I have my own philosophy on this. Would I love to have a custom built 1,500 yard rig in the latest bad ass caliber? Sure thing. But our resources are not unlimited.
So we decided to standardize on what’s standard. For the price of one of these custom rigs we can buy 2 5.56 AR rifles with decent optics, a couple thousand rounds of ammunition, a big ass pile of magazines, and multiple days at the range. Maybe even some professional instruction.
While we may not be able to hit a 3 inch target at 1,500 yards it’s also highly probable that we will never ever need to. So it made sense to us to put our resources into the more likely scenarios. That, for us, meant a couple of well built, reliable AR rifles and spare parts.
Not ripping anyone else’s choices. Just passing along how we did things.
Best,
L
Totally agree. Gotta select the right tool for what you need/want.
I will say that you can have a mouth watering coffee table discussion piece for maybe a bit less than what you’d expect? And tickle your funny bone at the range. :)
It is kinda a bummer though, cuz as soon as you splurge on a little bit of hardware, then you gotta invest in a range appropriate scope.
https://ruger.com/products/HawkeyeLRT/specSheets/47189.html?buy=1
https://ruger.com/products/precisionRifle/models.html