this caliber. .243 is the next one in the list above. You'll want a heavy type barrel profile to shoot at comp's the rate of fire is just to much for hunting barrel profile's. Does either the 308/243 have a heavy barrel if so start with that rifle and get to shooting. Use match grade ammo (FGMM/Hornady match or TAP) or if you reload then build match ammo. It will help to know the twist rates of your rifle to help with bullet weight choose.
The more info you can tell us about what you want to do the better we can help you. </div></div>
None of my rifles have heavy barrels. Basically for the simple reason of not needing a lot of horsepower to kill the average South Texas Whitetail Deer
On average a typical shot isn't more than 250yds.
With the .264 Win Mag I can shoot (remember I am an amateur) a 5-6" 5 shot group at 250yds, not great, but not bad for an out of the box rifle with me behind the scope.
What I would like to do, is eventually get into competition shooting, I am not sure I could ever get to that level of shooting, but it's where I want the bar set.
I learned tons simply from reading the article written in the advanced forum about proper positioning, and especially the breathing. That's how much more advanced y'all are, I didn't even know how to breathe properly to improve my accuracy. So every little bit helps. I am not opposed at all to setting out to build a custom rifle either, although I am not sure that isn't cart before the horse. At this point it seems to make more sense to regroup, and learn the REAL fundementals before I commit to a large expense that doesn't do any good if I cannot shoot properly.
Anyways, you can see how green I am, so I'll be reading a lot more than contributing.