Anderson3754

180 VLD 43.5 gr or 188 VLD 42.5 gr... RL 15 powder.. Win case, 92win Palma case, CCI BR2 primer. With a 600yd zero its 10 min to 800 yds sometimes it can be 12min depending on temp and air density and what range your shooting at, not all of are ranges are flat. 100-200 up 2min 200-300 3min sometimes 4min, 300-600 11-12 min Based on a 600 zero to shoot 850 start at 10 1/2 min (60 -65 inch drop from 600)

Geez you type fast.... my 2 AR10's at 600 yds. First love are bolt rifles. Oh... I use to hunt alot. Just not anymore. Couple of deer, several pheasants and rabbits, some squirrels, and lately ground hogs.

That rifle is very nice, buy ammo and shoot it. If it is no longer a production rifle just leave as is. Just build a 2nd rifle to suit your taste

No no no. I shoot Highpower slow fire prone. Palma 800-900-1000. Traditional Benchrest shooting I have no use for

Hmmm.....Your correct,,,, 600 yds is now classified has mid range. but when you need to shoot a 198x200 or better with a min of a 50% X count just to place in the top 5. Reading the wind becomes very important.

I like that setup alot, nice adjust Butt plate. Tell me how is your rear sling attached to that stock, its hard for me to see, the how part.

Ya got me on that one. i've only shoot them at 600 yds prone, front rest, rear bag 16 inch high at a 100yds generally puts you in the 9 ring at 600 yds. From there its 10 min to 800yds, 5min to 900 yds and 5 min to 1000 yds. 188 gr vld and 43.5 grs of Reloader 15 Br2 primer and a Win case.

Those velocity's are nice what powder, primer, do you use?

Oh yes..... it would suck hunting 4 legged game carrying it around all day, but I don't hunt any more. Some how I got hooked on long range precision marksmanship, and that vocation is where I spend most of my time. However; I've been known to practice CQB rifle, pistol, and shotgun from time to time.

Oh yes I agree 100% If for example your load and setup shoots a 1/2 minute the main reason for the longer barrel is velocity so as to have, less wind deflection at the longer ranges, for easy talking lets say 400yds and greater. Benchrest shooters for 100-200 yds shoot short barrels, simply for less barrel time. Us longer range shooters need the velocity from the longer barrel to get through the wind. Intrinsically both rifles shoot the same.

I really like the 20 inch barrel setups and Iron sights in the 308 and 16inch setup with irons in 223. My 308 AR's with scopes have 24 inch barrels Spend your money wisely, there is a wealth of info here, just by reading and asking questions

Hick HI....I don't have any pics to post. I'll just offer my opinion as a LE Firearms Instructor. By the time you attach the scope to the top of the carrying handle, then using even low mount rings the scope will be very very high this makes the weapon very top heavy, you'll lose your cheek weld to the stock, your head kinda starts bobbing around like a cork in water. To over come this people started raising the comb with all sorts of items foam rubber and duck tape, just to get some sort of a usable check weld to shoot the rifle. Another problem that results from this style of setup, often with a 1 inch scope tube you run out of elevation adjustment for anything past 100yds. If you are able to zero the rifle at lets say 100yds the crosshair will literally be buried into the bottom of the scope tube. This location often on lesser expensive scopes is where optical clarity suffers, your greatest optical clarity is when your looking through the center of the lens. You end with a distorted sight picture, parallax is also exaggerated and becomes extremely annoying to shooters who are very prudent about dialing out parallax. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it becomes a very awkward and frustrating weapon system to shoot accurately and comfortably. Work your way around to a flat top upper with a 20'' barrel if your going to shoot a scope. Then a 16 or 18 inch for your defense setup keeping in mind the 16 inch can be a brute with muzzle climb, ref dwell time from shot to shot. I might get flamed here but I struggle with the concept of a 16inch barrel in 308 and the 18inch does not handle or point has well has a 20 inch setup. Buy ammo, alot of it... and shoot your rifle as is with the irons. Shoot drill exercises, in battery, out of battery reloads, left side, ride side barricade etc, etc. You may just like the rifle as it is. Then build your flat top upper with a scope. Do lots of research, ask a lot of question, shoot other rifles that are configured differently than yours. Keep in mind the true sign of a professional is gun handling and proper tactics. Most people shoot decent, it's the intimate use and understanding of the weapon you choose to operate. You want your on demand performance to be smooth and accurate. Hope it helps

Stay with the Aero Precision upper and lower assembly. I prefer Keymod for the handguard. M-lock is simply okay. How the military came to the conclusion M-lock is better and stronger is mystery to me and maybe the whole world.

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Thankyou.... don't mine helping someone out at all. The school of hard knocks is a good teacher, but sometimes expensive. We have here on this forum a wealth of information, theres no reason to keep it a secret.