Need Help Choosing a .308!

[brooTool]

Sup guys,

I am interested in getting a bolt action .308 for mid to long range. I want it for target shooting and Urban/sniper warfare.
I have about $1,000 (give or take a few hundred) to spend on a rife, rings, and scope. I wanted to ask the community what they're thoughts were for this price range. I was thinking about getting a Remington 700 but can't decide which one to get. I really want a heavy barrel. I was also very interested in the Savage Arms rifles and the accutrigger; but yet again I don't know which ones are good, I am newer to bolt actions! I owned a Savage 110 .270 but sold it a while back.
I really want to get into longer range shooting like 200-500 yards maybe 600. Like I said previously I really want a heavy barrel and prefer a black synthetic stock. Let me know what you guys think

[ar15barrels]

$600 Remington SPS Varmint.
$100 Boyds stock.
$120 TPS base/rings
$200 Bushnell 3200 tactical 10x40 mil/mil scope

A few hundred dollars more in the budget for the scope would really improve the project.

[brooTool]

I really like the sps varmint and the stock/rings! I would definetly consider waiting to get a better scope. I was thinking maybe a leupold

[ar15barrels]

I really like the sps varmint and the stock/rings! I would definetly consider waiting to get a better scope. I was thinking maybe a leupold

Look at Vortex Vipers or SWFA super snipers.
Whatever you get, make sure it has a parallax adjustment, mil-based reticle and mil-based adjustments.
Leupold are overpriced for what you get and you won't get what you should have at the price points you are seeking.

[Click Boom]

do those bushnell's have nice glass? Every time i see a burris next to a bushnell it is way in the burris' favor it seems like.

[Arkive]

Look at Vortex Vipers or SWFA super snipers.
Whatever you get, make sure it has a parallax adjustment, mil-based reticle and mil-based adjustments.
Leupold are overpriced for what you get and you won't get what you should have at the price points you are seeking.

You generally do pay more for a USA made product. Support the USA and buy the Leupold OP!

[ar15barrels]

You generally do pay more for a USA made product. Support the USA and buy the Leupold OP!

The sub $1000 leupolds don't generally qualify to be marked as "made in the use" due to their use of more than 50% foreign produced parts/materials.

[ar15barrels]

do those bushnell's have nice glass? Every time i see a burris next to a bushnell it is way in the burris' favor it seems like.

Mechanical reliability trumps glass quality.
Great glass is a waste if the erector won't stay where you put it.
I would always stay with a Japanese manufactured scope over all the other Asian countries if I could only afford to use an Asian manufactured scope.
My competition rifles mostly have USA made scopes on them.

[ElvenSoul]

Try using search engine

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Mechanical reliability trumps glass quality.
Great glass is a waste if the erector won't stay where you put it.
I would always stay with a Japanese manufactured scope over all the other Asian countries if I could only afford to use an Asian manufactured scope.
My competition rifles mostly have USA made scopes on them.

I thought the Chinese made all the best stuff

[Merc1138]

I thought the Chinese made all the best stuff

I thought the Germans always make the best stuff, that's what Vince tells me anyway.

[HUTCH 7.62]

If you got the money and time...

http://www.gaprecision.net/

This was the route I took.

Or you can buy a used rifle someone has put a lot of dough into.


Anybody ever used a Super Sniper scope?http://swfa-ss.com/

[liamettocs]

Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle with a Leupold scout scope. They have their own board at scoutrifle.org (IIRC)

[russ69]

...I want it for target shooting and Urban/sniper warfare...

Are you having problems in the neighborhood?

[RNE228]

I wanna say both, but you are right. A good lens is useless if it does not stay together.

I have done shooting, lots of microscopy, and a fair amount of photography. Good glass makes a big difference in all three. Maybe not for just plinking, or looking at generic sample, or point/shoot photography. But when the shot or the image counts, good glass can be the difference between a hit and a miss, missed photo, or not enough resolution in a microscope.

It is hard to explain till you have used mediocre AND good glass.

Mechanical reliability trumps glass quality.
Great glass is a waste if the erector won't stay where you put it.