Thread: New F Class setup and advice

If you look at gear that people are using in NZ as far as PRS goes, basically very very few of them use Barnard actions.
Most common will be Tikka, Howa and Remington in factory actions, with Bighorn, Defiance being the most common custom actions.
Not knocking Barnard actions, as they are very good, but not ideal for field type shooting due to tolerances.
Your choice of stocks and glass is fine.
Caliber - 6.5 or 6mm are the kings. It is all down to BC and recoil - this is where 308 is dead. Decent bc pills pushed fast enough to be competitive generate too much recoil by comparision.
Even the 6.5mm is declining in favour of 6mm, due to the distances being shot. The majority of courses of fire, the targets are between 500-800 metres.
good bc, lack of recoil and the ability to see your impact for correction is why.
If you are wanting to shoot F class, and then shoot prs with same gear/barrel go 6.5 creedmoor - you wont probably win at either, but you will be competitive, which is all you want to be when starting out.