as stated, it depends on what you want.
Don't send it out of state, we have some of the best in the nation here in Oklahoma.
Stuteville Precision
Parry Custom Gun
Beanland custom rifles
Mike Luckett
there are some more, but any of these 4 extremely respected gunsmiths around the country in the...
yeah, sorry for any confusion. I am saying that the correction factor is definitely the way to go. What I meant was: there is a huge difference between a scope not tracking and one that is slightly off on come ups (calibration), don't confuse the 2.
If one is not tracking, send it back.
3 things:
Buy a rangefinder, or borrow one. There is no sense getting dope out to 400 if you will never be able to tell how far something is before shooting at it.
Use the unit of measure on your scope turrets, whether MOA or MILs, don't use "clicks", inches, or anything else.
Check your scope...
My advice is for you to go to Gene Sears supply, pull 3, 4, or 5 of them out of the box and fondle them a little. This is long term investment (something you'll never get rid of). Don't buy one just by reading the internet and looking at pictures.
Most likely, the S&W will be worth more based on the name in a few years. Just something you may want to consider?
Other than that, most of your 10-12 "mid to upper mid class" AR's are gonna run flawlessly and there are not much differences. But when you start getting up into Noveske, LMT...
But the ATF already knows about that action per the serial #. Now that you've done that, it will always have to be a 308. No rebarreling to digferent caliber.
And I'm not sure on exactly what kind of stock you are wanting, but there are all kinds of stocks out there for Remmy 700 footprints.
Look around for scopes, plenty of options there too.
I agree that TorchPro is a good set up. You can focus to small beam for scanning, or up close flood for stalking. I personally do not like helmet mounted. Rifle mounted works best for me.
I've heard vampire lights work well but have never seen nor tried.
DBAL D2's are awesome, but they're...
the options are endless. Like above, decide which way you want to go, rather a new stock, new chassis, or inlet the current.
All sorts of DBM's available, a simple search will reveal several, surgeon, Badger, wyatts, seekins, & CDI being most popular.
If you go with a new stock, remember that...
why would you need an IR laser? they can only be seen with night vision.
Your proposed setup is NV free.
You need to start by trying to call them up in daylight.
yes. There is definitely an advantage to using turrets as opposed to holdovers. But it depends on distance and target size. If you're punching paper and a little steel out to 300, no need.
Anything more than that and dialing is the only choice.
Doesn't depend on how much you shoot and it what circumstances to decide how much to spend?
No one has mentioned the ESP's. They are extremely expensive but there is nothing that comes close to them.
Peltor slims would get my vote for muffs.
There's plenty out there. Parry custom gun in Vici, Butch's guns in Woodward, Jerry Newman in Elk, Ted's guns in W'ford.
Probably looking at $50-75 each
not sure about local,
Dave Kampfield in Idaho is one of the most well known there is. Mail it to them with no issues.
Be careful with a replacement bolt if you're using the same barrel and not rechambering as headspace issues could arise.
I will tastefully disagree. Savage doesn't have anything in the fight yet? How so? The market I'm referring to is: Off the shelf, under $1500, short action, efficient BC caliber, good trigger, throw some high end glass and shoot to a grand accurately.
Look around and see how many 6.5...