Thread: 223 vs. 308
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Old December 20, 2012, 07:27 PM   #29
Eppie
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I too started down this road a few years ago with the simple goal of shooting targets. First at 100-300 yards and then the 300-1,000 yards. Well it's been an interesting journey and I've learned a lot more about bullets then I have about rifles.

My advice is go with a Savage .308 with a 24+ inch barrel. A lot of the .308 you see for sale are the 20" carabine. The Savage is the best out of the box factory rifle on the market. After you get some experience with it, for a couple hundred of dollars you can have it accurized and that will take you to a 1,000 yards but you'll have to use the 175 grain bullets to stay supersonic at that distance.

Most of the guys I know that are shooting at 1,000 yards for competition are using custom rifles chambered in 6.5mm. But I wouldn't put the cart before the horse. If recoil is not an issue the .308 is the way to go.
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