New to hunting, advice required :)
Hi all, really nice to be in a great forum of like minded people.
I am currently looking at obtaining an "all round rifle" (yes I know no such beast exists) I initially focused on a 6.5x55 swede, however I would love to enter some comps that shoot out to 1km and short of building a custom rig, I was eyeing up the savage arms model 111 long range hunter chambered in 6.5x284. granted the factory ammo for this is not only expensive but probably pretty rubbish. Have any of you had any experience with this calibre? I'm not too keen on something that's going to dislocate my shoulder every time I fire it.
Thoughts and suggestions would be welcomed.
Cheers,
Chris.
Good advice, thanks chaps
My main hope is that I can get a load that will be able to go to 1000 yards while being versatile, I know that loading my own is a give in, that's half the fun :)
What is the recoil like on the 284 norma? I've got a Millet 6-25x56 scope that should be the business.