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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2236242" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>Once upon a time in a land far away there were many instances when it was necessary to hit the ground and make yourself as tiny a target as possible. Never went out into the wild because they wouldn't let me, but guard duty and perimeter defense were yet entirely another story. Since one often did not have their choice of what tiny sliver of ground that one descended onto there were often obstructions in the immediate front of the muzzle. At the time there was no time to inspect or try to figure out of the grass or other vegetation had affected the flight path of the bullet, nor did it seem to matter since the rounds fired seemed to hit the intended targets quite often and with the desired results. These days the only thing I worry about is the dust and dirt that the muzzle blast is going to cause when I pull the trigger. Recently had America's Gunsmiths in Kenosha, WI install a muzzle brake on my new Browning AB3 300WIN MAG with instructions that it was going to be fired prone and that the blast could not be directed downward and spray dust and dirt all over the pace. The gunsmith that did the research and installation did his homework well. The recoil was reduced by 50% or more (300 WIN MAG now has recoil of a 12 ga 2 3/4 inch hunting load) which is quite pleasant to shoot.) Results from the first 40 rounds when breaking in the barrel resulted in no sore shoulder and groups that measured just over one inch using cheap factory ammo. Anxiously waiting to see what happens with handloads using Nosler, Sierra and now Barnes copper bullets. Both of my Tikka's, a 30-06 and a .270 will print a 5 shot group with all five rounds slightly enlarging the one hole in the target at 100 yards. The .270 at 300 yards shoots a 2.25 inch group the 30-06 not much larger and that seems to simply be because the .30 caliber bullets are a bit larger. All three rifles are going to be taken to a local 1000 yard private range to see how a conventional shoulder held rifle weighing 8 to 9 pounds compares to the new precision rifles weighing a lot more and unsuitable for most hunting scenarios.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2236242, member: 118816"] Once upon a time in a land far away there were many instances when it was necessary to hit the ground and make yourself as tiny a target as possible. Never went out into the wild because they wouldn't let me, but guard duty and perimeter defense were yet entirely another story. Since one often did not have their choice of what tiny sliver of ground that one descended onto there were often obstructions in the immediate front of the muzzle. At the time there was no time to inspect or try to figure out of the grass or other vegetation had affected the flight path of the bullet, nor did it seem to matter since the rounds fired seemed to hit the intended targets quite often and with the desired results. These days the only thing I worry about is the dust and dirt that the muzzle blast is going to cause when I pull the trigger. Recently had America's Gunsmiths in Kenosha, WI install a muzzle brake on my new Browning AB3 300WIN MAG with instructions that it was going to be fired prone and that the blast could not be directed downward and spray dust and dirt all over the pace. The gunsmith that did the research and installation did his homework well. The recoil was reduced by 50% or more (300 WIN MAG now has recoil of a 12 ga 2 3/4 inch hunting load) which is quite pleasant to shoot.) Results from the first 40 rounds when breaking in the barrel resulted in no sore shoulder and groups that measured just over one inch using cheap factory ammo. Anxiously waiting to see what happens with handloads using Nosler, Sierra and now Barnes copper bullets. Both of my Tikka's, a 30-06 and a .270 will print a 5 shot group with all five rounds slightly enlarging the one hole in the target at 100 yards. The .270 at 300 yards shoots a 2.25 inch group the 30-06 not much larger and that seems to simply be because the .30 caliber bullets are a bit larger. All three rifles are going to be taken to a local 1000 yard private range to see how a conventional shoulder held rifle weighing 8 to 9 pounds compares to the new precision rifles weighing a lot more and unsuitable for most hunting scenarios. [/QUOTE]
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