Happy New Year folks, I have been wanting to purchase a rifle, bolt action or semi-auto I can reach out and touch somebody with.
I just retired, and don't have a lot of money to spend, so want the best bang for my buck.
I live on a pretty good size farm, loaded with whistle pigs. I'm building an elevated observation "tree house" for my young daughter, and thought it might as well double as a hunting blind.
Lets say I could scratch up $500, not including a scope. Is there anything out there I would be real impressed with as a long range rifle for picking off ground hogs consistently? Farm is 6/10 of a mile long, but I will be kind of in the middle of it. That would be it's normal usage... but now and again, I might want to do some friendly competition with a buddy and start stretching the boundaries.
However... might get a hankering to set up a few exploding targets once I've run out of ground hogs.
Give me your best advice on what would satisfy my wish list.
Thanks in advance for your opinion.
I just retired, and don't have a lot of money to spend, so want the best bang for my buck.
I live on a pretty good size farm, loaded with whistle pigs. I'm building an elevated observation "tree house" for my young daughter, and thought it might as well double as a hunting blind.
Lets say I could scratch up $500, not including a scope. Is there anything out there I would be real impressed with as a long range rifle for picking off ground hogs consistently? Farm is 6/10 of a mile long, but I will be kind of in the middle of it. That would be it's normal usage... but now and again, I might want to do some friendly competition with a buddy and start stretching the boundaries.
However... might get a hankering to set up a few exploding targets once I've run out of ground hogs.
Give me your best advice on what would satisfy my wish list.
Thanks in advance for your opinion.