I have been debating getting one since they were announced. I saw a guy at the range firing one a while back and couldn't help ask him if I could fire it. I felt rude, but he said he understood.

It had me a boom.

What man?

RFB, nice rifle JJ, but to much for this cheapskate.

I really need to pinch my pennies and save

Unless you are murdering, assassinating or at war, if your enemy is 800 meters away, your best bet is to avoid him/her. Which should be easy with that kind of distance unless you are in the middle of the Salt Flats.

Although I COULD trade off my Remington 700 VLS with the heavy 26 inch barrel.

Flipity

I have put 10 out of 10 rounds on a echo target, size and shape of a man's torso, at 500 yards with a $900 AR-15. Not sure you need a $3,000 rifle to get your snipe on.

j wanted a dust up rifle that could hunt. iron sights just kept calling me so the m1a won inthe end but it was hard to pick a .308 rifle. couldn't stomach over 2K but thats ahoy where you start knowing you get a lot of rifle.

next .308 will probably be a bolt rifle under 1k. maybe 700SPS or VTR or maybe the Ruger GSR. Still just want a mag and iron sights for some reason.

I would avoid if possible but I also want to be able to take this gun hunting for deer coyote and other game and if it will hit a man at 800 meters than it will work for all those and be a shtf gun and since my family has 223 I wanted somthing to hunt and have more fire power

I now you can make a 223 ar-15 that will shoot far but I like the .308 knockdown power

Have you looked at the RFB. I took mine to the longest known distance range last week close to Salt Lake City, 350 yards. I was pulling off 12 inch groups standing within 100 rounds of the first time I fired it.