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Originally Posted by alocky
Hi did say 'cheap' hobby 
Whether you go for target rifle, or the new boy 'F class' (scopes and sandbags), you need a rifle that can group around the 0.5 minute of angle mark. These don't come cheap!
If you really want to start throwing money away - get into bench-rest. Many of the top competitors machine their own projectiles...
Barrels wear out, scopes break, And then you're throwing an awful lot of copper and lead away, as well as buring up expensive powder. You also have to travel for competition.
Sorry to see you abandon the hobby - kids and moving closer to the centre of town kindled my interest in H-alpha solar observing, and the moon is still a pretty interesting thing to look at. Deep sky stuff can wait for the new moon weekends, it aint going anywhere.
cheers - you'll be back....
Andrew. |
there are only so many floodlights so he only needs one packet of bullets... I can loan him a rifle for a night
then he can use the ED80 as a hobby.....