What is your favorite long range rifle setup?

[BlackCore]

Thank you! I have both my current guns set up and shooting now. Grey gun is 300 Norma Improved and the tan gun is a 6 PRC.

View attachment 596731Very nice! What are the barrel lengths?

 

[gelton]

Just got the one I would grab back from the smith. .300 win mag. Howa long action. Proof sendero 24” carbon 1:9 twist. Stockys VG 2 stock. SRS ss pro 4 brake.

Nightforce Atac-r 4-16x42. 9pbs 4 ounces all in, still haven’t decided on a bipod yet though so likely closer to 10lbs before it’s done.

Shooting 215 grain Berger hybrids at under moa and 2925 fps. Only 22 rounds through it so far so trying to get to a 1/2 minute gun but happy w it so far.

 

[TheHammer]

Savage 110 high country 300win mag
EGW rail
Vortex precision rings
Vortex razor lht 3-15 x50
Omega 300
Unknown munitions load developed 200gr lrx 3056fps

 

[3gunyotehtr]

Tikka T3x Roughtech
6.5 Creedmore
Vortex LHT 3x15x42
Muzzle brake and hunter rail from Salmon River Solutions.
140 eldm

Shoots absolutely fantastic like every Tikka that I have owned.

 

[TJE0705]

My 28 Nosler built by Swift Creek Rifles
-Lone Peak Razor TI
-26” Proof Sendero
-XLR Magnesium
-mk5 5-25
-Tbac Ultra 9
-MTN Gear Bipod (not pictured)

Weighs right at 11 Lbs with scope, suppressor, and loaded 5round mag. Shooting 195’s at 3000fps

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Just got my first confirmed big game kill with my Tikka 7SAUM shooting 175 ELDX hand loads. It’s quickly becoming my new go to along with my Tikka in .260 Rem.

Tikka T3X
McGowan 20” Barrel
SWFA 3-9
UM rings and bases
Altitude stock
High desert bottom metal

 

[atmat]

Just got my first confirmed big game kill

Were there suspected unconfirmed big game kills?

 

[JohnJohnson]

Were there suspected unconfirmed big game kills?

Neither an officer nor a third party observer were there to make it official before now.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Were there suspected unconfirmed big game kills?

Got used to saying confirmed from so much coyote hunting haha. Fair question. Zero unconfirmed big game.

 

[peppy870]

300 PRC
Bat Machine Ignitor Action
Brux Barrel
Hawkins bottom metal
Bix N Andy TACSport trigger, 1.75 lbs
AG composite alpine hunter stock
Warne Mountain Tech Rings
Leupold Mark 5, 5-25x56

 

[JohnJohnson]

Just packed it into a Pelican case for a trip to AZ to hunt coues deer.

R700 action, nitrided (trued and all that)
Bartlein 16.5" barrel, sendero profile, threaded 5/8-24 with a TBAC CB mount, cerakoted
KRG X-Ray chassis, overmolded cheekpiece, MDT magazine, and RRS universal R-Lock rail along the whole fore end
Huber two-stage trigger, 2 pounds exactly.
Vortex LHT 4.5-22, ARC rings, Aadland scope caps
Atlas CAL bipod with SC-ARC R-Lock attachment method, also bringing leg extensions with spikes
TBAC Ultra-9 Gen 1, Armageddon gear suppressor cover

To be fair that's my current favorite because it's such a proven rig. I need to put a Huber on my Mausingfield/Proof carbon barrel setup, switch the LHT over to it, and see how that rig shoots too. I just had this hunt coming up so I went with getting ol' reliable operational again but I do hope/expect that the Mausingfield barreled action could become my favorite as long as it shoots too.

 

[hdc77]

Just got my first confirmed big game kill with my Tikka 7SAUM shooting 175 ELDX hand loads. It’s quickly becoming my new go to along with my Tikka in .260 Rem.

Tikka T3X
McGowan 20” Barrel
SWFA 3-9
UM rings and bases
Altitude stock
High desert bottom metal

View attachment 616767

Love the 7 Saum, what velocities are you getting with the 20 inches?

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Love the 7 Saum, what velocities are you getting with the 20 inches?

I settled on a load that favored accuracy and really consistent speeds over chasing maximum velocity. Could have probably spent more time on it but I hate reloading these days. I use 2765 FPS when calculating ballistics on this rifle.

 

[hdc77]

I settled on a load that favored accuracy and really consistent speeds over chasing maximum velocity. Could have probably spent more time on it but I hate reloading these days. I use 2765 FPS when calculating ballistics on this rifle.

Thanks, plenty of juice to go far! Awesome rig.

 

[sierracharlie338]

That’s a hard question. I’ve had some serious shooters over the years. I have three that come to mind.

My first real long range hammer was a custom:
Stiller
300wm built by LRI (my 248 mod 1 chamber)
Bartlein 26” M24 barrel
Pre 2014 AX Chassis

Current rifle is
Alamo precision built
30nosler
Definace anti
Proof sendero 26”
Ag adjustable hunter

And the rifle in a class of its own…
Barrett MRAD IN 338 Lapua
Nightforce NSX 3-15 FFP

 

[eric1115]

Bergara Ridge 7mm RM (2019ish, before the current issues with QC stuff)

180 Berger hybrid at 2850 (mild load, 8 firings on Nosler brass no problems)

LRHS in Mt Tech rings

Ugly ass factory stock with taped on cheek riser and vert-ish grip, carbon arrow shafts epoxied in the forend, etc

Ross Schuler brake (now an AB Raptor 6)

It's right at 11 lbs loaded, with sling and brake. 11.5ish with the can.

Ugly and not expensive, but man it shoots.

 

[hdc77]

Bergara Ridge 7mm RM (2019ish, before the current issues with QC stuff)

180 Berger hybrid at 2850 (mild load, 8 firings on Nosler brass no problems)

LRHS in Mt Tech rings

Ugly ass factory stock with taped on cheek riser and vert-ish grip, carbon arrow shafts epoxied in the forend, etc

Ross Schuler brake (now an AB Raptor 6)

Ugly and not expensive, but man it shoots.

It shoots!! That’s all that matters!

 

[eric1115]

It shoots!! That’s all that matters!

I kind of like that about it. I get more enjoyment than I probably should, when a high dollar rig sets up next to me, shooting the targets they are trying to hit. Probably says something not great about my character, but it is fun.

 

[hdc77]

I kind of like that about it. I get more enjoyment than I probably should, when a high dollar rig sets up next to me, shooting the targets they are trying to hit. Probably says something not great about my character, but it is fun.

It proves the point that you don’t need a 5k rig to shoot well.
I just picked up a Rem 700 SPS tactical in 223 with a 16.5 inch barrel, in part from what I’ve learn here. Took it out this weekend and it shoots 3/4 MOa with factory 73 gr ELDM

 

[thinhorn_AK]

-Tikka t3x 6.5 creedmoor
-SWFA 3-9
-sportsmatch rings
-vertical grip
-TBAC ultra 7
-atlas bipod