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Don't Single Load When You Sight-In a Rifle
by David E. Petzal
Regardless of action type, do not single-load it when you sight it in. Fill up its magazine and cycle cartridges through it just as you would when hunting or shooting zombies.
Work the safety. Work the magazine release. See that everything functions correctly, because not all new rifles are perfect, and the time to discover this is not during hunting season.
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Comments (7)
Great advice for beginning shooters/hunters, Mr.Petzal. The time to find out your rifle is a piece of junk is not when you are taking a shot at that "once in a lifetime trophy", (since we all have so many of those moments!) The best time to find any thing wrong with any gun, not just rifles, is right after (if not before) you buy it.
Great points you make there Petzal. But you know your rifle has arrived and is hunting ready when you have a little pitch on the foregrip and your gloved hand won't let go of the rifle. THENNN, your rifle's ready!
As always, good advice. I hope to sight in a new rifle soon.
anyone who thinks of taking a gun out hunting prior to running multiple rounds through probably isn't reading this site.....isn't the fun of new toy to play with it?????
I have a 3×9×40 bushnell trophy scope & have the same problem with full field of view or eye relief.
I had a gun Smith cut the stock down; see through sites; & both pulled back as far as possible.
You will not like lt when the scope meets your face!!!!
Don't cut your stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just get yourself a better scopea!!
Take the scope off & the bolt out put the gun in a case & go to the store of your choice & find what works for you & have some fun!!
BEEN THERE. FRANK
I agree but i would add shooting the gun from field positions after it has been properly sighted in and cleaned. Unless your hunting from the shooting bench. I see the biggest failures in the deer woods everyyear from just poor shooting, missed shots, equipment failures. Whichever you prefer to call them.
I want to add shoot the same ammunition hopefully from the same lot too. I have heard things like "all remington shells shoot the same" All 1 oz slugs shoot the same" "all 150 gr bullets fly the same" I guess it may be possible but I have never seen it. The cheapest part of your trip is most likely the ammunition. Buy a few boxes of the good stuff and use that. If your a reloader you most likely know better. It is your responsibility to make ethical kill shots.
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Great advice for beginning shooters/hunters, Mr.Petzal. The time to find out your rifle is a piece of junk is not when you are taking a shot at that "once in a lifetime trophy", (since we all have so many of those moments!) The best time to find any thing wrong with any gun, not just rifles, is right after (if not before) you buy it.
Great points you make there Petzal. But you know your rifle has arrived and is hunting ready when you have a little pitch on the foregrip and your gloved hand won't let go of the rifle. THENNN, your rifle's ready!
As always, good advice. I hope to sight in a new rifle soon.
anyone who thinks of taking a gun out hunting prior to running multiple rounds through probably isn't reading this site.....isn't the fun of new toy to play with it?????
I have a 3×9×40 bushnell trophy scope & have the same problem with full field of view or eye relief.
I had a gun Smith cut the stock down; see through sites; & both pulled back as far as possible.
You will not like lt when the scope meets your face!!!!
Don't cut your stock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just get yourself a better scopea!!
Take the scope off & the bolt out put the gun in a case & go to the store of your choice & find what works for you & have some fun!!
BEEN THERE. FRANK
I agree but i would add shooting the gun from field positions after it has been properly sighted in and cleaned. Unless your hunting from the shooting bench. I see the biggest failures in the deer woods everyyear from just poor shooting, missed shots, equipment failures. Whichever you prefer to call them.
I want to add shoot the same ammunition hopefully from the same lot too. I have heard things like "all remington shells shoot the same" All 1 oz slugs shoot the same" "all 150 gr bullets fly the same" I guess it may be possible but I have never seen it. The cheapest part of your trip is most likely the ammunition. Buy a few boxes of the good stuff and use that. If your a reloader you most likely know better. It is your responsibility to make ethical kill shots.
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