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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    Is there any factory ammo that would be good in that 500-600 yard range or at least much better than that factory Barnes I'm shooting.
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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    Good info. It would be nice to learn from an instructor and really understand moa and adjustments better. I'm assuming a good tracking scope can be hit and miss, no two scopes are made the same sorta thing? I shoot the Barnes vortex 180 grain ttsx BT. I'm nowhere near ready to pick up reloading...
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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    I also believe my Tikka is a 1:10 twist and a 24 inch barrel, is 200 grain about the heaviest I want to shoot? Appreciate any info, I'm mostly a muzzy/archery guy, so rifles are a learning curve for me.
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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    Current glass on my Tikka is vortex 4x16x44. Wouldn't mind upgrading to something like up to a 6x24x50.
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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    Appreciate the replies. We found ourselves in a spot this year with cow tags and had them at 650 yards and feeding. No wind, I got in the prone position and everything felt great but I hadn't shot that far and only knew my bullet drop out to 500, so I wasn't about to attempt it. Is that Barnes...
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    Best long range hunting rifle and scope for $1500?

    So I have a Tikka t3x lite chambered in 300 win mag. Would this be an adequate gun for taking game out to 800 yards? Furthest shot I've taken is 400. Shooting Barnes factory ammo, 180 grain. Mainly hunting deer and cows/spike elk. I had pondered that bergara b14 hmr but if my Tikka is capable...

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