My personal attempts at setting up a longer ranger AR-15 and AR-10 over the last 6 months.

like reliability accuracy, and if anyone's had any issues

So I’ve never owned a nice rifle. I had a Savage Axis in .308 when I was a teenager, and I hated that thing. It kicked like a mule, wouldn’t hold zero, and grouped like a dinner plate at 50 yards. Needless to say, I sold it.

Now I’m in a position to buy myself a “nicer” rifle as an adult, and I’ve settled on a Tikka T3x. It’ll primarily be used for whitetail and mule deer.
For some reason, I have an aversion to 6.5 Creedmoor, but .243 is perfectly fine with me. I’m just worried that if I go with .243, I’ll eventually wish I had something bigger. On the other hand, I remember that old .308 beating the hell out of me.

I shoot a 12 gauge pretty regularly, and magnum buckshot and slugs don’t bother me much. My wood-stocked Mossberg 500 feels more like a push than a punch.

For those of you who have shot both, how noticeable is the recoil difference between .243 and .308 in a hunting rifle? Would you go with .243, .308, or something in between, like 7mm-08?

Tikka T1x with Silencer Co Switchback and Sig Cross with Dead Air Nomad Ti XC. Foliage was pretty too.

I have a deer hunt scheduled for the 1st weekend in December. I want to take a suppressed bolt action 308 for that hunt. I don't have one and am looking for recommendations. I guess the budget is $3k for gun, suppressor and optics. Any suggestions? Is that doable to get decent accuracy, range and noise suppression?

REM 700 SA EABCO 24” .223 Wylde 1/7 twist 11 deg target crowned barrel. 20 moa Warne Picatinny base. Badger Ordnance high rings. Leupold Mk 4 M1 8.5-25x50 Mil Dot
Just for now Magpul 700 hunter stock. Harris 6-9 bipod.
Barrel break-in and zero is next Saturday.

I recently won a Bergara chambered in .300 PRC. I picked it up because I’d like to start doing some bigger-game hunts in the future, but I primarily hunt whitetail here in Pennsylvania.

I know .300 PRC is definitely more gun than you need for whitetail, but is there any reason I shouldn’t use it for deer? Most of my shots are in the 50–250 yard range.

The only ammo I could find locally was 245-grain. I’m curious what bullet/weight you guys are using.

I’m also considering suppressing it. For anyone running a suppressor on a .300 PRC, how do you like it?

Inherited what I think is a Mauser but would appreciate a confirmation and more details, like what it’s chambered in, if you can.

Pics of the markings on the stock and chamber.

So i want a sharps rifle but dont have 3 grand to spend on it let alone use the rifle there to pretty but I have a henry 45-70 I want to do some modifications to it Id like to extend the barrel to 30 inches dose anyone at all know who could get me a barrel and install it via gunsmith thanks ?

So happy with this rifle. I surprised my nephew and we finally had time to sight it in.

First 3 shots and bam 0.5-0.7 inch grouping from the Hornady Precision Hunter ELDX.

Going to be a great season for that 30 point buck 🦌

Yes, I found it on ammoseek for cheap, and I know not really an efficient way to store ammo but I like dumping bullets into cans for fun

There are no markings on it. Measures 28⅜" long. Any good guesses? Thanks!

Just got her and I cant wait. The rifle was used, but in amazing shape.