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1,000 Yard Factory Rifle For Less Than $1,000?

Another option that's a really good deal is just buy one of these Howa M1500 6.5cm barreled action and drop it in a stock of your choice. Save you a few hundred dollars. 24" Heavy barrel. No issues hitting your target at 1000yd

Drop the barreled action into the Bravo chassis, tighten 2 bolts and you have a great setup for $839.. add an AICS 10rd magazine and your right at 900 ready to rock and roll



 
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Buy a beat up, flat top, pre accutrigger, Savage 110 or 112 etc, almost doesn't matter. buy a quality heavy barrel, per the instructions of one of the guys on here, then have another competent buddy install the prefit barrel. get it 6.5 xyz or 6.5 CM and buy 6.5 CM Match Hornady. that should easily get you done. you may have to do some major favors for your buddy who is going to do the barrel swap for you. Or, just buy a clean Savage 308 or 243 'police' etc model, pre accutrigger, work on some loads and good bullets. I think it will hit steel at 1K. I would probably pick a HB 243 as described above.
 
Thinking about the big picture, if you're on here asking about LR shooting my advice is to not buy a Savage. Many of us started that way. They shoot well, but soon you'll be wanting a better trigger and a smoother action. I'd suggest Remington/Bergara/other clone or the Tikka platform. And I'd suggest buying lightly used, more rifle for your $. Good luck!
 
My two cents in this topic.

This will get you there all day long and wont break the bank to shoot.

Factory 700 compatibility for aftermarket parts.

I have one in 308 and it has served me well.
I have one in .308 too. I like the rifle, I put a Timney trigger on it which was a big improvement. So far, I can't get much better than 1 moa out of it though, but I only have about 200 rounds through it...so time will tell.
 
Well it looks like you’re getting some positive vibes for your project which Is good to see. Most in agreement that it can be done. And offer options for you to choose from
 
To be clear, I think it is virtually impossible to be even remotely competitive at 1000 yards with a new factory rifle under $1000, especially when you consider that you will need a scope and bipod to compete. Virtually impossible.
 

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