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    The $3000 gong gun

    I'm thinking of building a bit of a toy that might get out for a hunt here and there but primary purpose will be shooting steel. I've set myself a budget of about $3k and so far my I'm leaning towards:

    Rifle: Mossberg Patriot Laminate 6.5prc

    Pretty agricultural rifles but a solid platform in the laminate stock and fits rem700 bases etc. Capable cartridge and it comes pre threaded for suppressor/brake

    $1149
    https://www.deltamike.co.nz/product/...inate-6-5-prc/

    Scope: Arken Optics SH4 6-24x50

    Seem to generally get very good reviews for the money, will do the job and they are apparently very very repeatable even more so than some much more expensive offerings. Mil, cos mil makes sense.

    $1099
    https://55six.co.nz/product/arken-op...top-34mm-tube/

    Rings: Wheeler two piece with bubble level
    Cos they look stong as shit and won't break the bank

    $174

    https://ozarkoutdoorsnz.co.nz/access...ngs/wheeler-9/

    Base: Talley Pic Rail for Mossberg Patriot

    $169
    https://ozarkoutdoorsnz.co.nz/access...icatinny-rail/

    Suppressor

    Dpt, with stainless baffle (would I need magnum version with the PRC?)

    $435
    Centerfire over barrel modular with s/s blast baffle 223wssm, 30/06 MK2 - DPT Machinists

    $3026

    What say ye? It's amazing how quickly all the little bits add up
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    Absolutely and it appears theirs plenty of 147 eldm on the shelves so that’d make you the first person to buy a prc in the last 2 years that can actually fuel it without selling body parts
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    Some one on here had a Bergerac 6.5PRC for sale on here recently

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    Maybe one of @Philipo cast offs might be at a good price??
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    Long range gong gun, try the big bro the 300 prc, and with all that elevation have a 2k capable rifle!

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    Tikka T3 in rem mag

    Rings

    Scope

    Go shoot
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    Quote Originally Posted by andyanimal31 View Post
    Long range gong gun, try the big bro the 300 prc, and with all that elevation have a 2k capable rifle!

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    Fired a 300 PRC Howa recently and it was fantastic, slings big heavy pills with speed and accuracy.

    Don't know anything about the Mossberg but the bit I would be adding before the suppressor etc is a decent trigger. Having a crisp light trigger is a huge advantage.

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    For a gong gun I'd go a break.
    3 shots and I have too much mirage with mine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post
    Tikka T3 in rem mag

    Rings

    Scope

    Go shoot
    then at least you can sell it in a month when you are bored of it
    not the big market for second hand mossberg rifles with their less than stellar track record of producing absolute trash

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    Will the big clunker of a Mossberg detract from the utility of the set up? You are bound to want to hunt with the rifle? Mind you, the scope is 36oz anyway.

    I think I saw on here from DPT that you can use a standard muffler with 6.5prc. @Friwi ?
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    What about putting the 3K into your existing rifle ? 3K goes a long way towards a new barrel when needed, two sets of really good QD mounts and a target scope to swap on and off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    For a gong gun I'd go a break.
    3 shots and I have too much mirage with mine.
    I would rather the mirage any day.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Moa Hunter View Post
    What about putting the 3K into your existing rifle ? 3K goes a long way towards a new barrel when needed, two sets of really good QD mounts and a target scope to swap on and off.
    My current rifle is about as far removed from a gong gun as possible....

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    270 is the fourth number that is divisible by its average integer divisor[2]
    270 is a practical number, by the second definition
    The sum of the coprime counts for the first 29 integers is 270
    270 is a sparsely totient number, the largest integer with 72 as its totient
    Given 6 elements, there are 270 square permutations[3]
    10! has 270 divisors
    270 is the smallest positive integer that has divisors ending by digits 1, 2, …, 9.

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    a good friend of mine has a fantastic bog standard 7rm (suppressed) set up in the same way and is banging gongs out to 1400m

    super low cost but damn accurate, but he has commented that its too heavy to hunt with with the 5-25 vortex on it and DPT supp
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