Hello all,
New-comer to the forum here, and as far as long-distance shooting goes I've only ever shot at to 500 yards (with my Garand) so I am new to the realm of long-distance shooting.
Unless folks can give me some good reasons why not to, I'm pretty much sold on the idea of buying a Savage 10FP (in .308 winchester) in the next 3-7 weeks.
What I have a lot of questions on, what I need the most help on, will be scope selection, bipod selection, etc.
I was thinking of the Leupold Mark IV 3.5-10x40mm, I'd like it to have an illuminated mil-dot reticle. Does that sort of scope have an illuminated mil-dot reticle as an option? If there are no benefits to a mil-dot reticle and a tactical reticle is sufficient, then please make the case or point me to where the case is made in regards to mil-dot vs tactical. I'm still not entirely clear on the differences other than dots vs hashs.
I'm kind of on a budget (presently earning two engineering degrees so money isn't as readily available as it could be), I don't want to break the bank on anything, I'd like to keep it under $2,000 dollars for the rifle, scope, bipod, and sling. At some point in the next 8-10 months I might have the money to get a better stock for the rifle (from what I've read the main gripe with the Savage 10FP is the default/factory stock).
So basically what I'm hoping for, anybody who wants to weigh in on the Leupold scopes (or point me in another direction if there's a better option for the money), make some bipod suggestions, etc.
Basically what I want the rifle for is because I'd like to get into shooting at 500-800 yards mostly just for fun, maybe at some point for competition, and there's always the possibility of long-range hunting. Also somewhere in the back of my mind is the possibility that at some point, in the absence of civilized society with law and order, I may have a need for something that handles hostile/violent individuals at long-range.
For right now my objectives are to just get the rifle, get some quality scope that I can be happy keeping for the next 10-20 years, get a nice bipod, decent sling, and then hit up some classes (been looking at Badlands in Oklahoma and Storm Mountain in WV, like what I've found/read so far), and then just have fun shooting and learning.
Many thanks!
New-comer to the forum here, and as far as long-distance shooting goes I've only ever shot at to 500 yards (with my Garand) so I am new to the realm of long-distance shooting.
Unless folks can give me some good reasons why not to, I'm pretty much sold on the idea of buying a Savage 10FP (in .308 winchester) in the next 3-7 weeks.
What I have a lot of questions on, what I need the most help on, will be scope selection, bipod selection, etc.
I was thinking of the Leupold Mark IV 3.5-10x40mm, I'd like it to have an illuminated mil-dot reticle. Does that sort of scope have an illuminated mil-dot reticle as an option? If there are no benefits to a mil-dot reticle and a tactical reticle is sufficient, then please make the case or point me to where the case is made in regards to mil-dot vs tactical. I'm still not entirely clear on the differences other than dots vs hashs.
I'm kind of on a budget (presently earning two engineering degrees so money isn't as readily available as it could be), I don't want to break the bank on anything, I'd like to keep it under $2,000 dollars for the rifle, scope, bipod, and sling. At some point in the next 8-10 months I might have the money to get a better stock for the rifle (from what I've read the main gripe with the Savage 10FP is the default/factory stock).
So basically what I'm hoping for, anybody who wants to weigh in on the Leupold scopes (or point me in another direction if there's a better option for the money), make some bipod suggestions, etc.
Basically what I want the rifle for is because I'd like to get into shooting at 500-800 yards mostly just for fun, maybe at some point for competition, and there's always the possibility of long-range hunting. Also somewhere in the back of my mind is the possibility that at some point, in the absence of civilized society with law and order, I may have a need for something that handles hostile/violent individuals at long-range.
For right now my objectives are to just get the rifle, get some quality scope that I can be happy keeping for the next 10-20 years, get a nice bipod, decent sling, and then hit up some classes (been looking at Badlands in Oklahoma and Storm Mountain in WV, like what I've found/read so far), and then just have fun shooting and learning.
Many thanks!
