CoalTrain49
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I was at the range yesterday with my neighbor who is a new shooter. He just purchased his first rifle and ask me to help him with the range etiquette and sight in. To begin with I don't own a real rifle. I have a 77/357 and a few USGI carbines. You could say I'm a straight walled cartridge kind of guy. I bore sighted the gun (Tikka T3/Redfield 3x9) and got him started on walking the string into the bullseye. He cleaned his bore after every shot for awhile and finally got his scope zeroed. I have to say for a guy that's never shot a rifle he did pretty well.
At the end of the session I ask him how it went. He said he was sighted in and could hit the 10 ring at 100 yds consistently. I thought that was a great accomplishment for a 68 yo new shooter. He then said I can hit that 300 yd gong also without too much trouble. The gong is a 12" dia. metal plate. Hmmm, this is getting interesting. Now he wants me to try it. I've never shot a .308 or even a newer rifle so I'm skeptical. Well the gong rang out loud and clear. Then another old guy takes a crack at it and bingo, another hit.
I'm thinking the new shooter has a very nice rifle and he's also a pretty fair shooter. 1 moa at 300 yds is about 3 inches. So he's shooting about 2 moa right out of the box.
I know this may not seem like a huge feat to some but we're all old guys without a lot of time on rifles. I may have to get myself a .308. It's a real pleasant cartridge to shoot and the T3 seems to be a darned nice 300 yd rifle. I'm wondering if this rifle is better than 1 moa.
At the end of the session I ask him how it went. He said he was sighted in and could hit the 10 ring at 100 yds consistently. I thought that was a great accomplishment for a 68 yo new shooter. He then said I can hit that 300 yd gong also without too much trouble. The gong is a 12" dia. metal plate. Hmmm, this is getting interesting. Now he wants me to try it. I've never shot a .308 or even a newer rifle so I'm skeptical. Well the gong rang out loud and clear. Then another old guy takes a crack at it and bingo, another hit.
I'm thinking the new shooter has a very nice rifle and he's also a pretty fair shooter. 1 moa at 300 yds is about 3 inches. So he's shooting about 2 moa right out of the box.
I know this may not seem like a huge feat to some but we're all old guys without a lot of time on rifles. I may have to get myself a .308. It's a real pleasant cartridge to shoot and the T3 seems to be a darned nice 300 yd rifle. I'm wondering if this rifle is better than 1 moa.
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