Hey everyone,
I've just been contemplating a long range build but not sure when it will get off the ground.. (unfortunately probably not until after college)
But I was wondering what caliber you guys would step up to if you were in my situation?
I've got a .22lr, .223, and 6.5 Creedmoor bolt guns that I will be working on for the next couple of years but have been wondering about the next step up.
I've thought about 300 winmag, 300wsm, 300rum, 7wsm, 338 rum, 338 edge and 338 lapua.
Which one would you build on if you wanted it to be somewhat of a budget build.
Right now all my bolt guns are savages so i was looking for another savage but wouldn't mind changing to remington since it would require a different sized action (i.e. not a short action, besides the 7wsm which can be built on a short action, correct?)
I would want it to be mag fed, preferably from AICS mags or similar.
I would shoot to 1k regularly and would be able to go out to 1 mile and out to 2500yards quite a bit too. It would be a target/comp gun 99 to 100% of the time. I don't think I'll be doing too much big game (bigger than deer) any time too soon.
So which caliber would you guys go with and why?
I've just been contemplating a long range build but not sure when it will get off the ground.. (unfortunately probably not until after college)
But I was wondering what caliber you guys would step up to if you were in my situation?
I've got a .22lr, .223, and 6.5 Creedmoor bolt guns that I will be working on for the next couple of years but have been wondering about the next step up.
I've thought about 300 winmag, 300wsm, 300rum, 7wsm, 338 rum, 338 edge and 338 lapua.
Which one would you build on if you wanted it to be somewhat of a budget build.
Right now all my bolt guns are savages so i was looking for another savage but wouldn't mind changing to remington since it would require a different sized action (i.e. not a short action, besides the 7wsm which can be built on a short action, correct?)
I would want it to be mag fed, preferably from AICS mags or similar.
I would shoot to 1k regularly and would be able to go out to 1 mile and out to 2500yards quite a bit too. It would be a target/comp gun 99 to 100% of the time. I don't think I'll be doing too much big game (bigger than deer) any time too soon.
So which caliber would you guys go with and why?