Hi guys. I feel like a fat kid in candy store with this site. There are so many cool and interesting things here to occupy my time. So much good information and awesome pictures. I am a newb to most types of shooting having started with a beretta 92fs a few years ago. I carried that in the Navy doing base security.
My first long gun was an insanely overpriced (pawn shop, gun newb, sucker born every minute) Winchester M70. It was a nice gun but After shooting It I decided I wanted something not made in 1972 and not so banged up. I went to the gun shop and traded it in. At first looking at another Winchester M70 but then the nice gun store lady showed me a Remington 700 sps tactical with a bipod. I was like "holy shit, its a sniper rifle".
Of course after Navy SEAL, being a Marine Corps Sniper was at the top of the dream job list, so the Remington 700 platform was very very attractive. After some very long and artful articulation I came home with this.
Remington 700 sps tactical in 3"oh shit"8, Harris bi-pod, Viper vortex 3-9x40, crappy blackhawk check weld thingy. I got it for around 36 dollars and 45 cents over 1k. I might have paid a bit too much but I think I did ok, and my local gun shop is really helpful and answers all my newb questions so I like the fact that I can bring it in all the time and ask questions and get good answers.
I have a really nice 1000 yard gun range about 30minutes from my house that I have never been to. Instead I go to the BLM shooting range about 15 minutes away. One can shoot out to 400 yards there, but anything past 200 yards and you are climbing hills and dodging cacti. So far my shooting has been horrible. I can shoot 2MOA at 100 yards, lol. My problem is the HUGE, TERRIBLE recoil of the .308. Im not used to it. I just need practice. So far I have 78 rounds down the pipe and I am using a range book to record all variables. I did a light barrel break in but didn't go all out.
Well, I hope posting this here is ok. I was just excited and wanted to share my new shiny thing. I would eventually like to replace the stock, but with my shooting it isnt really an issue and so that will be a long way down the road. Here is another pick with his brothers and sister.
Taurus 92, Beretta 92, Phoenix HP, Winchester Wildcat 22lr.
My first long gun was an insanely overpriced (pawn shop, gun newb, sucker born every minute) Winchester M70. It was a nice gun but After shooting It I decided I wanted something not made in 1972 and not so banged up. I went to the gun shop and traded it in. At first looking at another Winchester M70 but then the nice gun store lady showed me a Remington 700 sps tactical with a bipod. I was like "holy shit, its a sniper rifle".
Of course after Navy SEAL, being a Marine Corps Sniper was at the top of the dream job list, so the Remington 700 platform was very very attractive. After some very long and artful articulation I came home with this.
Remington 700 sps tactical in 3"oh shit"8, Harris bi-pod, Viper vortex 3-9x40, crappy blackhawk check weld thingy. I got it for around 36 dollars and 45 cents over 1k. I might have paid a bit too much but I think I did ok, and my local gun shop is really helpful and answers all my newb questions so I like the fact that I can bring it in all the time and ask questions and get good answers.
I have a really nice 1000 yard gun range about 30minutes from my house that I have never been to. Instead I go to the BLM shooting range about 15 minutes away. One can shoot out to 400 yards there, but anything past 200 yards and you are climbing hills and dodging cacti. So far my shooting has been horrible. I can shoot 2MOA at 100 yards, lol. My problem is the HUGE, TERRIBLE recoil of the .308. Im not used to it. I just need practice. So far I have 78 rounds down the pipe and I am using a range book to record all variables. I did a light barrel break in but didn't go all out.
Well, I hope posting this here is ok. I was just excited and wanted to share my new shiny thing. I would eventually like to replace the stock, but with my shooting it isnt really an issue and so that will be a long way down the road. Here is another pick with his brothers and sister.
Taurus 92, Beretta 92, Phoenix HP, Winchester Wildcat 22lr.
