Need an new Elk Gun!

[Pharmseller]

I get it.

Sometimes it’s more fun talking about buying something than actually buying something.

It ain’t about the rifle, anyway. Heck, you should know that by now.

I was like this when I was shopping for a boat. I was having so much fun talking about it I was kinda sad when I finally bought one.

So I will cease my comments and let you have your fun, even if it means asking again in a couple of years.

 

[slm9s]

I change my vote for this guy to a 99 or 721 in 300 Savage. Open sights. Go getter dun.

 

[Deadfall]

Honest question,

Why is everyone so fired up for turrets and silencers?

 

[naked wombats]

Having used supressors for years now, I pretty much don't want to shoot without one anymore.

Less noise, less recoil.

 

[rookieforever33]

Honest question,

Why is everyone so fired up for turrets and silencers?

Turrets are great if you are shooting far enough that if more than a couple inches of hold are required in each direction it is much easier. If you dial for elevation you can use the subtensions for windage much more accurately. Depending on your normal shot distance determines how important dialing is. Some guys that are good at dialing can do it so quick it doesn't slow down their shot.
Silencers are awesome to protect hearing. I live in a state wirh tons of "safety" laws that do not make us safer. Since I love my specific area in this state and a majority of my family is here I will probably never leave. But of all those stupid laws I hate, no silencers is the one that will someday drive me out. Have a range day or hunt with a couple rifles with, and without. You will see what the big deal is about.

 

[Chris in TN]

Honest question,

Why is everyone so fired up for turrets and silencers?

Turrets because past 250-300 yards or so, dialing (with good turrets) is absolutely more precise than reticle holdover. There’s utility in using reticle holdover points but even at 300-600 yards under field conditions I don’t want to lose the 1/2moa or so of vertical precision you lose trying to guesstimate aiming points with a reticle at odd distances. Suppressors because I don’t enjoy blast and noise and once you start using them it very literally changes how you see unsuppressed firearms. Doubly so when children are involved.

Truthfully you can get by to 400, *Maybe* 500 yards with reticle holdovers, but it will absolutely cost you some precision and with a MOA rifle and a MOA improvised shooting position at 500 yards you’re already struggling to stay in a 10” circle. Having to guess in the reticle adds another 2.5” or so.

In short I think a lot of us here recognize a need to be better shooters with better gear, for higher odds of success. That doesn’t mean you can’t take a reliable rifle without a can, and a 3-9x scope with a duplex and be effective out to perhaps 400 yards. Most years I’ll do that very thing at least once or twice with an older rifle, at least in summer on steel, simply because I enjoy shooting.