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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2339413" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>I shoot mostly factory rifles which a gunsmith I know has done some accuracy work on. I mostly hunt with two .35 Whelens and either 250 grain Speer or 225 grain Sierra projectiles. Both rifles are grouping less than an inch at 100 yards, and both have Shepherd P2 scopes mounted on them. I do use both the 300 win mag and the 30-06 for hunting, again in two rifles in each caliber, with bullets ranging from 165 grain to 200 grain, mostly Nosler, Speer and Sierra. They also have Shepherds mounted on them. I really like Shepherd scopes. I still have my original Shootist Shepherd scope from 1985 that I had mounted on an HK91 when I was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, in the 1st of the 21st. It got about 1 1/4" groups with 173 grain NM ammunition and was good for about 800 yards (or 730 meters or so) with minute of bad guy accuracy. It suffered some from the heavy trigger and light 18.5 inch barrel, but we were light infantry and didn't have a sniper slot or the rifle to go with it. My first sergeant had me test the rifle and scope combination so if we had to go anywhere we had a rifle with more reach than an M16A1, which was the issue weapon at the time. The scope was refurbished in 2007 or 8 by Shepherd and I haven't had it on a rifle since. I thought I'd edit a little to make clear what was being talked about. I still have both the scope and the rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2339413, member: 60453"] I shoot mostly factory rifles which a gunsmith I know has done some accuracy work on. I mostly hunt with two .35 Whelens and either 250 grain Speer or 225 grain Sierra projectiles. Both rifles are grouping less than an inch at 100 yards, and both have Shepherd P2 scopes mounted on them. I do use both the 300 win mag and the 30-06 for hunting, again in two rifles in each caliber, with bullets ranging from 165 grain to 200 grain, mostly Nosler, Speer and Sierra. They also have Shepherds mounted on them. I really like Shepherd scopes. I still have my original Shootist Shepherd scope from 1985 that I had mounted on an HK91 when I was stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, in the 1st of the 21st. It got about 1 1/4" groups with 173 grain NM ammunition and was good for about 800 yards (or 730 meters or so) with minute of bad guy accuracy. It suffered some from the heavy trigger and light 18.5 inch barrel, but we were light infantry and didn't have a sniper slot or the rifle to go with it. My first sergeant had me test the rifle and scope combination so if we had to go anywhere we had a rifle with more reach than an M16A1, which was the issue weapon at the time. The scope was refurbished in 2007 or 8 by Shepherd and I haven't had it on a rifle since. I thought I'd edit a little to make clear what was being talked about. I still have both the scope and the rifle. [/QUOTE]
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