ORIGINAL: stubblejumper
He had tried to go out to 100yds. and zero his gun instead of 25.
There is nothing wrong withstarting at 100 yards after a proper bore sighting.I have been doing this for over 20 years without a problem.I am always on the paper at 100 yardsafter I dothe bore sighting.
He had shot three boxes of ammo out of his 300 ultramag
However that is foolishness.If you aren't on the paper at 100 yards,either use a bigger target or move closer.Wasting three boxes of ammunition and not being sighted in is certainly not very bright.
I agree that if you do a decent job of boresighting, your bullet will
USUALLY hit a decent-sized target at 100 yards,
BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS TOO! However, I suspect that in this case, that rifle was NOT properly boresighted, either, and I'd bet that owner didn't know how to check this!