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INGunGuy · 07-04-2009

ok everyone, let me explain a bit better about what I am wanting to accomplish. I have been shooting my .243 at around 380 yards. I have NO real experience at super long range shooting, 1000+ yards. I was reading a bit about the .408 which at the time seemed like a really good rifle for reaching way out there. The one I saw and I almost died when I was told the price was for the .480 chey-tac, a niteforce 5022X50 scope, 10 5 round boxes of ammo, 2 7 round mag boxes all for the price of 15K now at 5 dollars a round, that is 250 bucks worth of ammo that I can reaload myself. ok, so the thing comes with mag boxes, well for precision shooting, you manually load, so those are a no big deal addition. the niteforce is another VERY pricey addition to the rifle. I am not up on the cost, but I would say that it is in the 5-6K range. So, for the time being lets just say that a 15K rifle would be at the ULTIMATE EDGE of my buying power. My wife will probably shoot me with the damn thing if I buy it, but that is because I refuse to spend that kind of money on a car, but I will on a firearm... LOL... BUT seriously, am I barking up the wrong tree for having no formal training in super long range shooting. I dong think hitting the 375-390 range is too shabby. Heck I was pretty happy that I hit all 4 shots in the black. Should I get some formal training before buying a rifle and just practice more with my .243? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated.

INGunGuy

07-04-2009	#8 (permalink)
INGunGuy Marksman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana Posts: 334	ok everyone, let me explain a bit better about what I am wanting to accomplish. I have been shooting my .243 at around 380 yards. I have NO real experience at super long range shooting, 1000+ yards. I was reading a bit about the .408 which at the time seemed like a really good rifle for reaching way out there. The one I saw and I almost died when I was told the price was for the .480 chey-tac, a niteforce 5022X50 scope, 10 5 round boxes of ammo, 2 7 round mag boxes all for the price of 15K now at 5 dollars a round, that is 250 bucks worth of ammo that I can reaload myself. ok, so the thing comes with mag boxes, well for precision shooting, you manually load, so those are a no big deal addition. the niteforce is another VERY pricey addition to the rifle. I am not up on the cost, but I would say that it is in the 5-6K range. So, for the time being lets just say that a 15K rifle would be at the ULTIMATE EDGE of my buying power. My wife will probably shoot me with the damn thing if I buy it, but that is because I refuse to spend that kind of money on a car, but I will on a firearm... LOL... BUT seriously, am I barking up the wrong tree for having no formal training in super long range shooting. I dong think hitting the 375-390 range is too shabby. Heck I was pretty happy that I hit all 4 shots in the black. Should I get some formal training before buying a rifle and just practice more with my .243? Any and all info would be greatly appreciated. INGunGuy __________________ Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.