Option 1 - Stay under your budget and get a decent 3-9x40 and practice with your rifle. Then when your ready to invest in a more expensive scope with dialing capabilities purchase a new scope.
Option 2 - Save for a little longer and watch the threads for a Nightforce SHV that you can pickup...
I assume you want to put new powder in them and shoot them again with new/ different powder or weight and new bullet. If that's correct what is the intent of the ammo? For plinking or hunting application? For plinking you can just try and get all the powder out and use a light to shine in and...
A couple weeks ago I had a die that was a little rough when resizing brass. Used a little Dremel tool a wool buff and a little joulers rouge. 20-30 seconds of polishing the inside, cleaned it out with parts cleaner and a q tip. Put it back together and the feeling when running the press was...
The Kuiu strongfleece or peleton are both good options. I have worn both at the same time for added warmth and can remove as necessary if you get too hot.
If this is a field gun I would advise against adding that much weight. As others have stated the gun will not act the same in field with that much weight and when practicing it would be better to practice how you will be hunting with it.
Full length sizing is what should be done. As others have stated if you don't the brass will get stuck eventually. Its a good idea(not required) to anneal and full length size after every shot. There is some good resources on this subject too using search tool. Watch some of Erik Cortina's...
Huntinfool or just make an excel spreadsheet with the states you want and go to the states and insert them in the spreadsheet and can also add notes and what zones you want to apply for
I recently bought a CZ 457 MTR and have been practicing out to 300 with Eley Match Ammo. Its been pretty fun. CZ's do have lots of aftermarket support too so one could upgrade if they wanted to go down the rabbit hole. I adjusted the trigger to about 1.5lbs and its pretty smooth however its a...
Regardless what you do there will be some evidence of mounting the scope. Usually if you plan on leaving it mounted for awhile and hunt with it there will probably be other beauty marks come up along the life of the setup