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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 247025" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Go and get a box of Federal Gold Medal Match in 30-06. See how the rifle groups with that at 100 yards. If it likes it, get some more.</p><p></p><p>Zero the rifle at 250 yards. This will provide a no holdover range out to 300 yards.</p><p>Shoot the rifle at 400, 500 and 600 yards and record the amount of adjustment needed. Draw a picture of what the scope dial looks like when it is at zero and at 400, 500 and at 600 ( you do this so when things get rushed you don't forget what the dial should look like).</p><p></p><p>Get as much practice at six hundred yards as you can. Make sure the gun is hitting the target on the first cold bore shot. It is that shot that counts. </p><p></p><p>At the powerline, make a range chart and put some tape or markers every 50 yards out along the power line so you do not have to use a rangefinder when the buck shows up. You just look out there and see the he is half way between the red tape on the pinyon tree and the yellow tape on the oak sapling and you know he is 425 yards.</p><p></p><p>When it is time to hunt, take the windage and elevation covers off of the scope knobs and lay a nickel or whatever you will use to turn the knobs for setting your drops. Have your range chart tacked up and your drop chart handy and your bullets laid out so there is no fumbling around.</p><p></p><p>Do not rest the foreend directly on the window sill. Make sure there is some padding under it so the rifle does not bounce under recoil.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>When the season is over, go and see one of the many fine gunsmiths on this forum and have them do some simple things to your Rem 700 such as bed it, lighten the trigger and recrown the barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 247025, member: 8"] Go and get a box of Federal Gold Medal Match in 30-06. See how the rifle groups with that at 100 yards. If it likes it, get some more. Zero the rifle at 250 yards. This will provide a no holdover range out to 300 yards. Shoot the rifle at 400, 500 and 600 yards and record the amount of adjustment needed. Draw a picture of what the scope dial looks like when it is at zero and at 400, 500 and at 600 ( you do this so when things get rushed you don't forget what the dial should look like). Get as much practice at six hundred yards as you can. Make sure the gun is hitting the target on the first cold bore shot. It is that shot that counts. At the powerline, make a range chart and put some tape or markers every 50 yards out along the power line so you do not have to use a rangefinder when the buck shows up. You just look out there and see the he is half way between the red tape on the pinyon tree and the yellow tape on the oak sapling and you know he is 425 yards. When it is time to hunt, take the windage and elevation covers off of the scope knobs and lay a nickel or whatever you will use to turn the knobs for setting your drops. Have your range chart tacked up and your drop chart handy and your bullets laid out so there is no fumbling around. Do not rest the foreend directly on the window sill. Make sure there is some padding under it so the rifle does not bounce under recoil. Good luck. When the season is over, go and see one of the many fine gunsmiths on this forum and have them do some simple things to your Rem 700 such as bed it, lighten the trigger and recrown the barrel. [/QUOTE]
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