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Is my Bergara Bergarbage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 1894812" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>I think at least part of it is, the vast improvement of quality of factory rifles and ammunition over the last 5-10 years has gotten more and more new shooters into long range shooting. Add to that the capability of ballistics calculators, weather meters, optics, range finders etc is now achievable at a much more affordable price point, and has gotten a lot of people into shooting while short circuiting a lot of the learning process. As more new shooters try and shoot further and further out, you will get people who have bad experiences, and a not insignificant percentage of them will blame the gun/equipment rather than their lack of experience.</p><p></p><p>Case and point this OP... is it likely he got a lemon from Bergara? Absolutely, but look at everything else in the equation. Guy has 37 posts, over half of which are in this thread bagging on a rifle he has barely more than 100rounds through, and the other half are essentially paraphrased by "hey, this is my first time handloading or shooting long range but I heard you could shoot 1 mile with a 300 win mag using this powder and bullet combo so I am going to try to do it with this Bergara I read about". The reality is, buying a good rifle and picking the right components only gets you part way there. I will also note, in one of the OPs other threads he stated that he was having no trouble at all getting sub MOA with the gun, so what happened between then and now?</p><p></p><p>The internet makes people believe they can open the box, follow the steps, and get the same results of someone who likely has years if not decades of experience learning and developing basic fundamentals (be it shooting, handloading, or whatever). The latest gear gets you awfully close, but people are so often ready to blame the equipment rather than the warm bag of meat laying down behind the trigger. Again, the law of averages dictates that every once in a while a skilled shooter will get an actual lemon and then the internet magnifies this exponentially as "Fact".</p><p></p><p>It's frustrating because you have honest hard working skilled shooters trying to diagnose a problem with limited information and each of them brings their own biases to the table.</p><p></p><p>Just a thought.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 1894812, member: 31749"] I think at least part of it is, the vast improvement of quality of factory rifles and ammunition over the last 5-10 years has gotten more and more new shooters into long range shooting. Add to that the capability of ballistics calculators, weather meters, optics, range finders etc is now achievable at a much more affordable price point, and has gotten a lot of people into shooting while short circuiting a lot of the learning process. As more new shooters try and shoot further and further out, you will get people who have bad experiences, and a not insignificant percentage of them will blame the gun/equipment rather than their lack of experience. Case and point this OP... is it likely he got a lemon from Bergara? Absolutely, but look at everything else in the equation. Guy has 37 posts, over half of which are in this thread bagging on a rifle he has barely more than 100rounds through, and the other half are essentially paraphrased by "hey, this is my first time handloading or shooting long range but I heard you could shoot 1 mile with a 300 win mag using this powder and bullet combo so I am going to try to do it with this Bergara I read about". The reality is, buying a good rifle and picking the right components only gets you part way there. I will also note, in one of the OPs other threads he stated that he was having no trouble at all getting sub MOA with the gun, so what happened between then and now? The internet makes people believe they can open the box, follow the steps, and get the same results of someone who likely has years if not decades of experience learning and developing basic fundamentals (be it shooting, handloading, or whatever). The latest gear gets you awfully close, but people are so often ready to blame the equipment rather than the warm bag of meat laying down behind the trigger. Again, the law of averages dictates that every once in a while a skilled shooter will get an actual lemon and then the internet magnifies this exponentially as "Fact". It's frustrating because you have honest hard working skilled shooters trying to diagnose a problem with limited information and each of them brings their own biases to the table. Just a thought. [/QUOTE]
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