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Nikolai:
I'm looking to get into recreational distance shooting when I get home. Do any of y'all have recommendations for platform to start off with? I'm currently split pretty equally between the classic Remington 700, or going with a Savage 110. My only real requirement is that the action be left-handed, and .338 LaPua Magnum for caliber. My overall goal is to work up to surpassing Corporal Craig Harrison's 2707m confirmed shot in Afghanistan a few years back. Would it be worth the extra pennies to spring for a bull barrel? How much do you think the barrel harmonics would be affected if I had it tapped and drilled for a compensator?

GarandMarine:
Go with the 700. Out of the box you're getting significantly better accuracy. You also want the heavy barrel for sure. I'd also get the following upgrades immediately:

Timany trigger (Really do some research on a trigger upgrade, Timany's good, but you can probably find even better towards what you want)
Leupold Scope (Invest this cash up front, it'll be worth it and save you buying a better scope down the road)
Harris Bipod

Future upgrades:
Stock swap for something more competition grade Accuracy International is the best of the best
If you don't want to shell out for an AI stock, find something similar and make sure it's professionally installed, you want it pillared and glass bedded, especially if you stick with wood.

Good luck!

Nikolai:
I'm trading my current finished AR lower for a mil-spec Leo my armorer "acquired", and I "found" a Harris bipod during a mass weapons cleaning event that was a favor to a sister Company a couple months back.

The reason I was considering the Savage is a while back, The Firearm Blog posted a video of a fellow landing rounds on-target at 2500m using a 110 BA. Someone posted this in the comment section:

(click to show/hide)//www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5MJI6NII68
My original intent was 2000m, but I'd really like to push a rifle/round out as far as I can get it.

GarandMarine:
You want the Remington at the very least for 2000m plus. I like Savage, but...

In other news, some pretty interesting Q&A stuff courtesy of the ATF recently:
http://imgur.com/a/vt2Qz

and for you lovely motherfuckers like me who want to own lots and lots of class III toys:
http://blog.princelaw.com/2014/05/14/did-atfs-determination-on-nics-checks-open-the-door-for-manufacture-of-new-machineguns-for-trusts/

[singing]Do you wanna build a Browning?
ATF says we can go out and play
Gatling guns and more
Just open the door
Form a trust and we're away
F-Troop used to be real Nazis
but now they're starting to slip
get your tools
Do you wanna build a Browning?
It doesn't have to be a Browning.[/singing]

Nikolai:
Compromise: Savage in a smaller, less expensive caliber to ease into the learning curve, and Remington further down the road once I know what I'm doing. Because all my long distance shots to date have been pulling triggers on a 120mm smoothbore.

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