Long range rifle

[bullkiller]

I'm looking on some opinions on long range rifles.  I have a 270 and some shorter shooting rifles.  Also have a 7mm rem mag which I have made some 400 yard shots or so with, but I'm considering buying a new scope  that adjusts for yardage and a rifle to go with it.  Something that will shoot 500 to 600 yards accurately. So any help and opinions would be great.  Thanks

[JPhelps]

Budget?

[jay.sharkbait]

I'm looking on some opinions on long range rifles.  I have a 270 and some shorter shooting rifles.  Also have a 7mm rem mag which I have made some 400 yard shots or so with, but I'm considering buying a new scope  that adjusts for yardage and a rifle to go with it.  Something that will shoot 500 to 600 yards accurately. So any help and opinions would be great.  Thanks

You already have two of them

[257 Wby Mag]

Some mods to your 7 mag, oughtta be able to pull that off quite handily...

[6x6in6]

I'm looking on some opinions on long range rifles.  I have a 270 and some shorter shooting rifles.  Also have a 7mm rem mag which I have made some 400 yard shots or so with, but I'm considering buying a new scope  that adjusts for yardage and a rifle to go with it.  Something that will shoot 500 to 600 yards accurately. So any help and opinions would be great.  Thanks

You already have two of them

Yeah.   
He's a scope and load workup away from achieving and exceeding his yardage.   

[T Pearce]

Some mods to your 7 mag, oughtta be able to pull that off quite handily...

Do you reload yet?

[dr.derek]

I have a 7mm ultra mag for sale that is good out to 600. message me if you are interested

[carpsniperg2]

I would agree with the guys. Throw a new scope on it something with dials. Throw a after market trigger on it, timney is a good mid price trigger. Then you might have a rifle smith bed the rifle. Those 3 will shrink your groups.

[bullkiller]

Jason.  I don't really have a budget. I'll pay whatever I gotta pay to get what I want.   Also no I do not reload.  Don't really have the time or place to set up and do it.  But if that's what it will take then I'll hafta find the time and place.

[T Pearce]

Reloading is used to maintain consistency with your loads. In the past, if I found a factory round that my rifle liked I would fly back to the store and buy up all I could in that lot #.
Long range shooting is going to require more trigger time (lots of shooting). Ive setup reloading presses on barstools when living in small apartments. I still use the stool method today. Its portable and doesn't take up the space. That unlimited buget could bed your stock, tune or replace your trigger and buy a nice scope.

I like shooting far and have been on the ridge at dawn to see orange vest everywhere with the critters hiding in the brush and not coming out without a serious push.
For me it was a phase. The more I learned the country the closer my targets. 400yds isnt close. PRACTICE PRACTICE

[HUNTNORTHWEST]

If you dont have a budget buy a gunwerks rifle its 1000 yards out of the box

http://www.gunwerks.com/

problem solved

[T Pearce]

If you dont have a budget buy a gunwerks rifle its 1000 yards out of the box

Just thinking that myself.... they have the scope too. Will workup the load for you and give you the recipe with it.
Wala something I've always wanted to do myself.
I was being foolishly frugal

[kbrowne14]

That whole Gunwerks rifle system with the scope and custom turrets is a bunch of BS.  If you are going to have a custom rifle built, have a custom rifle built, put a nice optic on it that has actual mil/moa adjustments with a reticle to match.  Don't buy into that Gunwerks system, "Just Dial the range on the turret and shoot!"  It would only be precise if the atmospheric conditions were identical to the conditions where the load was developed.  As soon as you get on the mountain, or in hotter or colder temperatures, the turrets would mean nothing.  But with a mil/moa standard system, you would be able to account for those conditions.

[Axle]

Other than the 2 caliber rifles you already have  (which are awesome), I would suggest a good bow and some carbon arrows. For the finest broadheads, get some Wasp broadheads (Bowhunter45 will confirm my choice  ). After hunting with a bow for a few seasons, you will not need a long range rifle. I'm not kidding. Your hunting skills will increase and you will be able to walk up close to the critters and slap them on the butt before you pull the trigger. 

[coachcw]

You may wAnt ty o talk to Claude kinard at the shooters shop in Graham. He can work up a load and acurize you 7'm. He sells huskima systems. Add a break and trigger. Lights out