Posted By: JTPinTX
A little something I helped my friend with. - 10/12/15 02:46 PM
I have this friend, who is just starting to get into rifles. I took him shooting LR steel last spring, and he got the bug for that bad. He wanted his own setup, but was working on a very tight budget, so here is what we did.
First we got him a Savage 308 tactical, on sale at Cabelas new for like $500, with a $100 rebate. It already had a tactical bolt handle, aluminum rail in the stock, detachable mag, and came with an EGW rail. I skim bedded the action into the stock for him too. The we got him some Burris extreme tactical rings. A few months later we caught the SWFA fixed 10x, side focus, Mil turrets, Mil-Quad reticle, demo-B on the SWFA sample list for $359. Added a Harris 9-13 notched leg bipod to it, SWFA bubble level, and a Karsten cheek rest to it, and for very close to a grand he is totally set up.
He also bought a few stencils, and last week one night we set up and did a custom cerakote job on the stock for him.
So far just using the Nosler 175 custom comp ammo he has had it on steel out to 650. This week we start tuning handloads for him.
First we got him a Savage 308 tactical, on sale at Cabelas new for like $500, with a $100 rebate. It already had a tactical bolt handle, aluminum rail in the stock, detachable mag, and came with an EGW rail. I skim bedded the action into the stock for him too. The we got him some Burris extreme tactical rings. A few months later we caught the SWFA fixed 10x, side focus, Mil turrets, Mil-Quad reticle, demo-B on the SWFA sample list for $359. Added a Harris 9-13 notched leg bipod to it, SWFA bubble level, and a Karsten cheek rest to it, and for very close to a grand he is totally set up.
He also bought a few stencils, and last week one night we set up and did a custom cerakote job on the stock for him.
So far just using the Nosler 175 custom comp ammo he has had it on steel out to 650. This week we start tuning handloads for him.