Re: New to Long Range Shooting

On Nov 28, 9:27 pm, Polarhound <polarho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# jadel wrote:
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# # On Nov 28, 5:47 am, Roadkill <bullgator.roadk...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# # # During the recent Thanksgiving holiday, I had the opportunity to go
# # #
# #
# # # To further explain what I'm looking for: I would prefer something in .
# # # 308 that I could hit a deer size target at 800 yards and would like to
# # # keep the price tag under $2500-$3000. I was also looking into a .50BMG
# # # such as a Barrett. What are the pros/conns of shooting such a large
# # # round ..
# #
# # Cost is the biggest con for the .50BMG. Even if you reload, you will
# # pay $4-5/ round. So that will be about a C-note for every 20 rounds.
# # You can build a -lot- of .308 match rounds for that.
#
# When you own a .416 Rigby, $5/round is cheap!


So what? $5/round ain't cheap to the vast majority of gun owners.

J. Del Col


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