good sniper rifle?

Question

i am looking for a good sniper rifle. i wanna shoot about 400 yards away so its gotta be a powerful bullet. where can i lear to be a sniper too?

i already am a proficient marksman. i am looking for a bolt action, scoped rifle that is accurate up to 400 yards. i would prefer the .308 caliber. i was looking at the remington 700 ltr, it is a bit pricey but in my range. i want to make sure the wasnt any other better rifle out there. my limit is $1,000.

Answer 1

The U.S Army or the U.S.M.C. both have excellent programs. I would become o proficient marksman before worrying about the ultimate sniper rifle.

Answer 2

traditionally, a sniper rifle is a model of rifle that has been tweaked for range, accuracy, and scope mounting. Kinetic energy delivered at the desired range is also important. The parts are of a higher quality than a regular weapon, with usually tighter tolerances. But any rifle can be made into a 'sniper' rifle by the application of a scope and use for skilled shots to, well, kill people. That is a sniper rifle's intended purpose: kill people with one shot from a great distance. And the popular term (if a little PC) in now marksman, not sniper.

Answer 3

400 yards should be easily overcome by a good Savage 10FP in either .308 or .223. Shot placement with the .223 will be a little more critical, however.

Right next to me now I have my own personal precision rifle, a Savage 10FP with a SWFA Super Sniper 10x42mm scope on top. I purchased it from the local police department after it was 'worn out'. It's still great, though. It can shoot dimes at 100 yards or a little more. At 300 yards, if I do my part, It's hardly an inch grouping from impact center to center. 400 won't be much larger than that, but it'll have a bit more drop.

The Savage has a two position thumb safety which is(in my opinion) easier to use. It should be for you if you've been using M16s or M4s. The two position safety will lock up the action completely if it's all the way on, or allow you to open the bolt and not fire it it's in the center position. Fire, of course, will free up everything. This is fairly useful if the rifle may be bumped open while in transit, as the bolt won't have a chance to be bumped open and be filled with dirt and debris. Then you can load it to the 4+1 capacity while still keeping it safe. In fact, you can keep it safe until you pull the trigger, as the thumb safety doesn't require you to move your trigger finger to disengage.

Savage uses a free-floating bolt face, which allows it to pivot a small amount to dissipate recoil on both locking lugs evenly. This allows for both greater accuracy, and easer caliber changes. The Savage barrels are easily changeable, as they have a proprietary locking ring holding them to the receiver. All that's required then is to change the barrel and bolt face, and set the headspace, all of which can be done in under an hour. This will allow you to switch to a .300 WSM if you need more power, or a .338 WSM if you need a higher caliber and heavier bullet.

The Savage Accu-Trigger is just plain amazing for being on a rifle this inexpensive. It's drop safe and fully adjustable, there is no better trigger available on any tactical rifle that I'm aware of.

The scope is just as important as the rifle, and the Super Sniper is a good deal for the money. It's near the functionality of a Leopold tactical scope, but quite a bit cheaper. The lenses aren't quite as good, but they're still good enough for 95% of the time. The larger 30mm tube body is more efficient at transmitting light than a 1" scope. The mil-dot reticule is very accurate for rangefinding, and is etched into the lens for maximum durability. The turrets, once you turn them in and out a few times to loosen them up, are fantastic.

For whatever you pick, a bipod will be pretty mandatory. Harris makes some pretty good 'pods. I have a Shooters Ridge 6"-9" Rock Mount on mine, and it does the job just as well. The Savage comes with two sling studs in the forend, making 'pod mounting much easier, especially if you're planning on using a sling.

If that's not good enough, then go ahead and spend $2000 on a Remington 700, and $1500 or more on a Leopold or Nightforce. Or even as much as $3500 on a GA Precision rifle that shoots a little bit better.

As far as learning to be good at hitting long range targets, just practice mil-dot ranging, exercise your arms enough to hold a rifle steady for extended periods of time, and practice at a local range.

The word 'sniper' can be taken wrong, though, so it's best to try and avoid it.

Answer 4

i have a Remington model 700 sps in .270 win. that i bought for $350. I put a Tasco scope on it for about a hundred bucks. and i can consistently pop balloons at four hundred yards. it definetly has enough take down power for deer, and it can be used to take down elk. in theory a good marksman could hit within a six inch group at 600 yds. so that rifle is suitable for long range, precsision marksmanship (commonly reffered to as sniping)

Answer 5

Sniper rifle?

Do you mean a taget a rifle?

As I'm sure you are aware a "sniper" is a covert operative who kills people from a distance, amongst other tasks.

Try a target rifle along the lines of the Sako TRG-42. Either in .300 win mag or .338 Lapua mag.

Answer 6

Savage makes a "tactical" rifle that is well within your budget. A quality, tactical, long range scope is another matter. You may have to settle for a mid range quality scope.

You can find any number of books and videos on sniper craft. I would suggest you learn all you can about marksmanship first. That will be the simplest thing to learn.

Answer 7

First ..You "gotta" be of legal age to buy a rifle (18 Years of age)
Second, If you want to learn to be a "Sniper" join the Marines and try to become a Sniper school candidate. If you do attempt this you must realize you will be taught to shoot distances much further than 400 yards though. Your age and lack of knowledge about this subject is coming thru loud and clear

Answer 8

There are no''sniper rifles'' there are snipers with well made accurate equipment. sniper rifle is a term usually used by politicians and anti gun folks to describe some thing we should fear. Check out wikipedia definition in the 1800's they used muzzle loaders I don't think that's what you were looking for.I'm really not trying to give you a hard time just saying lose that term the anti gun folks do not need our help.That said for accuracy start with a 700 Rem. 308 or 300.

Answer 9

A 308 would be good, Remington's rifles are very nice. At 400 meters a big bullet will drop alot so you might want to go smaller like a 270 or 25-06....

Answer 10

Mosin Naggant 44
scope it and go the Russian women did it so can you
(sorry thought it needed humor)
the person talking about the savage 10FP is right I have the McMillan version with a Harris bipod and Leupold scope and it will shoot with the best of them
about a month ago i shot a 13" 10 shot group at a grand I'm happy with it