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What does a custom build rig really get you???
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<blockquote data-quote="FatOldMIHunter" data-source="post: 1800039" data-attributes="member: 104844"><p>This difference is surely a matter of much more experience on your part. I need the rodeo and circus to sort out where any problem lies because the confidence building in both the gun and my form with the gun-scope combo is still good for me. If I could pick up a gun and shoot five rounds and know whether it was a gem or a pile of junk, I might pay some extra to boost the odds that it's a gem up front. But I have to at least break it in and develop a load for it (and maybe several loads) before I can say that I know that gun's potential.</p><p></p><p>Unlike when I was a "typical hunter", I now will not hunt with a rifle that I haven't developed confidence in for the ranges I intend to use it. That confidence comes quickly now if I site-in at 100yds with factory ammo and plan to hunt in the woods where 100yd shots are the maximum. For that, I don't need sub-MOA performance. It takes much longer to develop confidence when I plan to hunt out in the field at longer distances where knowing the gun's full potential is more important. I won't shoot at game at 400 yds with my Howa until I can hit that gong cold 9 out of 10 times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FatOldMIHunter, post: 1800039, member: 104844"] This difference is surely a matter of much more experience on your part. I need the rodeo and circus to sort out where any problem lies because the confidence building in both the gun and my form with the gun-scope combo is still good for me. If I could pick up a gun and shoot five rounds and know whether it was a gem or a pile of junk, I might pay some extra to boost the odds that it's a gem up front. But I have to at least break it in and develop a load for it (and maybe several loads) before I can say that I know that gun's potential. Unlike when I was a "typical hunter", I now will not hunt with a rifle that I haven't developed confidence in for the ranges I intend to use it. That confidence comes quickly now if I site-in at 100yds with factory ammo and plan to hunt in the woods where 100yd shots are the maximum. For that, I don't need sub-MOA performance. It takes much longer to develop confidence when I plan to hunt out in the field at longer distances where knowing the gun's full potential is more important. I won't shoot at game at 400 yds with my Howa until I can hit that gong cold 9 out of 10 times. [/QUOTE]
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