For 700 yards max on big game, everything listed is plenty fine!
Don't worry about a 20" 6.5 PRC, it is more than capable as well.
Even a 18" 6.5 PRC with factory 143 ELD-X's still give me a impact velocity of 2000 feet per second at 700 yards...Plenty of velocity for any bullet to do it's job...
With longer eye relief comes smaller field of view/FOV.
With longer eye relief it is also more difficult to find your sight picture, compared to a rifle scope.
I use rifle scopes with the majority of my bolt action specialty pistols.
I also use thermal rifle scopes on my SP's.
This is my...
Congrats!
Make sure your can is rated for the shorter barrel lengths.
Optic you plan to use?
Thermal or traditional scope?
Peterson brass, H4350 with the 80's will work. 2.580 OAL. CCI or Fed Primer. 16" barrel 3154 fps
Look at the rifle data, and go with that.
My two 22 Creed pistols have a...
A week ago Friday we finished setting up steel for WY-SHOT.
Our specialty pistol shooters will be engaging steel from about 175 yards, to out past 1450 yards :)
That was not a typo.
After Dan and I moved a couple of targets that were hard to see, we set-up the longest one.
We went back to where...
Seat-Belt material on top that will be engaging your buttstock, should work fine and be fairly durable as well.
We moved to a seatbelt type material on all of our rear bags and front bags, as it is slick enough, and was so much more durable than other materials that we have used in the past.
One single-action revolver, one double action revolver, one semi-automatic and one rimfire.
BFR 357 Magnum SA revolver
S&W Wesson 41 Magnum
Shadow System MR920 9mm
Model 41 S&W 22 LR that has been customized
All is good.
I knew you were having fun.
The specialty pistols are not as magical or difficult as it seems they would be.
If your fundamentals are sound, and you have consistent wind, shooting at distance is not a big issue.
How many of you attend different competitions, whether it is for fun, in all seriousness, or somewhere in between?
What kind of comps do you shoot in?
Rimfire?
Centerfire?
Air Rifle?
Types of matches?
Be descriptive please, like benchrest (what kind of BR)?
NRL
PRS
ARA
F-Class (Rimfire, F-TR...