smullen
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My new father in law and I took a trip to my gunclub Arnold Rifle and Pistol Club This weekend to shoot a few of his pistols and sight in his deer rifle. I finally got a try out my Remington 700; I've had the damn thing seems like almost a year now... I had to save up and buy the gun itself, then the scope base and rings, then the scope.
Impressions are: I really enjoyed it... 1st few shots the bolt was a bit stiff on loading and cycling, but after 4 or 5 shots, it started sliding a bit better. Loading the four rounds is a bit of a chore as I'm used to slapping a magazine in my ARs, AKs, Glocks, Mac-10 etc... My 1st bolt action of my own in many years.
Having never shot this thing, I had no idea what to expect, so I started at 50 yards (less of a walk for target swaps) with a 8.5"x11" sheet of printer paper with a 4" black circle in the middle.
1 shot was on paper. but about 3-4" high and a bit to the right, so I cranked it a bit took three more shots, cranked it a bit more, three more shots, repeat till I was hitting the center of the circle...
My groupings seemed ok. If I shot three rounds, two were touching and all three would fit in a quarter or be touching the quarter if that makes sense...
I know, I need to work on those and get them tighter. I did notice I have a bit of a wobble and I sometimes don't put the crosshairs in the exact same spot if I'm shooting at a white space and not somethign to pinpoint on...
It was getting late, the sun was going down and I wanted to try some 100 yard shots before we had to stop to see if I could even hit the paper out there.
I took aim at some 6" self healing plates that spin and reset when you nail them. I was able to put 6 out o 6 in the center. I'm not sure what the grouping was as I did not get out there to look at them. I'm guessing it was no where near the quarter size I was doing at 50 yards...
Conclusion, very fun rifle to shoot... The rifle seems to have plenty of potential, I just need to master it...
I need much more time and practice with it and learn it.
I can't wait to stock up on some more ammo and go back...
I'll try and get some pics of it soon...
Impressions are: I really enjoyed it... 1st few shots the bolt was a bit stiff on loading and cycling, but after 4 or 5 shots, it started sliding a bit better. Loading the four rounds is a bit of a chore as I'm used to slapping a magazine in my ARs, AKs, Glocks, Mac-10 etc... My 1st bolt action of my own in many years.
Having never shot this thing, I had no idea what to expect, so I started at 50 yards (less of a walk for target swaps) with a 8.5"x11" sheet of printer paper with a 4" black circle in the middle.
1 shot was on paper. but about 3-4" high and a bit to the right, so I cranked it a bit took three more shots, cranked it a bit more, three more shots, repeat till I was hitting the center of the circle...
My groupings seemed ok. If I shot three rounds, two were touching and all three would fit in a quarter or be touching the quarter if that makes sense...
I know, I need to work on those and get them tighter. I did notice I have a bit of a wobble and I sometimes don't put the crosshairs in the exact same spot if I'm shooting at a white space and not somethign to pinpoint on...
It was getting late, the sun was going down and I wanted to try some 100 yard shots before we had to stop to see if I could even hit the paper out there.
I took aim at some 6" self healing plates that spin and reset when you nail them. I was able to put 6 out o 6 in the center. I'm not sure what the grouping was as I did not get out there to look at them. I'm guessing it was no where near the quarter size I was doing at 50 yards...
Conclusion, very fun rifle to shoot... The rifle seems to have plenty of potential, I just need to master it...
I need much more time and practice with it and learn it.
I can't wait to stock up on some more ammo and go back...
I'll try and get some pics of it soon...