My friend came to me for advice this evening, and I told him I'd check with the experts here.
His daughter has really gotten into shooting this past 2 years (15 yrs old). Great girl, and enthusiastic about shooting. She has been shooting thousands of rounds of .22lr at 100m for score and competing weekly with good results. The past few months she has been shooting several of her DADS and MY centerfire rifles and doing a real good job of hitting the targets at 300 meters.
Her father is military and wants to encourage and foster her shooting as she shows real aptitude and discipline in the sport.
He came this evening and asked what I thought would be a good way to get her into longer range shooting. She has expressed a lot of interest, and has looked up F-class shooting on her own. Since there is no 1000m range up here, the shooting would be done on Frozen lakes to start as she develops her skill level, to eventually compete down south at F-Class competitions.
He wondered if his Husky 6.5x55 (sportered military rifle)could do the trick (with reloading of course) out to 1000m (or even 800). I told him that I thought it may be pushing it to shoot such a gun at that distance.
BUT, would such a gun be an ok starting point for a Re-stock and Re-barrel??
And if rebarreled, what would you guys think would be a suitable caliber for him to get the rifle chambered in? Remember, this is for a 15 yr old girl, so recoil is certainly an issue.
I thought possibly a heavy barrel (26") in 6.5 creedmore with a new stock that we would glass bed, and a new trigger.
Anyone care to venture a guess as to what something like this would cost? Would he be better off getting the girl a new savage 112 in a long range caliber? Or would he possibly get a better rifle going the gunsmith route with his Husky action?
Any and All suggestions would help. This girl is an awesome shot now, and in all honesty is almost on par with me. We would love to get her shooting the right way, and not spend a lifetime of trial and error. I wish I had someone to "show me the way" at her age, instead of having to learn EVERYTHING on my own. It would have saved me a HELL of a lot of time.
THANKS FOR READING , this young lady is truly a sweetheart, and is the most gentle, responsible girl I've met in many a moon. I feel honoured that her dad called me for help, and ask for some assistance from you guys and gals. This is the best hangout I've ever had.
His daughter has really gotten into shooting this past 2 years (15 yrs old). Great girl, and enthusiastic about shooting. She has been shooting thousands of rounds of .22lr at 100m for score and competing weekly with good results. The past few months she has been shooting several of her DADS and MY centerfire rifles and doing a real good job of hitting the targets at 300 meters.
Her father is military and wants to encourage and foster her shooting as she shows real aptitude and discipline in the sport.
He came this evening and asked what I thought would be a good way to get her into longer range shooting. She has expressed a lot of interest, and has looked up F-class shooting on her own. Since there is no 1000m range up here, the shooting would be done on Frozen lakes to start as she develops her skill level, to eventually compete down south at F-Class competitions.
He wondered if his Husky 6.5x55 (sportered military rifle)could do the trick (with reloading of course) out to 1000m (or even 800). I told him that I thought it may be pushing it to shoot such a gun at that distance.
BUT, would such a gun be an ok starting point for a Re-stock and Re-barrel??
And if rebarreled, what would you guys think would be a suitable caliber for him to get the rifle chambered in? Remember, this is for a 15 yr old girl, so recoil is certainly an issue.
I thought possibly a heavy barrel (26") in 6.5 creedmore with a new stock that we would glass bed, and a new trigger.
Anyone care to venture a guess as to what something like this would cost? Would he be better off getting the girl a new savage 112 in a long range caliber? Or would he possibly get a better rifle going the gunsmith route with his Husky action?
Any and All suggestions would help. This girl is an awesome shot now, and in all honesty is almost on par with me. We would love to get her shooting the right way, and not spend a lifetime of trial and error. I wish I had someone to "show me the way" at her age, instead of having to learn EVERYTHING on my own. It would have saved me a HELL of a lot of time.
THANKS FOR READING , this young lady is truly a sweetheart, and is the most gentle, responsible girl I've met in many a moon. I feel honoured that her dad called me for help, and ask for some assistance from you guys and gals. This is the best hangout I've ever had.
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