Anyone here into firearms?

Nismo89 · 02-02-2015, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Been thinking on buying one of those rifles. Top it off with either a US Optics or a Schmidt & Bender scope.

5-25x56 PM II/LP/MTC

U.S. OPTICS - ER-25

the gun I got from Cabelas and was $1,530 or something around that took it home the same day....they said that the reason we can take long range rifles home like this, is because its a different policy than handguns and smaller firearms like AK-47's exc.... I think (personally) it kicks less than my Remington 700 7mm Mag.

The Scope is a Vortex scope MOA mil-dot ....6x30x50

the scope is retailed for around $1,100 , I got it with the military discount so I got the scope a little cheaper, but that is the price regularly for it ... so all in all.......... 1500 + 1,100 =$2,600 or so in total. vs 8-10k for the barrett without a scope... that's one HELL of a bargain.

and if you think about it ....... $1,500 Lapua Magnum vs $9,000-10k Barrett and the Lapua shoots as far and is as accurate , but for 7.5k less, that's a bargain worth investing .

and the ammo, though still expensive ...not as expensive as the Barrett. I think with the Barrett it costs you around $20 a shot ..... the Lapua is $10 a shot.... I have a buddy that reloads his own shells ( has the same gun as I do, but its the 110 BA version instead of the 110 FCP ) and its cheaper to do it that way instead of buying new ones regularly , plus you know exactly what your shooting everytime versus say.... new bullets.

Rusty · 02-02-2015, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Nismo89

the gun I got from Cabelas and was $1,530 or something around that took it home the same day....they said that the reason we can take long range rifles home like this, is because its a different policy than handguns and smaller firearms like AK-47's exc.... I think (personally) it kicks less than my Remington 700 7mm Mag.

The Scope is a Vortex scope MOA mil-dot ....6x30x50

the scope is retailed for around $1,100 , I got it with the military discount so I got the scope a little cheaper, but that is the price regularly for it ... so all in all.......... 1500 + 1,100 =$2,600 or so in total. vs 8-10k for the barrett without a scope... that's one HELL of a bargain.

and if you think about it ....... $1,500 Lapua Magnum vs $9,000-10k Barrett and the Lapua shoots as far and is as accurate , but for 7.5k less, that's a bargain worth investing .

and the ammo, though still expensive ...not as expensive as the Barrett. I think with the Barrett it costs you around $20 a shot ..... the Lapua is $10 a shot.... I have a buddy that reloads his own shells ( has the same gun as I do, but its the 110 BA version instead of the 110 FCP ) and its cheaper to do it that way instead of buying new ones regularly , plus you know exactly what your shooting everytime versus say.... new bullets.

I had put together a 300 Kong. Never did like shooting that rifle. That rifle was more about recoil management instead of trigger control.

So I sold it for what I had in it. That last about year and a half ago. Figure I was done with rifles like that. Wrong, I got the bug again.

Been researching the 338LM lately. Looking for one that I don't have to put much it to it. The Savage got my interest. Also looking at a few others. Remington with the aluminium chassis for one. But most of them are over 3 grand. So I'm still deciding. I reload, so the price don't bother me. But getting powder is another issue. I'm been on backorder for 8 months for 8lbs of TAC and ARComp for my AR's.

Nismo89 · 02-02-2015, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I had put together a 300 Kong. Never did like shooting that rifle. That rifle was more about recoil management instead of trigger control.

So I sold it for what I had in it. That last about year and a half ago. Figure I was done with rifles like that. Wrong, I got the bug again.

Been researching the 338LM lately. Looking for one that I don't have to put much it to it. The Savage got my interest. Also looking at a few others. Remington with the aluminium chassis for one. But most of them are over 3 grand. So I'm still deciding. I reload, so the price don't bother me. But getting powder is another issue. I'm been on backorder for 8 months for 8lbs of TAC and ARComp for my AR's.

the Savage 110 FCP ( with the scope I have) is all in under 3k and as my brother told me yesterday through text message ( he has it on the military range) and said " the thing shoot fire!"

Rusty · 02-02-2015, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nismo89

the Savage 110 FCP ( with the scope I have) is all in under 3k and as my brother told me yesterday through text message ( he has it on the military range) and said " the thing shoot fire!"

I have yet seen a bad review of the 338LM Savage.

Nismo89 · 02-02-2015, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

I have yet seen a bad review of the 338LM Savage.

the only thing I would say about it is that if you get the 110 BA .... the thing weighs 18 pounds! its a tank of a gun in weight . a brute.

one of the big reasons I went with the FCP

.......WITH the H&S Precision stock!........ ALOT lighter.......... go to a place that has both the 110 BA and the 110 FCP with the H&S precision stock, both are Magnum ..... feel the difference!