Hello fellow shooters! i just want to introduce myself and my small collection of firearms. I've been in the army (artillery) for just over 8 years. i grew up in a small town in arkansas and did quite a bit of deer and squirrel hunting growing up. i was first sent into the woods by myself at about 11 years old with a .243 and have been in love with firearms ever since! right now i'm deployed to afghanistan, but prior to this deployment my unit sent me to a short, LRM course before we deployed and i was assigned an M14. when i first came in the army, i had a 30-06, 20 gauge, a daisy 22, and a 30-30. a few years in, i had orders to go to germany. not really thinking about it, i decided to sell all my guns since i couldn't take them with me. fortunately, i sold my daisy to my uncle and he decided to give it back to me as a gift when i eventually returned from my tour in germany. since this deployment, i've decided to step up my game and collection in firearms again. i've bought a rem. 700 SPS .308 with a 26" heavy barrel to start things off. i also own a springfield xd40 which is my CC when i'm out and about in the city. not really wanting to invest a ton of money into the scope (and i know, that's the most important part) i started off by ordering a nikon buckmasters mil dot scope. according to reviews, it has pretty good bang for the buck. i've also got into reloading. when i was a teenager i would help/watch my uncle do his reloading, but he got way too experimental with it so basically i'm erasing my memory and starting back at square 1. my brother referred me to this website, and i'm glad that he did. this website has tons of tips and useful information, especially concerning my .308 and my interest in reloading for it. when i get back from afghanistan, i plan on doing a lot of shooting and reloading thus further improving my shooting skill and having fun doing what i like.
if anyone is from the clarksville/ft campbell area and knows of some good long distance ranges, i'd really be interested in finding out. i do know on post there is an mwr range which has steel silhouettes out to 725 meters (range 16 i believe) but i want to avoid the whole mess of registering it on post, then having to do all the craziness just to get to the range. it's a great range and that's where i did my M14 shooting days at.
if anyone is from the clarksville/ft campbell area and knows of some good long distance ranges, i'd really be interested in finding out. i do know on post there is an mwr range which has steel silhouettes out to 725 meters (range 16 i believe) but i want to avoid the whole mess of registering it on post, then having to do all the craziness just to get to the range. it's a great range and that's where i did my M14 shooting days at.
