In similar fashion, if you are not calibre specific, one that is close to your original requirements may be eminently suitable and considerably cheaper, so you have to be flexible. For instance, you may have decided on a 22-250 Rem. but if a 220 Swift becomes available at a cheaper price, would the game you intend to shoot at know the difference in performance?
Straight line and standard dies 22-250R.
sources. My No. 2 son’s 222 Rem. was purchased some 25 years ago, used but in very good condition. It has provided sterling service and the cost was well below the new price. Sometimes you just have to think outside the normal square. Many a “shot out” barrel simply requires a good cleaning.
Another problem with newer
rounds is that factory ammunition may not be matched by reloads as the pow- der used is simply not available. Thus you are left with reduced punch from reloads that may not be better in per- formance than another older cartridge
which may be cheaper to produce at your own reloading bench. Research in this day and age is a very neces- sary tool to assist the purchase of any component. In addition, the price of similar items tends to vary consider- ably, depending on a particular retailer and his location. You have to be careful here as cheaper articles purchased in- terstate may in fact be dearer after you allow for freight costs. Gun shops and manufacturers often have sales and it is possible to save considerable amounts if you are prepared to wait and have the cash available when such events arise.
The subject of optics is a conten- tious one. There are those who claim that you get only what you pay for, and cheap optics simply are a waste of time and money. I have to disagree. The tele- scopic sights associated with our family rifles vary from those worth $1,000 to those whose cost was less than $100. In terms of performance, the 6x wide angle Japanese sight that I purchased nearly thirty years ago that is usually installed on my 270 Win. outranks them all. At the time it was considered to
be cheap Japanese junk. However, it always has held the point of impact as set for a particular round and continues to perform admirably. No, I cannot tell you its name as it is long worn off the finish. Over time it has performed con- siderably better than sights many times its original value. Many others were purchased well below cost by taking advantage of sales. This is particularly the situation with what I would call medium priced sights that normally are somewhere in the region of 300 to 400 dollars retail. If you are prepared to be patient, considerable savings may be possible.
There is an increasing number of telescopic sights designed outside of Asia but manufactured there in various countries, and quality control is increas- ing by leaps and bounds. For the past two years I have used a 6-24x variable with a mil dot reticle in conjunction with my 22-250 R Savage LRPG. The only complaint is that it is not a true mil dot – the spacing at 100 yards is only 2 inches instead of 3.6 inches. Once I worked that out, the combination con- tinues to perform flawlessly. True, the optics are not as crystal clear as the best American or European scopes but the combination continues to wreck rabbits at more than 400 yards if I do my part. Yes, there still is some junk but there also is a lot that is not and they may be worthy of research. Quality control is increasing all the time. It has to …
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