shooting budget?

[hoss6br]

wow! the more reserch i do the more it seems its gona cost ??? i was going to get into a bit of match shooting with my 6br so i started looking on the net for info on the different shooting sports and found a few good places for info including this awsum site! i have ment some great people here and a endless supply of info, but..... i dont think i can even begin to compete with a trued rem 700 action with a harts barrel and a rem bedded h and s stock with my 36x weaver. so i started doen sum looking, a custom stock... 600ish a nightforce scope 1500ish i found march scopes around 2500.00 not including the bases, those seem to cost more then my weaver scope did! oh and dont forget the brass, and reloading stuff, 200 fer reloading dies! i guess what id like to know from u guys is this really the way it is? or am i just worried about nothen? i dont wana go to a match and get laughed of the line. took me 6 months to save up fer jewel trigger lol!

 

[15Tango]

Sounds like your rig's fine for some action. HS precision stock, trued 700 with Hart barrel, 6BR and a 36X Weaver. Plenty of guys would take that out on the line. Maybe not the 1000-yard but certainly the 600-yard line.

I don't see a need to repalce your 36X Weaver but if you feel you must, I don't know anybody running a March scope on here or at the club. A Nightforce is the highest I'd go and if you can't get that the next step down is Sightron. An SII Big Sky or SIII Sightron has glass and tracking that can hang with the best of them. I do wish their clicks were more positive though, that's my only gripe.

If you're not reloading yet for your 6BR - which I don't know how you couldn't be, then you need to start.

How far of a range do you want to compete? What's the twist rate on your barrel? If you're reloading already, what makes you think your current dies aren't up to snuff?

Jewel trigger? Ehh, they're nice and all but you'd be surprised what you can do with a stock Remington trigger once you know what you're doing - cost? Zero.

Wayne

 

[ollie]

Dont worry about being laughed off the line. I started with a $300 savage 223. The important thing is to get out there and shoot. You never know how good you can be if you dont shoot against people who can show you a thing or to.

 

[bozo699]

hoss6br,
Hey your rig is good to go the way it is, upgrade as you can. I know 15tango doesn't like them but I went to Montana to shoot compitition for the first time this summer with a stock factory f-class 6.5*284 savage. won score of the day on the last day of shooting. So having a $6000 rig doesn't always mean anything.
I have a few nice rifles and am in the process of building two rifles for compitition this next year. When you get old and have your family raised you can spend some money on extras like a fancey rifle. I don't know your situation but if your young with family you may be shooting that old remmy for a long time, improve on it when you can and have as much fun as possible. Good shooting my friend.
Wayne.

 

[navyrad8r]

Hoss,
just shoot what you got and buy what you can afford. you will feel even better when you win. starting out, buy used gear. you will know what you want to replace as you win more. don't need to get a second mortgage to get started...good quality stuff will be good enough. find a mentor and most importantly get on th firing line!!!
cheers,
doc

 

[bozo699]

Oh and by the way I don't know a single person @ the range I shoot @ that would laugh @ someone trying to do the best they could with what they had. If anything they would jump in and give advice and help wherever they could. If there not that way where you shoot you need to change ranges. Oh I see doc replied why I was writing, and a big plus 1
on what he just said
Wayne.

 

[necchi]

Oh you won't get laughed at, good advise here to get out there. Everyone started someplace.
But I hope folks don't kid that there aren't snob's out there, and more than just a few. Some folks don't take loosing very well at all.
Just blow those types off completely!! For every jerk there are 10 really great people.
And it can be a money game, folks have several K in equipment, but that doesn't automatically make them a good shooter, it helps, top notch stuff IS inherantly more accurate but it's the man behind the trigger and experiance with that equipment that makes it.
And the only way to get experiance is being there putting in time.

 

[hoss6br]

thanks for the uplifting words guys! my gun isnt dun yet, its at harts now getting the barrel dun hope to have it in january or febuary. i had a 6br last year that i sold to do make this new one, im having this one built for 100 to 300yd shooting. 6br with a 266 neck with 14 twist to shoot 58gr bullets. guess i just need to stop over thinken the whole thing and like it was said, just go shoot!

 

[bozo699]

Hoss,
You know with your set up you have it would be perfect for a switch barrel rig, use your new 1:14 for 100-400 yds and have a 1:7.5 or1:8 chambered for 500-100yd shooting, would just take a few minutes to swap around and would save you $1200 or so in stock,trigger,and action,.........Two guns in one
Wayne.

 

[15Tango]

For the 300 and under game you're set with what you have. Get good at loading that cartridge and you'll enjoy it. I think when you get there you'll be surprised that you're actually up on a lot of the competition equipment wise.

Wayne

 

[artbosco]

Competitive shooting at even the regional level, not to mention the national level, is not inexpensive. You start off with a nominal budget and then as time and your career evolves, you move up if and when you can. Competing in the local factory class can be fun and challenging.

 

[rocketron]

sounds like you are putting together a sleeper.....

my F-class set up is made up from a lot of different stuff and it gives new meaning to the word ugly......bottom line is if i do my part it's a shooter...i've shot 5 600 yd matches so far i have 1 first place 2 second places 1 third and 1 fifth.

by taking what you have to the shoot may save you money.....your going to see all kinds of different set ups and i'm sure the owners will let you look at them......you may find you don't like something about that $1500 scope or $600 stock..i know i have items that if i was able to see them before hand i never would have got them...

Ron

 

[jo191145]

wow! the more reserch i do the more it seems its gona cost ??? i was going to get into a bit of match shooting with my 6br so i started looking on the net for info on the different shooting sports and found a few good places for info including this awsum site! i have ment some great people here and a endless supply of info, but..... i dont think i can even begin to compete with a trued rem 700 action with a harts barrel and a rem bedded h and s stock with my 36x weaver. so i started doen sum looking, a custom stock... 600ish a nightforce scope 1500ish i found march scopes around 2500.00 not including the bases, those seem to cost more then my weaver scope did! oh and dont forget the brass, and reloading stuff, 200 fer reloading dies! i guess what id like to know from u guys is this really the way it is? or am i just worried about nothen? i dont wana go to a match and get laughed of the line. took me 6 months to save up fer jewel trigger lol!

First,,, You need to pick your match. What exactly is available in your area in the short range stuff.
If its formal Benchrest than theres "rules" that need to be followed. That $600 stock just might disqualfy you.
On the plus side I think most registered matches have a custom class for rifles that don't quite measure up. Its non sanctioned shooting for fun. Yes theres a winner and all but no national recognition. I always bring a poor mans special for that class. More trigger time ;D

You'd be surprised what a non full custom full race rifle can pull off from time to time.
I've outshot the entire lineup including all the customs at a 300yd eggshoot with a factory Savage 204 Ruger. Custom class IS the top class in that shoot. Lots of long faces that day just not mine ;D
This year my cobbled together Savage "custom class" 6BR 14 twist shot high score in a IBS score shoot. It did'nt count towards VFS but it still outshot that class Granted it was all luck. The wind was horrible and somehow I skated around it.

More important than expensive equipment is trigger time, reloading skills/expierience. If the guns not grouping why not? Some expierience and developing your own theories as to "why not" is much more important than $$$

Corny as it sounds, rifles speak everytime you pull the trigger. You just need to learn to listen.

 

[hoss6br]

boy im glad i found this site! you guys are great! i feel much better now about my set up then i did, im not sure what matches are around my neck of the woods. i live in western ny not far from p.a or oh for that matter and know there are matches withen half a day drive of me, just havnt gotten that far in the game yet. im planing on going to sum this year. if i wana shoot to compete, do i have to go to all the matches? not sure how it works. thanks again for the info from everyone! ;D

 

[ChipEckardt]

Another advantage to not starting with high-end equipment--if you shoot a bad score you can blame your equipment. I would absolutely start as inexpensive as you can. You need to see if you will like the sport first.

Chip

 

[jo191145]

Hoss

Western NY. I consider that the hub of shooting in the U.S. ;D
Yep, you can pick and choose where and when to shoot from there, stuff going on all around you.

http://nbrsa.org/
http://www.international-benchrest.com/

These links should bring you to short range Benchrest. Find matches in your area. For any matches in your area there'll probably be a contact number or email for the match director.
I've never found a match director not willing to bend over backwards to help a new shooter. They're definately not in it for money and fame.
They do it to further thier sport. For that they need YOU.

Lots of fun WoodChuck shoots around there too. Google all this stuff, you'll find it.

 

[hoss6br]

thanks jo191145!! ;D

 

[lightman]

Hi Hoss,you can compete just fine at local or region matches with a Remington.Maybe not at the nationals.But most of those guys started like you are,not where they are now.Practice,learn,and if you really like it,start on a 'custom' and a more expensive scope.Lots of good advice on here,just enjoy yourself,and shoot. Lightman

 

[hoss6br]

thanks pete! if the matches are like this forum it shuld be a good time! i look forward to learning all i can. ;D

 

[brxbrad]

I started out with a borrowed gun and equipment, thanks to a dear friend who was already involved in the sport. Competitive shooting is about meeting great people and having fun. I think you'll find, as I did, your biggest competitor will be yourself, the wind, and the mirage. There are great people out there who will help you and you'll take to it like a duck in water. Keep an open mind. I have a used mat, and inexpensive rest and bag and my rifle is built from a donor and the only thing on it new is the stock. My friend and I share reloading equipment and rides to the range.
Remember, a bad day at the range sure beats a good day at work.

Brad
F-Class High Master