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<blockquote data-quote="dsculley" data-source="post: 1422454" data-attributes="member: 77514"><p>There are those who think if you pay enough for the right gun that makes up for training and experience. I heard a guy recently talking about long range shooting that stated that the hard part is setting the scope up for the shot. That if you got behind the gun after the marksman had the scope set up then anyone could make the shot! Of course wind never changes, trigger pull is not important and mirage is never a factor, right?</p><p>I was at the range one day and the guy next to me had a custom rig that had probably cost well north of $5,000. It was 6.5CM. He was frustrated because it was guaranteed to shoot factory ammo in 3/8 moa and he was shooting groups about 1/2 - 3/4 moa. I was in load development for the 6.5x47L barrel I had just put on my Savage 110 and all my loads were shooting smaller groups than his rifle. His brother was there helping him and we talked a bit. I tried to offer a suggestion or two but they were not well received so I didn't go any further. Had to be the rifle, right? He was talking about sending it back since it would not shoot as guaranteed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dsculley, post: 1422454, member: 77514"] There are those who think if you pay enough for the right gun that makes up for training and experience. I heard a guy recently talking about long range shooting that stated that the hard part is setting the scope up for the shot. That if you got behind the gun after the marksman had the scope set up then anyone could make the shot! Of course wind never changes, trigger pull is not important and mirage is never a factor, right? I was at the range one day and the guy next to me had a custom rig that had probably cost well north of $5,000. It was 6.5CM. He was frustrated because it was guaranteed to shoot factory ammo in 3/8 moa and he was shooting groups about 1/2 - 3/4 moa. I was in load development for the 6.5x47L barrel I had just put on my Savage 110 and all my loads were shooting smaller groups than his rifle. His brother was there helping him and we talked a bit. I tried to offer a suggestion or two but they were not well received so I didn't go any further. Had to be the rifle, right? He was talking about sending it back since it would not shoot as guaranteed! [/QUOTE]
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