Hello all. I am new to this forum, but not new to interweb forums. I haven't had the time to read as much as I should before posting, but I have been digesting everything on the main site, it's amazing.
This is certainly tl;dr territory. Texas shooters, sound off!
I live in Denton, frequent Austin, and I am getting back into shooting. I haven't shot competitively since I was 14 and I haven't shot a rifle in almost as many years. My last and best shot with a rifle was a deer at about 310 yards with a .308 custom something w/ factory load, at the age of 11. Unfortunately, to me, all kills were from blinds. I shied away from hunting (blind guilt, laugh) in general by the age of 17 or 18 and I never saw the financial possibility of even enjoying a day of shooting($200+) until I was old.
I want to start hunting again now that I am in my late 20's and would love to get gastronomic with wild game. I want to track game and shoot tight groups on my own time as well. At some point, if it is meant to be, I want to get into long range shooting at a competitive level. I have no expectations, I shot trap competitively and only shot the rifle when I was sighting or hunting. I've put maybe 100 rounds down range with a rifle larger than a .22, in my life. I didn't really find it fun as a child.
I need help getting back into it. I own a .3006 Browning BAR that works great for game, it was my grandfathers. He also gave me the 1911 he carried in Korea. I have decided that I am going to purchase a handgun of my own and a rifle that I can hunt with, it has to have the accuracy needed to practice my reloading and wind assessments at progressive distances. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I mean BIG time appreciated. I am familiar, so don't hold back the technical jargon.
I am devouring Modern Reloading by Richard Lee and looking for other literature on the subject as well. I have reloaded .3006 with my grandfather, but that was almost 15 years ago. I am not going to purchase a rifle until I understand how I will reload for that specific rifle. I figure a year from now and I'll know if I want to continue. A year after that, and I might invest in a competition custom. If it goes how I think it will, and I keep my finances in order, I might pull the trigger on the competition gun early.
I am looking for Texas shooters that teach long range and or range buddies. I am willing to travel. I frequent Austin, coming from Denton. If you really want to help, I can give you my number and email in a PM to have better contact.
Thanks for the read and I look forward to the wealth of information you guys have compiled here. Much thanks!!
-Brent
This is certainly tl;dr territory. Texas shooters, sound off!
I live in Denton, frequent Austin, and I am getting back into shooting. I haven't shot competitively since I was 14 and I haven't shot a rifle in almost as many years. My last and best shot with a rifle was a deer at about 310 yards with a .308 custom something w/ factory load, at the age of 11. Unfortunately, to me, all kills were from blinds. I shied away from hunting (blind guilt, laugh) in general by the age of 17 or 18 and I never saw the financial possibility of even enjoying a day of shooting($200+) until I was old.
I want to start hunting again now that I am in my late 20's and would love to get gastronomic with wild game. I want to track game and shoot tight groups on my own time as well. At some point, if it is meant to be, I want to get into long range shooting at a competitive level. I have no expectations, I shot trap competitively and only shot the rifle when I was sighting or hunting. I've put maybe 100 rounds down range with a rifle larger than a .22, in my life. I didn't really find it fun as a child.
I need help getting back into it. I own a .3006 Browning BAR that works great for game, it was my grandfathers. He also gave me the 1911 he carried in Korea. I have decided that I am going to purchase a handgun of my own and a rifle that I can hunt with, it has to have the accuracy needed to practice my reloading and wind assessments at progressive distances. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I mean BIG time appreciated. I am familiar, so don't hold back the technical jargon.
I am devouring Modern Reloading by Richard Lee and looking for other literature on the subject as well. I have reloaded .3006 with my grandfather, but that was almost 15 years ago. I am not going to purchase a rifle until I understand how I will reload for that specific rifle. I figure a year from now and I'll know if I want to continue. A year after that, and I might invest in a competition custom. If it goes how I think it will, and I keep my finances in order, I might pull the trigger on the competition gun early.
I am looking for Texas shooters that teach long range and or range buddies. I am willing to travel. I frequent Austin, coming from Denton. If you really want to help, I can give you my number and email in a PM to have better contact.
Thanks for the read and I look forward to the wealth of information you guys have compiled here. Much thanks!!
-Brent
