...it's not gambling if you know how to shoot.
Reminds me of one of the few times i caved and accepted a bet involving something other than who buys lunch.
to prevent the wall of text that a proper full account would take, i'll shorten it thus. Guy showed up at my local range one afternoon, with one of those Iron Brigade Armory "Product improved M40s" that started at about $3-4K at the time, that he'd had less than a month. and he'd swallowed the IBA Kool-aid
hard , would not shut up about how great his rifle was. and then started talking ****e about my Savage that i'd just spent the past 9 months working up a load for and "getting to know", without having seen me shoot it
(and i'd seen his 100yrd groups, this was obviously his first "precision rifle"). I laughed, he got pissed "threw down a gauntlet" and bet his rifle...
Ten minutes later he'd shut up, learned a lesson, was white as a sheet, and packing his gear (I had mercy and cleaned his wallet in lieu of taking the rifle).
Moral of the story: never make a shooting bet against someone you've yet to see shoot.
Doesn’t hurt that most guys think a .22 falls out of the sky at 50 yards.
Last time I took my 10/22 to the range, I amazed the two 20something AR-dudes by ringing their 100yard gong 29 out of 30 times. the whole "if you know your hold overs..."