09-09-2010, 01:46 PM
When/if I get a rifle, I'm still leaning towards the FN FAL.
I'm just not sold on the value of a "sniper rifle". Maybe if I lived in Montana. What I really need to be convinced on is the accuracy improvement of a scoped .308 Remington 700 versus a scoped FN FAL and then whether or not there is any circumstance where that difference would matter to me.
I'm fairly well ruling out the 5.56x45mm rounds (AR-15) after reading stuff like this:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/army_m14_032210w/
The Army is putting two marksmen armed with 7.62 rifles in a squad instead of just one because they're finding that in long range engagements, the 5.56 isn't cutting it. So .308 or 30-06 or something like that seems the way to go. Although 5.56 would still be more fun for target shooting, I bet.
I'm just not sold on the value of a "sniper rifle". Maybe if I lived in Montana. What I really need to be convinced on is the accuracy improvement of a scoped .308 Remington 700 versus a scoped FN FAL and then whether or not there is any circumstance where that difference would matter to me.
I'm fairly well ruling out the 5.56x45mm rounds (AR-15) after reading stuff like this:
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/03/army_m14_032210w/
The Army is putting two marksmen armed with 7.62 rifles in a squad instead of just one because they're finding that in long range engagements, the 5.56 isn't cutting it. So .308 or 30-06 or something like that seems the way to go. Although 5.56 would still be more fun for target shooting, I bet.