reviewing an OLD post

[Rick65Cat]

Hahahaha......Haven't been on THR in years. Thought I'd look in on any old threads I started back in the day... http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=251826

To everyone that replied I have to agree the Sks "sniper" didn't turn out to be what it was originally intended to be. It never shot any better at 200 yrds than the 6 to 8 inch group I attained at first. At 100 yrds it was no better. And in fact as time wore on it got worse. Finally at 50 yrds it was a 8 to 10 inch group.
I sold everything off without losing much money and bought one of these...



A Norinco M-14 copy. I did put a proper side mount scope mount on it with a Bushnell elite scope. And.........after NOT attaining any accuracy with this rifle, I sold it for exactly what I paid for it.

So....realizing that great accuracy cannot be attained by buying "copy" rifles... I bought a bolt action rifle in .20 cal.
A Ruger M77 MkII in .204 with a Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x40.
Its zeroed for 200 yrds and will group will my crappy eyes at 1 inch at 200 yrds. I have popped prairie gophers with this gun out to 300 yrds using a 32gr Vmax Hornady bullet.



I've learned my lesson.

 

[jobu07]

Glad to see you're getting excellent accuracy. Most who posted on your old thread would give thier left arm to get the sort of groups you are reporting now with your Ruger. Keep shooting and welcome back after your time away from us!

 

[Art Eatman]

Hmmm. Somebody else singing Hank Williams' "I Saw The Light".

Most folks are quite pleased with their results from the .204.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Sadly, you're not the only one that's taken flak for your rifle. I've taken flak for what I had planned to do with my Savage. Sad thing is, anything is possible, especially with a Savage and their ease of rebarrelling. Only issue is my blind mag problem. Gotta see if there's a way to swap it with one from a .30-06

 

[Rick65Cat]

Yep, sold off all my center fire miltary style firearms...just have my .22 semis and my bolt guns. I doubt I'll ever bother with a semi center fire again.
If you're good enough, you only need one shell.