Had an old Rec guy told me to plumb your target with a plumb bob. Then, one shot max up elevation and one shot max lower...you should have a straight vertical line on target when done, if not your scope is not plumbed to your rifle.
I shot a moose once by a beaver pond at 30 yds. and watched 180 gr. Hornady do a 90 degree exit across the pond. Point....bullets, travelling at warp speeds, do weird and wonderful things, once they loose their symmetry in fluids.
Used and abused are quite different. I have no use for ****** attitudes regarding equipment whether it’s a rifle or a coiled tubing unit. You need your tools, you respect your tools.
Go watch a master carpenter...he uses old familiar tools that he knows, fits his hands and knows how mend and repair. He doesn’t lend his tools, damage them or toss them at the job site. The result of 2 becoming one is awesome. Just like a “hunting rifle”. Old, familiar and an extension of the...
I have never taken an elk, (my Holy grail) but many moose and deer. I have two .338’s and believe hunters who have used it take game in real hunting situations. I will post some pics from an article by Glen D. Summers (1998) which echoes your point of view and the main reason I have two 338’s.
I had a friend with a .243 Styre that would shoot cloverleafs all day long. He called one day and said it was now all over the place. I got hold of this rifle and cleaned and scrubbed the barrel....and here’s the main thing....with copper cleaner/remover. It took forever but it finally came...