Out of the box or custom?

[fabsroman]

Unless you are hunting mosquitos or knats, almost any out of the box high power rifle will do the job at 100 to 200 yards, especially if you are hunting larger size game such as deer, elk, caribou, etc. As Rocky Raab would say, most of those rifles are going to minute of animal without a problem. No need to waste all the money on customizing a rifle unless you are anal like me and want the bullet to be in the exact place on the animal that you are aiming. My rifles have all shot well enough out of the box to kill whatever I was hunting, but I can never leave anything alone. I modify my cars, my house, my guns, my trucks, my computer, my bicycle, I guess you get the point. Didn't replace the barrel on any of my rifles yet except for my 10/22 and that one is a POS, but I did replace all the stocks and most of the triggers.

The easy way to do this is to buy a rifle from Ruger, Savage, Remington, Sako, Tikka, or whomever and see how it does on paper at 100 yards. If it is accurate enough for you, then don't worry about all the other stuff. Or you could just go and buy one of the custom rifles made by Nosler for $4,000 or one of the ones made my HS Precision for a couple of thousand and you won't have to worry about accuracy. HS Precision guarantees 1/2 moa at 100 yards. That should be good enough for any animal that you are shooting at out to 200 yards, unless of course it is a knat or mosquito, but I guess they are technically insects.