Hi all,

I’m looking to start long range shooting. I’m not sure where to start and I am looking for advice. My experience is limited to pistols, shotguns, AR-15s. I’m looking in into joining a club about 40 mins from home that has 1000 yds and once a month turn it into a 1-mile range (In the future they plan on extending it to 2000 yards). I’ve seen many comments suggesting starts on a lower recoil caliber like 6.5 cm to help focus on fundamentals. I’m really interest becoming proficient at shooting up to a 1 mile. I realize that a magnum caliber would be more ideal for that range.

This past weekend I was able to tour the club I was thinking of joining. As chance would have it, there was a Pro-Am 3-gun match going on and Barrett Firearms was there showing off the MRAD MK22 in 300 Norma Magnum with a Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25x56mm scope and suppressor on the 1-mile range. I got to take a few shots with Barrett’s team member doing the wind calls – great fun, I think I’m hooked.

I want to purchase the right setup to get started and gain experience as quickly as possible, but I am unsure what to buy.

My thoughts were:

Option A:
Buy a medium-priced rifle, say Bergara Wilderness HMR in 6.5cm and put a nice or maybe very nice scope on it (Nightforce ATACR - 5-25x56mm, Leupold Mark 5HD 5-25x56mm, or maybe even the Schmidt Bender 5-25x56 PM II FFP GRID). Get comfortable with it. Move up to a custom action & barrel in 300 prc or maybe 300 norma. And reuse/move the nice scope over to the new custom build.

Option B:
Or is it better to start on a custom long action barreled down to a 6.5 cm and then just switch the barrel & bolt to the new larger caliber? Maybe like with an ARC Mausingfield or Terminus Zeus/Kratos?

Option: C
I’m open to suggestions. Should I get a cheaper scope to start on a cheap gun? Should I be looking 308 instead of 6.5 creedmoor? What other factors should I consider?

I want to be practical with my money. On the project in total (all rifles + scope(s)), l I really don't want to spend over $6000, but I don’t mind spending money on utility & quality, but not on designer branding, duplication of use, or looks. (btw 95% of the time I will not have a spotter)

Thank you for your thoughts in advance.

Cheers,

CG

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What say our PR members here on the ‘ Hide? You going to claim him? ;-)

I mean, honestly, it’s like a huge insult to the Puerto Rican community. Not the pandering. But the fact that the folks from PR could raise such a hammerhead.

Sirhr

PS. After Biden made his statement, the USSS assigned an agent to guard the hubcaps on the Presidential Limo.

I’m going to hell for that one.

This is what happens when you “force a sport” on people who frankly, don’t give a damn.

The whole league, along with the WNBA, has been a joke from the beginning. But has demanded airtime, equal pay, and attention while really being a platform for blabby dykes to complain that they aren’t equal.

Hey… no one asked for a WOmens Soccer League. You players demanded it. All the way back to your Title 9 BS… thinking that a court case would make third rate play interesting. And you delivered crap. Now are bitching that the league has become a magnet for abusers and shitbags. Who didn’t see that coming?

Seems like this is a perfect moment to fold up the womens soccer league pup tent, fire everyone and realize that another experiment in woke is an abject failure. Because the first thing wokes do when someone hands them something they demanded… is destroy it.

Goes along with being mentally-ill, I guess.

“Wah, I can’t play soccer, but will get rich a decade later because my tits got grabbed.”

Sirhr

I have been running the titanium scorpion on my AR mainly for the looks, but I am working on getting a suppressor for it. This one has the quick disconnect threads.

I like the look of this one for my build. There are plenty of others out there, but they're boring and don't really match my weapon style.

I'd like to convert this trap to a suppressor. Anyone had any success or know of an FFL that takes others tubes and registers them?

$2,200
6.5 creedmoor
Surgeon 591 (Oklahoma)
Small firing pin
28” krieger heavy varmint
MPA BA Comp
Front and rear weight kit
Trigger tech special
APA little bastard
75 rounds on the barrel
Action has had about 5 barrels previously

The weight screws and shims are a bit buggered up but an easy fix with a phone call.

(Bipod not included)

Selling a like new Seekins SP10 with factory 18” 308 barrel and a 24” 6.5CM Proof Research steel barrel. Rifle has shot sub 1/2” with both barrels. 300ish rounds on the 308 and 40 rounds exactly on the 6.5 barrel. Only reason I’m selling is to fund other toys and already have 2 SP10m’s.

$2650 with both barrels, shipped to your FFL. PayPal F&F or buyer covers fees. Scope, mount, suppressor not included.

First “I’ll take it” followed by a PM wins.

So, I'm in SW Florida, recent events reminded me that I need another rain jacket. It seems that if not wearing a trash bag, anything leaks after time. Then of course you look like the fat guy wearing a sweat suit circa 1980, etc.
Anyhow, not fat, in shape what's a decent hot weather jacket nowadays that has a balance in performance and cost?

This is for 22LR only so I'm not looking for comments across the board, because I know how NRL22 and any such type 22LR type shooting requires different type Optic requirements then any other platform.
This question is directly related to ZCO items, what is the best Reticle to choose from for the ZCO scope for any type 22LR shooting, and WHY.

Original owner, box and paperwork. Will come with MKM throw lever and a bubble level. Some scuffs on the sun shade and the bell. Glass is clean. Scope is under a year old.

Let me know if you have any questions or want more pictures.

$1500 net to me shipped CONUS.

100 percent Defiance Cert.
$1000.00.

Figured I’d ask….

Anyone running an origin 223 in a mpa comp chassis? I got a few mdt mags and they feed awful. Trying to put some work into em.

Anyone have any luck with other mags?

Thanks in advance

3 cases of federal match berger 130s
117 rounds of black hills 143 eld-x
$1100 for all of it

Schmidt bender DTii turrets
Msr2 reticle scope is in great shape only
Had the rifle at the range and owned scope for less
Than a year
3000$
Scope was over 4k before tax new and I think their prices have gone up

At work will post pics when I get home

Up for grabs is my original M24 action. There’s a broken tap in the front scope base hole that I would edm out of it. Perfect to send out to LRI or similar for build.

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Yeah, I know I'm taking my detractor's bait and giving them attention they want, but I just can't help but be entertained by their obsession with me. They take living rent free in someone's head to a much more autistic level!

"German Federal Economy Minister Robert Habeck expressed concern over the looming energy crisis this winter, telling German media that the situation was extremely tense and there is a possibility that Germany may run out of gas."

Orange man bad!

But when did they allow drinking beer in uniform at lunch time……. In the navy? Off base
And pilots no less…… back in the 80’s that was a no no……

Oh snap!

When your "anti-fascists" [sic] are really the bad guys.


"This can be seen most acutely in a move made recently by law school students at one of America's most progressive university networks, in one of America's most progressive states. At the beginning of the current academic year, nine law school student groups at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Law amended their bylaws to ensure that nobody who supports Israel or Zionism is invited to speak. Given that the vast majority of Jews worldwide support the state of Israel, these student groups have in essence created a Jew-free zone in the hallowed halls of Berkeley Law."

- by working your butt off and making the best product you possibly can.

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Pause at about the 25:00 mark to see their prices. They make a premium product.

Major props to filmmaker Alvin Zhou for giving the guys and gal at this BBQ joint
the high-quality treatment they deserve. Just outstanding work all around.

Wanting to meet or exceed 7.62x39 ballistics out of an AR15 without going AR47.

The rifle in question will be a 14.5" pinned or 16" and I have no interest in subsonic loads. I was looking at the 300 HAM'R but it's lack of interest in the community and industry has me wondering if it's as good as it seems.

What wildcat would be the best at sending a 125ish gr 30cal projectile as fast as possible while still being a AR15 platform?

Hey guys, so I’m putting together a rifle to take on a sheep hunt and am looking for a solid scope to throw on a browning x-bolt something under $1300, capped turrets, good glass, durable, and in the realm of 16x max. I’ve had multiple leuapold scopes and have had issues with them holding up on long hunts, I have a vortex diamondback and I don’t like it at all. Burris seems like they make some good stuff and so does maven and swaro.

Gents,
I’ve got 4X MUM-14’s and I want to bridge them up. I need four KVC K or M Clips. If you have them, and are willing to part with them. LMK. I’ve got two buddies who are about to discover life on the dark side… IF I can get those clips.

Thanks
ST42

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Found one set. Only one set needed! The Hide is Awesome!!!!!!