Shopping for a first Rifle + Scope, Help needed!
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Well you opened up a post that will get you 1001 opinions but you are jumping the queue when you have not even received your PAL.
There are numerous previous posts. Learn by reading rather than buying on many unknown recommendations. A .22 is a great learning tool and 500 rounds of ammuntion can be purchased for less than 20 center fire rounds.
Some people learn by reading.
Others learn by seeing.
Others just have to pi$$ on an electric fence.
There are numerous previous posts. Learn by reading rather than buying on many unknown recommendations. A .22 is a great learning tool and 500 rounds of ammuntion can be purchased for less than 20 center fire rounds.
Some people learn by reading.
Others learn by seeing.
Others just have to pi$$ on an electric fence.
No,,,no they don't... Tasco produces pure garbage and at any cost, it is throwing good money after bad. I had to learn the hard way. "You can't make chicken soup out of chicken sh1t". I have had 2 Tasco scopes in the past. That was back when I thought I could get a "good & cheap" scope all in one. Both lasted about 1000-2000 rounds on a 10/22 before the alignment began drifting and I started having to adjust the scope every 50-100 rounds. Even the Bushnell scopes under $100 are pure junk. Spend $200 on a Nikon Prostaff and enjoy good performance for many years...
I like to walk into something as prepared as i can possibly be. If you consider me asking questions before obtaining my PAL jumping the queue, sorry, but i'm going to be asking and reading up until i get the lay of the land. Im taking my FSESO Course in the beginning of February, and intend to have my license application in within two weeks of completing the course in order to give myself enough time before summer to make purchases and get set up with a local range/club. That's how i work.
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LarryG and hometownhero, do you guys reach over and cycle the bolt with your left hand (like Pvt Jackson in Private Ryan lol) or do you leave your left hand on fire control and use your right hand to cycle? Just curious
Nope cycle it with your right hand. Your left hand never leaves the stock that way. I find it alot easier to control the gun this way as well. A favorite of mine is right hand on bolt at all times, pull trigger cycle bolt. You can shoot pretty darn quick that way.
I see no issue with digging around as much as possible, asking lots of people what they like, etc. Good to have a plan when everything comes together, and you CAN get your scope/rings ahead of time if you're ready. Remember Zenathura~this is a web forum...you need to have a bit of a thick skin. I have a child-like curiosity about most things and even though I've been shooting for more than 3 decades..I still ask questions the "pros" would probably consider to be dumb. I say, ask away...but do a little research on your own too. Online reviews, range reports, ask at gun shops, etc. Remember, any business will have some sort of agenda, so a guy who sells a ton of Marlin rifles might not sing the praises of Savage...and vice versa. For the record, I own both...but have a strong preference for Savage as mentioned already. As you budget grows down the road...so too will the options. The good news is...if your Savage shoots like mine do, spending 2-3x more on a .22lr won't necessarily get you something more accurate. The .22 "super" rifles will, but that's for another day...and a bigger budget.
The .22 "super" rifles will, but that's for another day...and a bigger budget.
