So, after joining FrontLine Defense this past weekend, my buddy got bit by the long range bug and wants to build/buy a "budget" rifle so we can qualify for the 1000yd range (I say we but I have been trying to avoid this particular bug but think it might be a losing battle). I know next to nothing about the LR game (I have only shot out to 550 with my AR a couple of times), so I am turning to you guys for help.
I am pretty sure we are going to go with 6.5 Creedmoor at this point. Total budget is probably $1-1200, including glass. Might be talked up to $1500 but only if my resistance fails. Other than knowing Remington doesn't make a 700 in 6.5, I don't know what rifle(s) to look at and my only experience with glass is my Vortex 3-9x40 I bought to put on the 700 in .308 that I no longer own and never mounted.
What says the unwashed masses of CFF?
I am pretty sure we are going to go with 6.5 Creedmoor at this point. Total budget is probably $1-1200, including glass. Might be talked up to $1500 but only if my resistance fails. Other than knowing Remington doesn't make a 700 in 6.5, I don't know what rifle(s) to look at and my only experience with glass is my Vortex 3-9x40 I bought to put on the 700 in .308 that I no longer own and never mounted.
What says the unwashed masses of CFF?