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Re: Best Long Range Rifle Out of Box
« Reply #20 on: August 19, 2021, 10:13:07 PM »
I do concur. Much cheaper prices in .308 when buying from a vendor, too, which is why handloading for .270 (especially) and 30-06 is needed for the rifleman who shoots a lot in those respective calibers, unless he's rich.

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I'm not knocking the .308. It's an excellent cartridge but the .270 and 30-06 are more powerful, faster velocity and flatter shooting, and even more so at longer distances.
I do not believe you are. The 270 and 3006 have specific advantages.
I am too far a casual shooter who aims to do more shooting in the future, when health and finances will allow for it. I have a lot of cheap 308 which is good for plinking, some for hunting, but all good for shan hitting the fit, as it were. And a simple bolt action in 556. 
The objective is to hurl mean words at the enemy, and then shoot them while they crumpling as to humanely remove wokeness from the world.  :laugh2: :cowboy:

Re: Best Long Range Rifle Out of Box
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2021, 10:28:49 PM »
Ruger American in .308 is a solid inexpensive choice. Usually they come with decent glass. In my neck of the woods, you can find them for about $550-$600.


Re: Best Long Range Rifle Out of Box
« Reply #22 on: August 20, 2021, 05:59:34 AM »
Gun Safe Buyers Guide
https://www.accurateshooter.com/technical-articles/gun-safe-buyers-guide/
Thanks, that's pretty comprehensive.  That safe from Sam's Club (of all places) looks impressive "for what it is".  My concern is not so much fire --- insurance would cover that, and my 8-gun collection is not all that expensive, my priciest gun is the Glock 19 that retails for about $600 new in latest generation --- as theft, especially when I'm away overnight (which isn't often) and just general security.  The Winchester I looked at yesterday seems to be made especially for Tractor Supply.  The hat trick would be getting it home, I don't think Tractor Supply delivers, highly doubt Sam's Club does either.  I'd have to rent a U-Haul truck, or possibly one from Home Depot, just long enough to get the safe home --- thankfully, while my home is multi-level (FROG and basement-like garage), I would have a straight shot over level ground, from the patio entrance from the street, to the bedroom closet, only a dolly would be needed.  While I'm at it, I might as well get my money's worth out of a day's truck rental, and also get one of those affordable gas grills that Lowe's and other places have on sale.  It'd be a nice addition to the patio, and would enable cooking out without all the mess of charcoal and lighter fluid.  Not crazy about the aftertaste of charcoal-grilled steaks and burgers anyway.  A gun safe and a propane grill are two indispensable parts of the perfect "manhouse" (i.e., a "mancave" writ large).

Re: Best Long Range Rifle Out of Box
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2021, 08:33:41 AM »
Ruger American or Tikka T3X

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Re: Best Long Range Rifle Out of Box
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2021, 09:42:27 AM »
...cooking out without all the mess of charcoal and lighter fluid.  Not crazy about the aftertaste of charcoal-grilled steaks and burgers anyway.  ...
Lights with a match and a single page of newspaper. Hot coals in about 5 minutes, No aftertaste. Durable. About $10. Charcoal chimney.