Best budget rifle for shooting 500-1000 yrds

[Moose242]

Not an overall eye appealing rifle but I'm sure it functions flawlessly.

I think they look pretty neat-

[dee]

Kinda look like the blaser the way the rear of the action is shaped.

[ThreeFingerPete]

For 500 yards a .308 will work all day long but if you plan on going out to 1000 I would go .300 mag or .338. At that distance you will also need a scope that cost as much or more than the rifle. 300 yards is pretty easy with most bolt guns, 500 is a lot harder than you think, 1,000 yards is exponentially harder than 500.

For the price at 500 yards a Savage or Remington .308 is hard to beat.

6mm/6.5 are your friend

[dee]

6mm/6.5 are your friend

7mm's are just as good if not better with better barrel life.

[Spritle]

Push feed and hook extractors make baby Jesus cry.

Meh, works for me.

[ThreeFingerPete]

7mm's are just as good if not better with better barrel life.

With more recoil.

[Chopped54]

With more recoil.

Recoil is for pussies!

Go .338 Lap

[Darren M]

I'd look into a .308 bolt gun, or possibly 6mm.

Go for the .308. Getting dang hard to find 6mm rounds..... And I so enjoy my 6!
Just my 2¢.

[dee]

With more recoil.

Not enough to outweigh the advantages of better ballistics.

[Moose242]

With more recoil.

My .300 WSM knocks me around like a bitch, but I only shoot it like 3 times a year.

That being said my Kimber has been a spectacular rifle and it is my go-to gun for hunting. It is light as hell and I got it for free in a raffle

[futant]

Are HK rifles even less than 1K$ ?

this has got to be the stupidest HK plug attempt I've seen to date !

[dee]

Are HK rifles even less than 1K$ ?

this has got to be the stupidest HK plug attempt I've seen to date !

Doubtful their not even offered for sale in the US anymore.

[ThreeFingerPete]

Not enough to outweigh the advantages of better ballistics.

Tell that to all the long range shooters who compete, win and sweat by 6.5 creedmoore, 6.5x.284, 6.5 swede, etc. I would also like to see these bullets that youre taking about.

[CJ]

Tell that to all the long range shooters who compete, win and sweat by 6.5 creedmoore, 6.5x.284, 6.5 swede, etc. I would also like to see these bullets that youre taking about.

6mm is extremely efficient.

[dee]

Tell that to all the long range shooters who compete, win and sweat by 6.5 creedmoore, 6.5x.284, 6.5 swede, etc. I would also like to see these bullets that youre taking about.

Don't have to they are already switching to straight 284, 280AI, 7mmWSM or 7MM-300WSM. Look up Hornady 162Amax or the real big bad boy's the Berger 180's or Sierra 178's.

Here's a good read on the subject.

http://www.6mmbr.com/7mm284.html

Keep in mind I'm not knocking the 6.5's or the 6mm's but they are significant over bores which hurts barrel longevity a bit. That's not a big deal to some but for me personally it is when considering the 243 or 6.5-284 good accuracy life is around 1500-2000 and barrels run around $300 and up plus another 300 or so for the install.