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Yep, and never show targets shot at when the wind blows.

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Any updates?

GregW,



My son-in-law used to take his Savage 7Mag with a Tasco to the range. He would plop down beside someone with much more expensive stuff and fire at and hit the empty two pound propane bottle at 596 yards. He would then dial the Tasco back to 100 yards and out one right in the "X". Then he would ask if anyone wanted to have a shooting contest.

I had a friend who had a Remington heavy varmint rifle. The best he could do was five shots in 3/4". I started with a different load and couldn't do any better. He ask what I would do. I told him to sell it and get a Savage. He did. My first three shots, using my loads, were 3/8" at 100 yards. He fired five and they measured 4/10".

My son-in-laws brother purchased a Savage 7Mag. Using factory ammo he was getting 5/8" three shot groups from the get go. With the factory Simmons.

Dollars to donuts says that the knuckleheads at the range spouting the nonsense mentioned above are also the same knuckleheads at the boat launch who can't back a trailer, install a transom plug or set a parking brake.

bruin,

But seeing someone fail to install the transom plug and/or fail to set the parking brake really makes my day.

Steve

During "Sight In Days", noticed a guy was struggling at a shooting bench so went to see what was wrong.
He was shooting a bolt in 280 Rem. He had 270, 280 and '06 ammo on the bench. When asked what the .... he was trying to do, he said--" I wanted to try some different loads, but this 30-06 case is stuck." When I questioned why he had three different calibers of ammo, he said "You know all three are made from 30-06 brass and he wanted to try some different weight bullets."
Gave him his money back and sent him home.

AZZHATS did this to 2 different tables at a range I shoot at when my range is just too windy to learn anything.




I'd sure like to see these kind of people caught.

The range I belong to used to have shooting 24/7.
Then idiots started shooting at the lights.
Now it's daylight only.

Updates are I left. I couldn't take it.

5 shot groups to test for seating depth. Groups got worse the further they were from lands. Ended with 8" 5 shot groups at 400 meters.

Began with 5 shot 3.5" group at 400 meters. 22" .280 Ackley 62.0 gr. -19, 140 accubonds. @ 3.36". 3,160 at muzzle.

Tikka have spoiled me as I'm not that happy...

The real problem seems to be that we don't have some way of preventing newbies from getting involved in either shooting or boating.

Newbies aren't required to be idiots, and a lot of idiots aren't newbies.

A knucklehead ask me "What is that rifle?"
Me "Ruger 7mm Remington Magnum"
Knucklehead" You said its a Ruger"
Me "It is"
Knucklehead " How could it be a Ruger when its a 7mm Remington Magnum. You have a 7mm Ruger Magnum."
Me "Ok, whatever."

That was the last conversation I've had with a guy like that.

Just wait for the morons to show up that claim their super-extra-high see-thru rings magically flatten the trajectory of their bullets...

Now you've done it. The hook is in the water.

Had a guy show up 2 days in a row, for two weekends, trying to sight in twin 300 win. magnums for an elk hunt the following week.

He had some sort of a lead sled. We have concrete benches at our range. He would set the front legs of the lead sled , hooked in front of the bench so it wouldn't move back. He then would "sight" down the scope while standing beside it, raise up, then reach down and pull the trigger (standing beside the gun). Never did get behind the gun. Those magnums were really jumping up.

Not sure if he ever got them on. He was shooting factory premium stuff and I'm sure he shot up $200 plus worth of ammo.

I considered helping him but he didn't hardly acknowledge me, so I left him alone. Damndest thing I've ever seen.

You think they don't? That's why I use one!

I've been around more idiot 'experts' than 'newbies'.


Hell, you can see it on the 'Fire.

Me: Shooting a .30-30 from kneeling position and whacking the steel gong pretty regularly at 200 yards.

Expert: "Yeah, I've watched guy's shoot .30-30's at the Cowboy silhouette shoots." (We have a lever action silhouette meet once per month at the range).

He proceeded to opine quite seriously that the .30-30 wasn't any good on deer past 100 yards based on the anemic way it sounded when hitting the heavy silhouette targets. Judging from his pudgy figure (fat lardass to be exact) and spindly legs I could see he had much experience climbing the local hills and mountains hunting deer.

Me: "Izzat so!? Wow, that's good to know..."



I gladly contribute 20 hours per year of range work to keep my gate key to access the range at hours closed to the public.