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re: Thoughts during Finals Study Break- Building a Sniper Rifle
Posted on 12/4/12 at 3:28 pm to RATeamWannabe
Posted on 12/4/12 at 3:28 pm to RATeamWannabe
Do you honestly have a place where you'd be shooting 800 yards often enough to make it worthwhile to build the rifle? I've got one and I haven't taken a shot like that in FOREVER.
As for what you've got, you could obviously put a 30-06 barrel on it since that's what the .270 is built on but why? Like you said, you can shoot a .223 at 500. You could do the same with a .270. And MUCH more accurately. As long as terminal ballistics doesn't matter, and honestly at 800 yards it doesn't because you aren't hunting with it and even if you were, you'd still be using whatever round you've tuned for that rifle so that you could actually hit something, so we're back where we started.
Why not just accurize the .270?
It's a good round. You'd end up with a highly accurate rifle that you could actually hunt with if you wanted to or if you didn't, it would kill the frick out of anybody you chose to snuff with it.
As for what you've got, you could obviously put a 30-06 barrel on it since that's what the .270 is built on but why? Like you said, you can shoot a .223 at 500. You could do the same with a .270. And MUCH more accurately. As long as terminal ballistics doesn't matter, and honestly at 800 yards it doesn't because you aren't hunting with it and even if you were, you'd still be using whatever round you've tuned for that rifle so that you could actually hit something, so we're back where we started.
Why not just accurize the .270?
It's a good round. You'd end up with a highly accurate rifle that you could actually hunt with if you wanted to or if you didn't, it would kill the frick out of anybody you chose to snuff with it.
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Posted on 12/4/12 at 4:09 pm to faxis
I could def keep the .270 round, its one I am pretty fond of, I was just open to any suggestions in case anyone had any.
As far as a range, I can def push 400 yards anytime I want on private property, and plan on expanding on that in the years ahead. I understand where you are coming from, but I also have a $700+ rifle thats not being used at all, thats why I wanted to see what my options are with it.
As far as a range, I can def push 400 yards anytime I want on private property, and plan on expanding on that in the years ahead. I understand where you are coming from, but I also have a $700+ rifle thats not being used at all, thats why I wanted to see what my options are with it.
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