Thread: What 308 to buy

I wouldn't put anything bigger than a 3-9x40 type scope on a superlight, the whole point of a superlight rifle is enjoying how it carries and outright weight is only part of that equation, when you start putting big objectives etc on a short light carrying rifle they become unbalanced which may not bother you but when you've had the pleasure of carrying one around with a nice compact scope you'll most definitely notice the difference going to anything bigger. I was shooting gongs at 548yds with mine today no worries with a little vixen 2-8x32 on it, was dialing rather than using the reticle which it's not really designed for but did the job perfectly fine, I definitely won't go rushing out to put a larger scope on it just for the few times it might be roped into longer range duty. I also find it hard to believe that there is an inherent problem with sling studs pulling out of them, they are not the flashest stock in regards to the inletting etc but bedding mine tidied it up nicely, I've also got a MTNGear rail on mine now, one of the bolts goes into the steel thread which is built into the stock where the original sling stud was and the other I put through it and epoxied a nut and washer into the stock to hold it. The factory setup was done quite well compared to a lot of other carbon stocks I have messed with and the rifle is also a lot lighter than most to begin with so there's not a lot of stress on the sling studs, to pull one out you'd probably have to be a bloody rough bugger and would probably pull the sling studs out of a a lot of other stocks also. Things I don't like about it.. I didn't like the soft touch coating and camo pattern so stripped mine back to the nude carbon look, I'm also not a massive fan of detach magazines in hunting rifles so the sooner a floorplate bottom metal and internal mag becomes readily available in nz the better.
I've had plenty of flasher rifles, bigger (much much) more expensive scopes etc but I really like this wee rig, it's accurate with pretty much all the factory ammunition I've put through it from 123gr to 168gr, it does the job near and far, it's not so flash I'm spending all my time babying it, and it's super super awesome to carry and shoot