Alleycat72

It's a 6.5 not a .30. My only argument is that ranges of more than 300 yards are encountered in Middle TN the OP lives in Murfreesboro. That is in Middle TN where said ranges may be encountered. If he will be shooting farther than 300 yards he may need to get a hotter cartridge. That it what it has to do with the 223.

What does that have to do with the fact that there are places you will be presented with shots farther than 300 yards? I don't bust out the camo and calling gear when we are working cattle. The rangefinder and a bullet with a .640 bc @ 3000 fps works just fine. The Premier Reticle scope doesn't hurt either.

"Especially here in TN where we are not apt to be faced with 300-400 yard shots." This is the statement I call BS on. You are and will be faced with these ranges. What you do with them is a different story. I have no problem with anything else you said.

If I was putting down 10 grand I would happily pay a class 3 $50 or so to hold the gun in a safe. Your deller my not charge you any thing. If you buy some thing from out of state make sure it's on a form 3. It would be a FFL to FFL transfer and I think its $10 to the dealer but I'm not sure. The dealer will charge you the standard transfer fee though ($100).

We have three farms that we hunt on. Two of them have steel plates for targets. One is setup for 1000 yds. The other has a 500 yard plate and a 800 yard plate. We have target stands for paper from 100 to 800 in 100 yard intervals. At the third we watch deer from 1500 yards, get an idea where they're going and get set up for a 200-300 shot. We shoot off bench and off bipod(ground). Yes, I can hit out to 1000 yds off of a bipod. Hunting is a different story. Ethics come in to play, but I have and will drop the hammer on a deer at 500 yds. You said you were not apt to be faced with a shot like that. Wrong. I did not comment on the 223 or its ability to kill at those ranges. I agree that 300 yards would be the limit. If you stepped up to a 22-250 or used a 243-6mm, I would go to 500. I use a 6.5 WSM for all my long range shooting. There are a hell of a lot of cattle pasters around here. 300 yds across is an itty bitty one.

Nope. If I sell you a MG for instance, you give me the money, I fill out my part of the form 4, you fill out your part, and send it in. The form 4 will come back to me. I then call you to come get your form 4 and MG. This is only for transfers from TN resident to TN resident. If you live outside TN you would get a double whammy though two FFLs.

We hunt on three different farms and you can easily get past those yardages. East TN looks a little different than middle TN.

You are thinking about suppressors with wipes. Most don't use that technology anymore and the ones that do are very small.