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@Zeke has offered to help out but he's hella far. Anyone in the northern part of the state wiling to help a chap out?

Closer to 45 minutes. Gonna pass. I'm not all that good in crowds.

PST isn't necessarily "better" as that's a completely relative term. It's more expensive because it's a first focal plane scope. The glass is the same from all I hear. I believe the knobs and adjustments are as well. This is all dependent on me remembering correctly. Don't count on it. I just purchased a Leupold VX5HD 3-15. I would recommend it to anyone. It's pretty awesome. It's a bit out of budget tho. Feel free to PM me any questions as well.

Hey as much glass as you can afford. For “precision” shooting I would say no less than a 15x. More if you can. Personally I like the PST. There is a really nice HST 4-16 in the classifieds right now for short money. It would be a solid start.

Anyone in Northern Jersey/Bergen County that does serious hobby woodworking? I have a piece of walnut that needs to be squared up and I for sure don't have the equipment. I'd like to plane 2 sides and run one over a jointer. The piece is 3'L x 6"W x 2"T. I also have another piece that i need to cut a couple of slices out of and have one side planed on each piece. That piece is 2'L x 4"W x 2"T Any help is appreciated.

Sweet! Good luck.

Good looking rig. Congrats. I'm looking forward to a range report from you. 308, correct?

If I could have only one, it would be this one. I've been wanting one for years but am not enough of a "watch guy" to save my shekels and go buy one. I'd rather buy a new scope But if I could, this would be it: https://www.calibre11.com/tag-heuer-monaco-gulf-editions/

@AmosM223

As another option, if you're ok with moonclips is the Ruger SP101 in 9mm. Inexpensive ammo. A little snappier than 38 and less so than 357. Have a couple of moonclips floating around and ready to go and it's, with practice, pretty fast reloads. Or, get one in 357. Might be a touch over budget but they are very sweet pistols.

Brother, I'm barely decent enough to shoot on a local level. Additionally, I work on Saturdays. Weekend matches are out for me for the time being.

I just wrapped my first season of F-Class shooting up. I’m pretty hooked. My season was abbreviated with the first match cancelled, the second match I had work and I will miss the last match as I’ll be traveling with the wife. I did well (I think) with learning and improvements in every match. My scores got better with my final relay being a 196/4X. I am shooting a 223 in FTR and running the 80’s @ 2950. I may try the 90’s in the “off season” and see what I can develop. New rifle will hopefully be done by the start of the next season. Barreled action will be for sure. I may just be waiting on the stock to show up. It’s all good, I’ll put in in my current stock for load development. Thanks for reading.

Same. Was great meeting you. I did pretty well all things considered. Shot a 581/13x I believe. Had a ball, as always. Thanks a ton for letting me fuss with your stock. I'll be calling McMillan tomorrow to get the ball rolling. How did you do?

@Iggyort

Age. And thinking.

Ouch... You made my hed hert...

Do you know the formula off the top of your head by chance. I can look it up but maybe post it here for all?

CR will afford you the opportunity to get very good at shooting for group. The 300 is a bit of a wind tunnel. 308 will get blown around a bit, especially the 168's. Additionally a lot of folks I know do 90% of their testing at 100 and then prove it at as far as they can get to.

I'm a Rock Creek fan but the Proof do look cool. If the price is comparable to a good stainless barrel (300ish) I'd say go for it. If you're gonna hunt it, get a sporter contour. If not, get as heavy as you can.

Me. At work.

The only people that are "on to that" are folks that have opposing viewpoints. If you agree, you wouldn't notice. And once someone starts to come out of their MSM coma, it's amazing what can happen.

I closed on my home on 8/8/8. That's the last time i cared. Good catch tho.

We need to meet up and spend some ammo...

Has a butt hook which I'm trying to avoid.

That would be amazing. It's gonna be a bit before I'm ready to do work for anyone else. It's scary enough doing it for myself. I'm currently searching for a stock and/or chassis. Not sure which way I want to go on this one. Any suggestions are appreciated.