so i am thinking that i am going to buy a fun gun. trying to decide between going .308 or .223. like i said it will be a fun gun. I know that .223 rounds are cheaper and normally i would go that way. what is keeping me from doing that is the extra range of the .308. guy at work here tells me that his .223 starts to drastically drop at 500 yards and that is the max that he will shoot. In your opinions is the extra price of a .308 round and gun worth the extra range?? i do have access to a 3 mile shooting lane, so i would be able to use it. are there any long distance rifle ranges around?? just tossing ideas around in my head and i figure i would check with the gun guys.