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TV shows can't drop animals?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rich Coyle" data-source="post: 1343573" data-attributes="member: 70559"><p>The accomplished long range hunters have far fewer wounds and misses than the vast majority of hunters who buy a rifle, have the the clerk bore sight it, and never verify it. One day my younger brother who was about sixty-five at the time, and never went hunting, is a prime example. One day I was standing with him and another guy. My brother said,</p><p>"Jesus is coming back I need a .30-06."</p><p>"What<strong>!</strong>? Are you going to shoot Him?" the other guy asked.</p><p>"No. I've never been hunting and want to do it at least once," he answered.</p><p>"Well then," I chimed in, "you sure don't need a .30-06. A .270 or .25-06 will get the job done for you with less recoil."</p><p>We found a Savage .270 with a Simmons 3-9X with soft case for $300 out the door. He was not even going to sight it in. I sighted it in at 100 yards from a bench rest and had him fire a few times. Could he hit anything? Your guess is as good as mine.</p><p></p><p>I am convinced most new hunters are just like him. Or maybe worse since they don't have someone to sight in their rifle. Maybe we can leave off the "most new" and still be correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rich Coyle, post: 1343573, member: 70559"] The accomplished long range hunters have far fewer wounds and misses than the vast majority of hunters who buy a rifle, have the the clerk bore sight it, and never verify it. One day my younger brother who was about sixty-five at the time, and never went hunting, is a prime example. One day I was standing with him and another guy. My brother said, "Jesus is coming back I need a .30-06." "What[B]![/B]? Are you going to shoot Him?" the other guy asked. "No. I've never been hunting and want to do it at least once," he answered. "Well then," I chimed in, "you sure don't need a .30-06. A .270 or .25-06 will get the job done for you with less recoil." We found a Savage .270 with a Simmons 3-9X with soft case for $300 out the door. He was not even going to sight it in. I sighted it in at 100 yards from a bench rest and had him fire a few times. Could he hit anything? Your guess is as good as mine. I am convinced most new hunters are just like him. Or maybe worse since they don't have someone to sight in their rifle. Maybe we can leave off the "most new" and still be correct. [/QUOTE]
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