I wouldn' t trust anybody at Dick' s. I' m sure there are some that work there that actually know what they are talking about, but there are probably a lot more that don' t.

This makes me think of the time that I asked the sales clerk at Wal-mart to show me the Remington shotgun with the ventilated ribbed barrel. She handed me a Hawken muzzle loader [>:] I finallly had to describe the gun as having a " little picket fence down the tube." WOW, it' s amazing who they will hire. I don' t blame the clerk, at least she was working and not on welfare.

Oh well, back to your question. Look to see if your rifle is bore sighted. Look down the barrel and see if the crosshairs are on the same object as you can see through your bore. I have bore sighted several rifles by pulling the bolt and setting it on sandbags on the kitchen table. I center my mailbox in the bore, then just adjust the crosshairs onto the mailbox. This has always put my POI within 4-6" at 100 yards.