In recent years I've been buying some better rifles and adding optics suited to the quality of the guns.
What I am finding is that even with superior quality hardware I still can't shoot better than I can with the old average quality gun that I carried for 30 years and did all of my formative learning with.
A lot of muscle memory there. With 3 decades on my shoulder it has become nearly an appendage. The rifle is nothing special, a Model 81 in 7mmRM with an old 4X M8 scope.
I'm finding you can only buy performance up to a certain point. Many miles on foot and many seasons and kills and years of practice provide a certain familiarity with a firearm that I have not been able to buy with money.
