Good afternoon gentlemen. I’m buying a Seekins DMR 22” in 6 ARC. It’s going to be my do everything rifle for plinking, hunting, and heavy range use on steel and paper. I have a 500 yard rifle range 5 minutes from my house so usually shooting 500 and under but if I can find a range I’ll definitely shoot it out to 1000.
Pretty sure I am going with a Vortex Venom 5-25x56 FFP with the mils reticle. I need help with the mounts. I’m happy to stick with Seekins mounts but it doesn’t have to be theirs. Sub $300ish would be nice if possible but not going to cheap out if it makes sense to spend another hundred or two. All of my experience is with typical 3-9x40 hunting scopes so I don’t know if I should go with a 0 or 20 MOA mount or one piece vs 2 rings. I’d like a red dot for close plinking and getting on target at range but don’t know if I should put it on a diving board or canted mount.
It won’t be the most ergonomic rifle with a 5-25, the weight, and the 22” barrel but that’s fine. I don’t want to compromise on any bench shooting accuracy especially being a gas gun. I can always go down to a 18 or 16” barrel later if I feel the need. Or buy a 5.56.
Not worried about the hunting side as I shot a bunch of deer and hogs behind the ear with a .243 Win and 85gr Nosler Partitions when I was young.
Planning on starting with 5 or 10 boxes of Hornady black box 105 gr JHP or ELDM 108 gr match and then reloading once I save up the brass.
Pretty sure I am going with a Vortex Venom 5-25x56 FFP with the mils reticle. I need help with the mounts. I’m happy to stick with Seekins mounts but it doesn’t have to be theirs. Sub $300ish would be nice if possible but not going to cheap out if it makes sense to spend another hundred or two. All of my experience is with typical 3-9x40 hunting scopes so I don’t know if I should go with a 0 or 20 MOA mount or one piece vs 2 rings. I’d like a red dot for close plinking and getting on target at range but don’t know if I should put it on a diving board or canted mount.
It won’t be the most ergonomic rifle with a 5-25, the weight, and the 22” barrel but that’s fine. I don’t want to compromise on any bench shooting accuracy especially being a gas gun. I can always go down to a 18 or 16” barrel later if I feel the need. Or buy a 5.56.
Not worried about the hunting side as I shot a bunch of deer and hogs behind the ear with a .243 Win and 85gr Nosler Partitions when I was young.
Planning on starting with 5 or 10 boxes of Hornady black box 105 gr JHP or ELDM 108 gr match and then reloading once I save up the brass.
