12-13-2015, 07:43 PM
Wow. That's a plate full of questions. 
I see several contradictions in there about what you are wanting to do with the resources available to you. But I will give a few of my own opinions
about a couple of things.
Accuracy doesn't come cheap in most cases as far as hardware goes.
.22 cheap to shoot? Rimfire ammunition isn't cheap anymore - IF you can even find any these days. The supply dried up about 5 years ago....
Distance isn't so much a test of accuracy, as it is a test of SKILL. The most expensive target rifle in the world won't make anyone a Master class shooter if they don't know the basics of marksmanship to begin with. But I'm sure you already know that. If you want a real challenge try shooting aspirin tablets at 100 yards with a .22LR
I shot NRA highpower rifle competition for years. (200 - 600 yards.) In the "off season" (AKA: winter) I practiced by shooting an air rifle in my basement. It might sound easy but try keeping them all in the same hole....
Nothing wrong with buying used as long as you know what you are looking at. The old adage "buy the gun, not the story" still applies.
Here is my first effort at building one from "scratch". Click Here
Take a look at TomG's Building the Stevens Favorite too!
I like wood and blue steel as well. But modern polymers have their place too. But like you, I'm not one for "tacti-cool" either.
I see several contradictions in there about what you are wanting to do with the resources available to you. But I will give a few of my own opinions
about a couple of things.Accuracy doesn't come cheap in most cases as far as hardware goes.
.22 cheap to shoot? Rimfire ammunition isn't cheap anymore - IF you can even find any these days. The supply dried up about 5 years ago....
Distance isn't so much a test of accuracy, as it is a test of SKILL. The most expensive target rifle in the world won't make anyone a Master class shooter if they don't know the basics of marksmanship to begin with. But I'm sure you already know that. If you want a real challenge try shooting aspirin tablets at 100 yards with a .22LR
I shot NRA highpower rifle competition for years. (200 - 600 yards.) In the "off season" (AKA: winter) I practiced by shooting an air rifle in my basement. It might sound easy but try keeping them all in the same hole....
Nothing wrong with buying used as long as you know what you are looking at. The old adage "buy the gun, not the story" still applies.
Quote:I'm totally not into the "black/plastic/tactical" nonsense that seems all the rage.Don't know why you are asking about AR and AK "kits" then?
Here is my first effort at building one from "scratch". Click Here
Take a look at TomG's Building the Stevens Favorite too!
I like wood and blue steel as well. But modern polymers have their place too. But like you, I'm not one for "tacti-cool" either.
Willie