I went to the range to play around with my new backup rifle, a Ruger 77 30-06. I belong toa private club that runs just about every kind of shooting event possible, including military rifle classes and benchrest competitions.

After getting my new rifle pretty close on the 25 yard zero table, I move over to the 100/200 area and set up next to two fellers with a custom '03 rifle they're messing with. They immediately took an interest in my spotting scope. Apparently, they don't think too much of Leopold optics. Ok, to each their own. Thanks for the comments, guys.
"What kind of rifle you got their?"
"It's just a Ruger 77 MKII. An unbedded, stockbackup rifle,but I put a new trigger on it."
"A Jewell trigger?"
"No, Rifle Basix, adjusted to 2 lbs."
"Never heard of it."

After getting my rifle to hit 2" high at 100 yards (sub 1" groups), I put a target down at the 200 yard area and start popping away. Real nice groups but I'm not yet zero. After adjusting my Luppy 3x9 VariX II, I do as I always have, and bump the butt on the table a lil' to settle the crosshairs. My neighbors inform me that I shouldn't have to do that, and why do I have such a weak powered scope? The only way I could possibly expect good groups was with a 20x scope. I inform them that I'm a hunter, not a benchrest shooter, and I'm only trying to zero the rifle and test some loads.
"What kind of load are you using?" the older one replied.
"Well, right now I'm using a 180 Hornady and 54 grains of 4350," I politely respond.
"Lemme see one of those," the younger one says. After inspecting my reload, he immediately chirps, why you ain't got that anywhere near the lands.
"No, I haven't even measured my chamber on this rifle yet, I just seated them a bit over book COL, which makes them good to use in both my '06s."
"You ain't done much benchrest shooting, have you?"
Well, this kind of back and forth criticism goes on for 2 hours, during which the pair (father and son, by the way), inform me that mountain rifles are useless for any game, and if I don't have a 10 lb rifle, I don't have a chance of scoring on an elk. Besides those light sporter barrels make it impossible to hit anything because of the recoil. I point to the muzzle break on my mountain rifle and say, "Not so, this one feels like a 223."
"You wasted your money on that, a guide will never take you out with one of those things on your rifle. We know, we went elk hunting once."
At this point, I'm a lil' frustrated, and club or not, I decide to induce a new orafice on this loud mouth. "Guides don't dictate what their clients carry in the field. And in all my seasons of guiding, I guess I've only guided about a hunnert hunters carrying braked or ported rifles."
Response: "How come you haven't got an adjustable cheek piece on those rifles? You can't possibly get on target quick enough with your eye automatically aligning with your sights."

God bless rifle ranges. If only ear muffs were 100% sound proof.