Thread: Auckland Long Rang Shooting/rifle help.

Hey all. I have a 7mm08 Howa with a 20inch barrel, and overbarrel supressor, I have been toying with the idea of selling it and getting a 7mm mag, or rebarreling, and rechambering to 308, or should I forget both of these and use the 7mm08. The issue I have currently is the current barrel is very thin, and heats up after 3 shots, which accoridng to my attemp at load devolpment it hurts my accuracy. I did consider getting a 3-9x40 leupy and chucking this gun in the safe as a bush gun, and building/buying something dedicated to LR, but in a relative budget, thinking a Bushnell 4200, Rem 700 in a magnum, and a terminator brake, but i'm trying to avoid spending lots of money this year, as we are saving for a wedding/honeymoon, and i'll get skinned if i drop 3k on a rifle again... I could probably get away with $600-800, so I would need to sell my shotgun, my howa, and my saiga, meaning I would only have the 1 firearm....

Oh and, where in auckland could one go to learn and practice some long range shooting, with no access to property? Is there any clubs etc? I know the deer stalkers has a 200m range, but I was thinking more like 600m or what ever my 7mm08 could hit gongs out too.... A short google has returned a club in Maraetie (spelling fail), but thats only actiuve in the summer months, I may have access to a mates farm, but thats only about 400m.




Any and all feed back is appreciated.


p.s I made a similar thread "overthere" a while back and got rubbished about not knowing what I want and maybe I should come back when I know... Trying to avoid another shit fest, so if it seems as if I dont know what I want, that is probably because I havent done any long range shooting and would like to try, but not sure if I want to invest heavily in it just yet....