Hunting Rigs or Target Rigs (exactly what are you building?)

[jkajfes]

I shot my moose this year with my Tikka Super sporter with a 10X IOR on top. Worked fine, moose saw no difference, dead is dead.

This thread is about Serious Shooters; what about the slightly crazed guys like me that shoot 338LM for fun and hunt with a semi-precision rig?

MY point is, if you are shooting and enjoying yourself, ya gots ta be on the right track!

There no intention to dis anybody with hunting rigs... if that's your game great have at it and I'm serious about this. Accurizing them don't hurt either... you can win sometimes depends a good deal on ability... just that if your seriously thinking of getting into what some of us are doing it's much wiser to hang with a bunch doing it, see the stuff being used, possibly try some and then go looking for hardware... reversing it by grabbing something off the shelf that does those 1/2 minute bug holes all day long at the short yardages and expecting it to do the same against purpose built stuff... we'll I see it as a potential turn off or a way that a new shooter can loose interest very fast...
I'm adding I'm not talking about the short range BR type rifles... it's the guns I hear talked about at local ranges that never seem to be there when they're talking about them... and the next minute they're telling a newbie what they need for a long range rig...

listening to what is said by some and then butchering it down on the wrong platform or setup doesn't work either... I've seen disappointment on the faces of guys coming off the line... dabbling is just that

 

[jkajfes]

Beware the man with 1 rifle.........
He might say something to the spouse and blow all your reasons for owning so many different guns.I'll stick with 1 gun when Golfers have only 1 club in the bag.
Now if you owned a switch barrel,switch stock multiple caliber versatile rifle
with suitable optics for each application ??????????
Whadya think?

...cause Pastor might know how to use it?

one gun!... now what's the fun in that Gord? But the key is in what you said how many know what a switch barrel rig is at this point?... or how to set one up properly... or are they even interested in one or learning about it...
the rigs you use are purpose built... that's my point.

 

[Rohann]

Anyway I digress, yes Rohann, if the situation is reversed the same applies, I was in no way inferring that one was more adaptable than thhe other.
I was merely giving an example
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Oh no, I wasn't implying that you were inferring that. Sorry if it sounded that way, I was just adding support to the statements said previously. And my mention of the definition of the terms I used was meant to be general.

-Rohann

 

[jkajfes]

jkajfes: I fully agree. I don't reload yet, but yes, that's what I'll be doing as soon as I start. I originally started out without any rig; I just came to a BCRA shoot and the guys helped me out a lot and gave me a rifle to shoot with, awesome bunch of people.
This is my first rig; I haven't been shooting very long. I intend to mainly shoot Precision Rifle matches, hunt, and do some F-Class shooting for practice.

-Rohann

you've gone about it the right way... hope more will try it...

 

[Rohann]

I hope so too! I find the sport's popularity isn't exactly at an all time high. Most of my friends, if not all, would love to come shooting if I invited them (there are one or two I take quite often, about every time I go to the range), but there's never really anyone serious enough about it to actually get into the sport deeply.

-Rohann

 

[maynard]

Rohann,
There is a fine line between a hobby and an obsession.
Tell someone about the cost of the rifle, scope, reloading equipment, bi-pod or rest and all the other goodies needed for the range. A person that was mildly interested will even flinch as the membership fees.
Here in Ontario (maybe the DCRA also) we have an F(M) class. This allows people to shoot an off the shelf rifle against others in the same class. This is an entry level class that gets people into the game at a reasonable cost or with a rifle they already have.
F Class it a growing sport when compared to TR. Very few people come into the game as TR shooters and even fewer go from F Class to TR. As the age of the old guard TR shooter increases more will be moving to F Class.