I would really like to shoot one! HINT,HINT!

Hey breech i am sure your hunt some steep area's. but you aint seen steep until you hunted mountains formed by the San Andreas fault and temps in the 60-90* range.sometimes i travel 5-6 miles a day over nasty steep stuff.carrying fluids are what makes my pack so darn heavy and if i shoot a deer several miles back into this high desert country i hunt it's down right exhausting.every item in my pack has been weight reduced.mountain rifles are hugely popular in the west for these reasons.i always shoot from a rest or sticks, so light weight isn't a issue.150 yd + shots are the norm here! enjoy your search for a new toy!!!

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This morning i removed the scope from the Extreme (Chet' rifle), and installed it on the Mountaineer. For the first time in my life, the scope ended up too low. Took it shooting any way. Struggled with the sight picture. After getting the shots to hit paper, and kinda getting a 100 yard zero, i moved out to 200 yard. Photo show 4 shot. Green marks the last shot, which cut the bottom support of the target frame, and ended the shooting. I believe them 4 shot were the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth from this rifle.










The load used doesn't seem all that good. 270g Deep Curl, 110g BH, crush rib sabot, W209 primer. There were no issues during the shoot, except for i couldn't see the whole view through the scope. Primer were easy to install, and they fell right out after firing. It was cold when we started, and colder when we finished. It was 9 degree when we headed home.

After cleaning the rifle, i removed, and replaced the scope so now it is a near perfect height, at least for my face.








Blow by was zero. Breeze was on again off again.

Im sure it'll all come togeather.
Now I know evey one has there own way of sighting in, but give this a try I learned it from sighting in a Bow.
Draw a Horizional Line about a 1/2" thick accross a sheet of paper around a foot long. Dont worry about left or right, just get the shots so there hitting the line or dang close to it. Then get a new piece of paper and draw a line up and down (perpindicular) again about a foot long and a 1/2" wide and sight in for left and right, and again try and get em right on the line. After you have distance and right and left on then get your normal target and go for it.
The (line) method makes you focus only on one thing, either up and down or right and left, not both at the same time. You'll be surprised at how much tighter your groups will get with this method. And yes I know this is a new MLer and you had to adjust your scope for proper fit, I was just giving you and others a different way to sight in, hope you like it and give it a try.
(BP)

Ron, would you say that the gun balanced out well with it being on the heavy side?

Yes. It shoulders nicely.

It was 3 degree when i left town. It was 7 degree when the shooting started. It was 23 degree when the powder was gone. Upon returning home the temperature was 9. This was one of them day when it was colder in town than up in the hills.

The rifle had to be sighted in all over again, because the scope was removed, and replaced. Again there was zero blow by. Again the primers fell right out. When the shooting ended, there had been a total of 33 shots through the rifle, after 2 shooting trips. The installation of the primer is becoming more and more routine. Using the pointer finger to push the primer against the bolt face has become second nature. Installing the primer is easy, even with the scope in place. The bolt does not reveal it has seen 33 shot; it is so clean.







The target was at 200 yard. The 3 shot in the red were made first. Then the other two followed. The load was 300g Deep Curl, 110g BH, crush rib sabot, W209 primer.

The cross hair wasn't proper, so i reinstalled the scope again. This was done this afternoon, after cleaning the rifle. Once again, the next time shooting, will involve re-zero the scope. Hopefully this time the initial sight in will be completed the third try.

I'm jealous. Nice looking rifles.

Well, i am jealous of you. We lived in Missoula 14 year. We lived in Great Falls 26 year. The last best place.