My retirement gift to myself

I'm not into the benchrest thing, but I really like the stock.

 

Ditto the stock...like it!

 

If you like it, then what is there to question? Take that pretty little thing out to the range, grab a soda and unload and enjoy it!!

 

What a nice frigging rifle! I'm jealous, kudos man I wish you all the luck with her!

 

Congratulations! Great looking gun.

 

If you can get your MOA down to 1/2 at 100 yds, then you know that your groups will be 2x at 200, 3x at 300, ... , and 10x at 1000 yds. Then the only other things you need to worry about are bullet drop, which you can get off any software program, and windage.

Your beautiful .308 will be a great deer and antelope gun, and also antipersonnel at long ranges.

Mine is essentially also set up the same as yours, except to include long shots on deer and elk in addition in 300 RUM.

I went with the Remington 700 however. And a very plain wood stock. Nothing beautiful or fancy.

 

What makes it a bench rest rifle? Or is that a model?

 

Congratulations on the retirement! (lucky bas… s fishermen) Excellent gift selection for yourself … who knows better?

 

Thanks for clearing that up. That was a great article about it as well.

 

I know what you're sayin on both accounts

 

That rifle looks familiar! This is my Savage Model 12-F/TR I picked up a couple of years ago. It's one of my most accurate pieces. I topped it with a Bushnell 3200 Elite Tactical, 5-15X 40 MM in Burris Signature Zee Rings. I almost have to try to make this gun shoot bad. Accuracy is superb with just about any handload I shoot in it. The 30" Stainless Steel barrel squeezes every ounce of velocity out of the .308 round. For an accurate rifle off the bench, this one is hard to beat.

I didn't install the cheek piece on the stock because you cannot remove the bolt with it in place. I didn't want to keep removing and installing the short wood screws they give you with it every time I clean the barrel. I wish they would have provided threaded steel inserts in the stock. Other than that, I can't find fault with it. Enjoy your retirement! I'll be joining you in just a couple years!

 

Nice gift indeed

 

On the bench i prefer not to touch the gun more then i have to. I put my thumb behind the trigger guard and pinch the trigger, palm the rear bag and thats it. That cheek pad make you feel loved by the gun? ( dont take this as me being a smarta$$ im just asking why) Seems to me the more contact you have with the gun the more chance you have of doing something wrong. I know you military guys were trained to grope the gun so dont flip out on me : P

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