Good rant.
People don't understand cold bore either and think it's a flyer.
Very True!
I was so excited as a teenager when I was taught about the Cold Bore issue, as well as the fouling shot issue.
After learning that, I went and sighted in my bolt (took a little over 2 hours just for a few groups) and then did a fouling shot and had a much better experience hunting.
I'm not a teenager anymore, *sigh*, but this year I did the same (after my scope got bumped in the truck and the zero got knocked around) and then waited a half an hour while shooting handguns and then shot this single shot. It's no group, so I can't measure it (unless I say all 5 went through the hole, which didn't happen) but I was happy and ready for the soon-to-be-successful hunt with this target.
100 yards, Sako 30-06.