maybe go out and shoot a match or watch a couple, learn all about the caliber restrictions and weight restrictions within the rules and then decide what end of the scale you want to compete in. Just as an example FTR shooting is 223 and 308, then you get into open class, is your 300 going to compete with the other open class calibers? Are you interested in shooting prone or from the bench? It would be better to know what matches you want to compete in rather then what rifle to build to compete in matches......
Too keep building the 308 or go 300winmag
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Until you can say you've out shot your current rifle and that your equipment is holding you back, why even consider the .300 WM rifle? Yeah, I know. Everyone on CGN shoots bugholes at 1,500 yds. on a routine basis. Question is, will you? A .300 WM will have an accurate barrel life somewhere between 1,500-2,000 rounds. So, unless you're shooting "competition" at 1,000 yds. or greater on a routine basis, then why bother? For you, it's a WANT more so than a NEED. I get it.
If you want to maximize the benefit of you already have then so be it. Personally, at a bare minimum I would get a better stock that fit you well and took into consideration the type of shooting you'll be doing with it on a regular basis. No, you don't necessarily need a match trigger but it would be a big benefit if you did. Or at least had the stock trigger worked on so that it gave you a lighter, more crisp, and consistent trigger pull.
You definitely don't have to change the factory barrel right away, especially if it happens to be a good one to begin with. Once you get to the point where you feel you would benefit from a barrel replacement then do that. While you're at it, get the action accurized to full advantage of the new barrel you're putting on.
The barrel is THEE biggest contribution to accuracy in a rifle whether it's a competition gun, hunting rifle, long range plinker or whatever else someone is doing with it that wants to wring out every last decimal point of MOA. Everything else you can/will do to it will help more, but not near what quality match barrel will. I have seen soooo many rifles where people have put factory SPS barreled actions into $1500 stocks, added $3000 S&B optics and the rifle shot the same .75 MOA (or worse) than it did before the "upgrades".
You said you had a $2500 budget for upgrades......putting on a match barrel is not a mod, it's an upgrade.
Sorry I tried to offer you some sage advice, it will not happen again.
Alright this went way beyond what I started it for. Found a good deal, couldn't make up my mind, thought ask on here, turns out sense I don't have 1k+ posts everyone seems to prefer to move from the topics and questions asked, and fails to read previous post. This wasn't meant as a "whats better" "what should I build""what mods should I do" this was between two laid out plans that at this time I only could do one, the other would be down the road. I wasn't leaving one alone to never see again, you guys would know that if you read my post, and I didn't know what discipline I would be shooting though I have done my research.
I have read on here that more people need to come out to competitions, we should stop with the "you have to do this" "you need to do this" kind of things and just ask people to run what they got. I remember this old guy I learned from who had regular barreled moisn and he used to rack up the points with, he got out and now I remember why I left the competition world so long ago and also why I never post on here.
It was a simple question girls and boys.
I have read on here that more people need to come out to competitions, we should stop with the "you have to do this" "you need to do this" kind of things and just ask people to run what they got. I remember this old guy I learned from who had regular barreled moisn and he used to rack up the points with, he got out and now I remember why I left the competition world so long ago and also why I never post on here.
It was a simple question girls and boys.
Hey Baker42, I'll tell you what my tactical beard tells me after spending lots of dough going down similar paths.
-First off if you're planning to compete and unsure of what dicipline the .308 will leave the most doors open.
-sounds like you shoot well and have a stock rifle that shoots well, however your not likely going to get huge gains in accuracy no matter what you do to it in its stock form (already mentioned).
-spending $2-2500 will get the rifle the way you want with top shelf components using your current barelled action and likely be a .5moa shooter....keeping in mind the further out you push it any minor tolerence issues will be exploited...but will be a very nice rifle.
If you have some coin now...will you have it again later if you want another rifle? Something to consider..
My first adventure similar to this was taking one of the very early 5R .308 and sent it out to ATRS and had a full option A5 installed and bedded, Jewel trigger, muzzle brake, bolt knob, and refinish with cerakote...this pretty much ate up a similar budget but was a very nice rifle....and shot marginally better (honest .5 moa). Buddy of mine shot it for a day and wanted it so I sold it to him.
Since then I tried different chassis models, more McMillans, HS Precisions....had more rifles (full customs built), and was never totally happy....but spent lots of $$ figuring out what I want....an A5 in .308...LOL!
My buddy still has that rifle, it has many thousand of rounds through it, all beat up, the jewelled bolt pattern is long gone, and it still shoots .5 moa and he can get a first round hit at 1000 yrd gong still! Throw a new barrel on it and it will keep going.
Lots of money later....I have a couple of my favourite .308's left that I won't sell...My interest now is in .338 Lapua and I've been bitten by the pesky BMG bug. Had I been more patient I would likely still have that first 5R and still be wearing it out along with some new ones too
That being said, you can customize your Remmy and get it just the way you want and shoot it and compete with it. Once you compete, I'm sure you'll find you will want more out of the rifle and can always do that later.....a trued action and good match barrel will get it in the hunt at any competiton, but the stock barrelled action won't hang with the F-Class guys, but will be good enough to try it...as an example...
-First off if you're planning to compete and unsure of what dicipline the .308 will leave the most doors open.
-sounds like you shoot well and have a stock rifle that shoots well, however your not likely going to get huge gains in accuracy no matter what you do to it in its stock form (already mentioned).
-spending $2-2500 will get the rifle the way you want with top shelf components using your current barelled action and likely be a .5moa shooter....keeping in mind the further out you push it any minor tolerence issues will be exploited...but will be a very nice rifle.
If you have some coin now...will you have it again later if you want another rifle? Something to consider..
My first adventure similar to this was taking one of the very early 5R .308 and sent it out to ATRS and had a full option A5 installed and bedded, Jewel trigger, muzzle brake, bolt knob, and refinish with cerakote...this pretty much ate up a similar budget but was a very nice rifle....and shot marginally better (honest .5 moa). Buddy of mine shot it for a day and wanted it so I sold it to him.
Since then I tried different chassis models, more McMillans, HS Precisions....had more rifles (full customs built), and was never totally happy....but spent lots of $$ figuring out what I want....an A5 in .308...LOL!
My buddy still has that rifle, it has many thousand of rounds through it, all beat up, the jewelled bolt pattern is long gone, and it still shoots .5 moa and he can get a first round hit at 1000 yrd gong still! Throw a new barrel on it and it will keep going.
Lots of money later....I have a couple of my favourite .308's left that I won't sell...My interest now is in .338 Lapua and I've been bitten by the pesky BMG bug. Had I been more patient I would likely still have that first 5R and still be wearing it out along with some new ones too
That being said, you can customize your Remmy and get it just the way you want and shoot it and compete with it. Once you compete, I'm sure you'll find you will want more out of the rifle and can always do that later.....a trued action and good match barrel will get it in the hunt at any competiton, but the stock barrelled action won't hang with the F-Class guys, but will be good enough to try it...as an example...
