I built 4 rifles in September:
Deviant Defiance 7mmSTW
Mauser 6.5-06
Mosin 25 Krag Ackley
Rem700 250 Sav

In October:
I drove 900 miles
I sighted the rifles in with bipods shooting prone at 50 yards, 100 yards, and 200 yards.
I sighted them in until they hit the 1/2" red dot at 200 yards on a windless day.

Then I shot 3 deer:
Two were freehand at 100 yards.
One was off a steel fence post at 220 yards.

I was ready to crank knobs... but it did not happen.


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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps