where has that rifle been all my life!
08-18-2020, 11:45 AM
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where has that rifle been all my life!
I just got back from the local outdoor rifle range, where I let one of the local guys BILL,
try out my BLR in caliber 358 win with 250 grain speer bullets,
the load Ive used in that rifle is and has always been,
a 215 fed primer under 44 grains of IMR 4064 and a speer 250 grain bullet
well, most people occasionally shoot a decent tight group,
but Bill, shot two 3 shot groups off the bench rest at 100 yards,
that you could easily cover with a quarter, ....
he turns to me with a silly grin and says
" where has that rifle been all my life!"
hes got this silly grin, and I know he was impressed,
I told him that the groups are a bit better than you could expect,
but 1"-1.5" groups or less off the bench at 100 yards are rather normal
I said.... most of the last 40 plus years that particular rifles been hiding in my safe
or slung over my shoulder in Colorado or northern Wyoming or northern CALIFORNIA.
where Ive used it to hunt mule deer on a few dozen trips
https://www.speer.com/bullets/rifle_...t/19-2453.html
now to be fair Bill only owns a couple AR15 rifles and hes just now getting into hunting deer,
so he asked me what rifle I like to use, when I sneek around in the rough back canyon,
country and asked if he could try it out?
I also pointed out that theres hundreds of other rifles and calibers, that can shoot similar groups ,
but that silly grin, almost had me believe he felt like he just discovered SEX or something!
try out my BLR in caliber 358 win with 250 grain speer bullets,
the load Ive used in that rifle is and has always been,
a 215 fed primer under 44 grains of IMR 4064 and a speer 250 grain bullet
well, most people occasionally shoot a decent tight group,
but Bill, shot two 3 shot groups off the bench rest at 100 yards,
that you could easily cover with a quarter, ....
he turns to me with a silly grin and says
" where has that rifle been all my life!"
hes got this silly grin, and I know he was impressed,
I told him that the groups are a bit better than you could expect,
but 1"-1.5" groups or less off the bench at 100 yards are rather normal
I said.... most of the last 40 plus years that particular rifles been hiding in my safe
or slung over my shoulder in Colorado or northern Wyoming or northern CALIFORNIA.
where Ive used it to hunt mule deer on a few dozen trips
https://www.speer.com/bullets/rifle_...t/19-2453.html
now to be fair Bill only owns a couple AR15 rifles and hes just now getting into hunting deer,
so he asked me what rifle I like to use, when I sneek around in the rough back canyon,
country and asked if he could try it out?
I also pointed out that theres hundreds of other rifles and calibers, that can shoot similar groups ,
but that silly grin, almost had me believe he felt like he just discovered SEX or something!
Last edited by hardcastonly; 08-18-2020 at 11:49 AM.
