Talk at the range Maybe funny Maybe sad

[j_h_nimrod]

I was at the range and an acquaintance was there with his old and newly refurbished/refinished Savage 7mm Mag. He was shooting away and after awhile came over and started telling me he thought there was something wrong with the gun because it was shooting all over the place and was being difficult to extract. Could I come over and look it over for him?  I went over and could find nothing obviously wrong with the scope, action, barrel, bolt, barrel nut, etc. and I was just chalking it up to an inexperienced shooter. Then he hands me some of the fired brass to show me they looked a little funny too. What he handed me were the nicest collection of fire formed .270/7mm Mags I had ever seen .  It amazed me that those .270 Win loads even cycled, fired and ejected with only minimal issues. I pointed out his problem and he assured me the store assured him this was the right ammo.

Not sure who is worse, the store or the guy that took their word...

[Biggerhammer]

I had a friend that purchased a rifle in 30-06, 20 plus years ago. He's not into reloading and shoots factory ammo. The day he purchased the rifle used, we went for a drive in the hills. He had me stop at some ribbon cliffs out in the sage country. He got out loaded the rifle up, picked out a big rock at about a 100 yards with a small light colored spot in the center of it. He took took aim with the old 3-9 Redfield and fired 5.

The group was about the size of a soft ball, 8-10" high. He got back in the truck, I asked if he was going to adjust that scope and he said "Why? I know where it shoots" . That's the way that rifle has stayed and he's killed allot of Mulies, Elk and bear with it over the past 20 years or so. The last elk he shot, when I got to him and the elk. I asked what bullet he used, he didn't know as to he had 10 or 12 cartridges in his pocket that were 3 different makes and bullet types. Some people could care less and it still works and animals still die.

[mountainman]

Have seen many 270 win fireformed to 270 weatherby or the same w 300 win/  weatherby  ...

[JJB11B]

My good friend has fire formed a few of my .308 to partial 30-06 over the years, shooting from prone on a blanket, grabbed the wrong box while I was shooting as well, I have saved them wrote his name and date on each of them, someday they will wind up as orniments on a christmas tree or dangling from a euro mount at his house

[irish52084]

Maybe 7-8 years ago I was at the range shooting my 300 ultra mag and having a good time burning up the last of some handloads I had. I was 21 or 22 years old at this time and this rifle is an early Christensen arms rifle so it drew a lot of attention at the range. A guy in his late 30's or early 40's sits at the bench next to me with a brand new Remington in 300 ultra and begins to sight in his rifle. After a while I can see him struggling to zero his rifle and he starts asking me for help and I agree to help him out. He shoots a few rounds and I gave him a few suggestions; don't rest the barrel on your rest, use the tip of your finger instead of the joint, check your mounts and hardware etch... He's thanks me for my help and then proceeds to ignore all my advice. A few groups later he begins asking an older gentleman at the range for help sighting in his rifle and receives the same exact advice from him as I had given him 20 minutes earlier.
I finished up my shooting about an hour later and this guy was still there trying to unravel the mystery of sighting in his rifle. All I could think is if you didn't want advice from a 21-22 year old then why ask me and then ignore it?

[Bango skank]

I had a friend that purchased a rifle in 30-06, 20 plus years ago. He's not into reloading and shoots factory ammo. The day he purchased the rifle used, we went for a drive in the hills. He had me stop at some ribbon cliffs out in the sage country. He got out loaded the rifle up, picked out a big rock at about a 100 yards with a small light colored spot in the center of it. He took took aim with the old 3-9 Redfield and fired 5.

The group was about the size of a soft ball, 8-10" high. He got back in the truck, I asked if he was going to adjust that scope and he said "Why? I know where it shoots" . That's the way that rifle has stayed and he's killed allot of Mulies, Elk and bear with it over the past 20 years or so. The last elk he shot, when I got to him and the elk. I asked what bullet he used, he didn't know as to he had 10 or 12 cartridges in his pocket that were 3 different makes and bullet types. Some people could care less and it still works and animals still die.

Maybe, but i bet they make quite a few bad shots on animals but dont mention them

[Biggerhammer]

I had a friend that purchased a rifle in 30-06, 20 plus years ago. He's not into reloading and shoots factory ammo. The day he purchased the rifle used, we went for a drive in the hills. He had me stop at some ribbon cliffs out in the sage country. He got out loaded the rifle up, picked out a big rock at about a 100 yards with a small light colored spot in the center of it. He took took aim with the old 3-9 Redfield and fired 5.

The group was about the size of a soft ball, 8-10" high. He got back in the truck, I asked if he was going to adjust that scope and he said "Why? I know where it shoots" . That's the way that rifle has stayed and he's killed allot of Mulies, Elk and bear with it over the past 20 years or so. The last elk he shot, when I got to him and the elk. I asked what bullet he used, he didn't know as to he had 10 or 12 cartridges in his pocket that were 3 different makes and bullet types. Some people could care less and it still works and animals still die.

Maybe, but i bet they make quite a few bad shots on animals but dont mention them

Great assumption!

[mountainman]

I had a friend that purchased a rifle in 30-06, 20 plus years ago. He's not into reloading and shoots factory ammo. The day he purchased the rifle used, we went for a drive in the hills. He had me stop at some ribbon cliffs out in the sage country. He got out loaded the rifle up, picked out a big rock at about a 100 yards with a small light colored spot in the center of it. He took took aim with the old 3-9 Redfield and fired 5.

The group was about the size of a soft ball, 8-10" high. He got back in the truck, I asked if he was going to adjust that scope and he said "Why? I know where it shoots" . That's the way that rifle has stayed and he's killed allot of Mulies, Elk and bear with it over the past 20 years or so. The last elk he shot, when I got to him and the elk. I asked what bullet he used, he didn't know as to he had 10 or 12 cartridges in his pocket that were 3 different makes and bullet types. Some people could care less and it still works and animals still die.

Maybe, but i bet they make quite a few bad shots on animals but dont mention them

[Jonathan_S]

Biggerhammer, it's not really hard to guess that people who treat their equipment that way have a higher percentage of wounded/lost animals   

[Biggerhammer]

Biggerhammer, it's not really hard to guess that people who treat their equipment that way have a higher percentage of wounded/lost animals   

Guessing is a losers game. I'll stick with reality and facts.

[coachcw]

I love the guy who burns a box of ammo sighting in and ends up with the last shot close to the bull on a barrel that's hot as hell...... I'm sure it hits the same on a cold clean bore shot