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Bone to pick with new rifle owners - 100 yards out of the box
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<blockquote data-quote="blvette75" data-source="post: 2919396" data-attributes="member: 72440"><p>After reading many of the posts here, the one thing that really gets me is there is a lack of understanding of how much fun it is to get a new rifle and dial it in and get it to shoot the way you want it to shoot. I have been impatient with a rifle on occasion and bought something else in the same caliber only to dial it in later, when reading stuff on this forum and others allowed me to male a correction on a load or other adjustment on my scope mount etc. But the gratification of getting it to shoot, by far out weighs my initial frustration with a rifle.</p><p></p><p>When I was teaching my daughter to shoot and I started moving the target back she would always initially complain, but dad I might not hit the bullseye. Her joy of recognizing her Marksmanship always makes me smile. That what these gents are missing.</p><p></p><p>Had a buddy of mine an investment banker wanted to go hunting. He bought a new 300 weatherby, he had over a $2000.00 scope on it, and was bore sighted at the store. He flew in from Chicago, and we went to go sight in. I had my old Savage, with my Leupold long range. I had my rifle sighted in for many seasons before and just confirmed my zero with three shots at 200 yards. After shooting 1 full box of ammunition, he asks me for help. I set up a target at 50 yards bore sighted it got it on paper. Adjusted his scope got it zeroed confirming with a couple of shots at 100 yards. He shot the rest of that box and had a best group at about a 4 inch group, I asked him if he ever shot a rifle before he said no, told him he needed to practice, we could go again the next day. He was mad because Weatherby had a 1 MOA with three shots if he used their ammunition. I tried to explain that the rifle with scope was being broke in and we should check the torque on the setup. I let him know that he was a little recoil sensitive, and he was pulling his shots. I asked if I could shoot it then shot it shot about 1/2 three shot group. Then he got ****ed at me as he was going to show sporting goods shop his 4 inch group and the other 3 shot groups and give the rifle back, and I proved the rifle was accurate. I told him not to feel bad I had put away my rifles for about ten years and it took me a bit to get back my muscle memory and technique. I was going to bring my daughter she was 10 at the time, the next day but he declined to come, just rescheduled a flight back to Chicago. He still has the rifle locked in his TSA approved Pelican case to this day he never shot it again. Bottom line, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make em drink and we never went hunting together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blvette75, post: 2919396, member: 72440"] After reading many of the posts here, the one thing that really gets me is there is a lack of understanding of how much fun it is to get a new rifle and dial it in and get it to shoot the way you want it to shoot. I have been impatient with a rifle on occasion and bought something else in the same caliber only to dial it in later, when reading stuff on this forum and others allowed me to male a correction on a load or other adjustment on my scope mount etc. But the gratification of getting it to shoot, by far out weighs my initial frustration with a rifle. When I was teaching my daughter to shoot and I started moving the target back she would always initially complain, but dad I might not hit the bullseye. Her joy of recognizing her Marksmanship always makes me smile. That what these gents are missing. Had a buddy of mine an investment banker wanted to go hunting. He bought a new 300 weatherby, he had over a $2000.00 scope on it, and was bore sighted at the store. He flew in from Chicago, and we went to go sight in. I had my old Savage, with my Leupold long range. I had my rifle sighted in for many seasons before and just confirmed my zero with three shots at 200 yards. After shooting 1 full box of ammunition, he asks me for help. I set up a target at 50 yards bore sighted it got it on paper. Adjusted his scope got it zeroed confirming with a couple of shots at 100 yards. He shot the rest of that box and had a best group at about a 4 inch group, I asked him if he ever shot a rifle before he said no, told him he needed to practice, we could go again the next day. He was mad because Weatherby had a 1 MOA with three shots if he used their ammunition. I tried to explain that the rifle with scope was being broke in and we should check the torque on the setup. I let him know that he was a little recoil sensitive, and he was pulling his shots. I asked if I could shoot it then shot it shot about 1/2 three shot group. Then he got ****ed at me as he was going to show sporting goods shop his 4 inch group and the other 3 shot groups and give the rifle back, and I proved the rifle was accurate. I told him not to feel bad I had put away my rifles for about ten years and it took me a bit to get back my muscle memory and technique. I was going to bring my daughter she was 10 at the time, the next day but he declined to come, just rescheduled a flight back to Chicago. He still has the rifle locked in his TSA approved Pelican case to this day he never shot it again. Bottom line, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make em drink and we never went hunting together. [/QUOTE]
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