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    Help a newb: No firearm experience -> Long range precision rifle

    Hi everyone,

    (TLDR below the Line)

    I've got my gun license in the beginning of this year primarily to pursue clay target shooting. Over the last 2 months I've been prolifically reading and watching videos about relevant firearms and have learned just how much I don't know about firearms but I've learned a shitload and feel competent in my knowledge to make leap into getting my first firearms.

    In my reading and watching, one thing lead to another and I've moved from not being interested in getting anything more than a O/U for clays and a 10/22 take-down semi-auto for plinking to discovering precision rifle sports and I'm hooked.

    My problem is:

    1) Most videos about "getting into PRS" or "PRS for beginners" are clearly made with already experienced shooters in mind, implying that this isn't really something you should/could jump into without any prior experience

    2) most videos are made by Americans where ammunition is not as expensive so almost everyone is saying "go 6.5creedmoor in Ruger Precision or Savage 10 or Tikka T3X"

    I was about to impulse-buy a 6.5Creedmoor Ruger Precision only to check the cost of ammo and realized this could be a dangerously expensive hobby.

    I'm concluding that 223 is probably a better start not only from a cost basis but apparently its less taxing and I can always move to higher caliber later if I want to.

    Am I biting off more than I can chew by going from no gun experience at all to a 223?

    I still need to educate myself on ballistics, moa, how optics work, what optics would be best suited for me etc.

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    TLDR:

    New gun license owner.
    Only ever shot pellet guns as a kid less than 20 times across my life.
    No firearm experience but looking to get into long range precision rifle target shooting.
    Is a 223 Ruger Precision too much of a learning curve?
    Would I be better off starting on a 10/22?


    Any comment or advice welcomed, thanks in advance.

 

 

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