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Whats My Borescope Telling Me
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob2650" data-source="post: 2908898" data-attributes="member: 112280"><p>I think 500 to 300 rounds or less is about all most people got out of a 742 in 30-06. That is a lot of years of hunting for most. I recommend no heavier than 150 grain bullets in the 30-06 742 rifle. The heavy bullets wear down the shotgun action faster than the light projectiles.</p><p>This is a rifle where only the cold clean bore shot groups mattered. I have had several 742 rifles and they are or were very much good enough for typical hunting distances using cheap factory ammo. My beat up personal favorite 742 "truck gun" will give me a 2" wide group at 100 yards over a few days. That is worthless for a long range rifle but that also means putting the bullet within one inch of the point of aim at 100 yards for the first shot of the day. It gets a LOT worse if I try to shoot a 5 shot group. They do have "floating barrels" but that does not seem to matter unless the barrel is touching something when fired.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob2650, post: 2908898, member: 112280"] I think 500 to 300 rounds or less is about all most people got out of a 742 in 30-06. That is a lot of years of hunting for most. I recommend no heavier than 150 grain bullets in the 30-06 742 rifle. The heavy bullets wear down the shotgun action faster than the light projectiles. This is a rifle where only the cold clean bore shot groups mattered. I have had several 742 rifles and they are or were very much good enough for typical hunting distances using cheap factory ammo. My beat up personal favorite 742 "truck gun" will give me a 2" wide group at 100 yards over a few days. That is worthless for a long range rifle but that also means putting the bullet within one inch of the point of aim at 100 yards for the first shot of the day. It gets a LOT worse if I try to shoot a 5 shot group. They do have "floating barrels" but that does not seem to matter unless the barrel is touching something when fired. [/QUOTE]
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