Thread: Newbie needs help setting up.

@Jackangus

So lee, tell us about your shoot this morning, heard from some of the guys that you had a blat with the TR rifle.

Don't write off shooting FTR with a .223.
Get a heavy barrelled rifle, use hand loaded ammunition and you can shoot (competitively) out to 1000 yards.

My son has taken up FTR shooting. As a teenager a .308 recoil is too strong for him.
After shooting with a borrowed .223 I bought a Savage Model 12 .223, with a 1:7 twist 26" barrel.
The Savage is straight of the shelf with the addition of a 2nd hand scope and a (borrowed) Harris bipod.

So far he has shot competitively out to 700 yards with it.
I'm loading norma cases with 24 grains of 2208 and a 80 grain Amax projectile.

I haven't added up all the bills, but including new reloading equipment (inc new cases) I think the total is around $3500 - but don't tell the missus.