re: Ballistic heads and long range guys, caliber recommendation

I went through this process about four years ago. My goal for long range was for the most part 1,000 yards and in to start with. I wanted a gun that didn't help create a flinch due to recoil.

For me the 6.5 creedmoor was what I decided on I am VERY happy with it. I bought the parts and put some of it together myself and had Pheonix arms do what I couldn't. The 140 Amax has an excellent ballistic coefficient and in a light wind will shoot sub MOA out to 1,500 yards with me pulling the trigger.

Lots of love these days for .338, .300, etc I stayed away from them. The .308 is something else to consider as an excellent long range gun, lots of stuff out there on it, I shot one for years I got away from it because after Sandy Hook when I was looking it was too hard to get components to reload. However it's a round worth looking at also.

A lot depends upon how far you want to shoot and what you want to shoot at.