driftpounder
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- Martensville, SK
I am not sure I have this in the right section as I am still pretty new to the forum and have been mostly just reading posts and not writing them.
I bought myself a Ruger American in .243 last June and was unable to get it set up and ready for the 2014 deer season. I mounted a Bushnell XLT DOA 600 on it and bore sighted it, but didn't get it to the range until this weekend. I basically was looking for a budget rifle that I could beat up a little by tossing it in the back of a truck and going with out feeling bad about it.
Took it out the old dump site and procceded to sight in at 100 yards. I was a little disappointed by my bored sighting abilities as I was no where near the paper on the first shot, but I was pleasantly surprised by the caliber, the rifle, and the scope. After correcting the windage and getting the rounds on paper I was able to shoot a couple groups off my monopod I use for hunting that were about 2 inches. Nothing extrodinary, but for my abilities as a marksmen and the fact that this is the rifles first trip to the range I am pretty happy. I didn't take a picture of the group as I shot up the target after with my .17 HMR and one of my 10/22's to make sure they were still on for muskrat and beaver later this week.
I am most impressed with this set up because I am not used to such a low recoiling center fire. I have been shooting .30-06 for nearly all of my hunting career, not that .30-06 is a brutal kicker, but it's no slouch either. I think with a bit more practice and some fine tuning I could have this rifle shooting 1 inch groups at 100 yards. It's definitely not a Tikka, but it's a lot better than an Axis.
I wasn't able to really push the Bushnell XLT DOA 600 yet, but I was very happy with how clear the glass and ease of adjustments. It's a pretty nice package for a budget gun.
I will try to get out again and update how it performs once I have been able to push it a little more.
I bought myself a Ruger American in .243 last June and was unable to get it set up and ready for the 2014 deer season. I mounted a Bushnell XLT DOA 600 on it and bore sighted it, but didn't get it to the range until this weekend. I basically was looking for a budget rifle that I could beat up a little by tossing it in the back of a truck and going with out feeling bad about it.
Took it out the old dump site and procceded to sight in at 100 yards. I was a little disappointed by my bored sighting abilities as I was no where near the paper on the first shot, but I was pleasantly surprised by the caliber, the rifle, and the scope. After correcting the windage and getting the rounds on paper I was able to shoot a couple groups off my monopod I use for hunting that were about 2 inches. Nothing extrodinary, but for my abilities as a marksmen and the fact that this is the rifles first trip to the range I am pretty happy. I didn't take a picture of the group as I shot up the target after with my .17 HMR and one of my 10/22's to make sure they were still on for muskrat and beaver later this week.
I am most impressed with this set up because I am not used to such a low recoiling center fire. I have been shooting .30-06 for nearly all of my hunting career, not that .30-06 is a brutal kicker, but it's no slouch either. I think with a bit more practice and some fine tuning I could have this rifle shooting 1 inch groups at 100 yards. It's definitely not a Tikka, but it's a lot better than an Axis.
I wasn't able to really push the Bushnell XLT DOA 600 yet, but I was very happy with how clear the glass and ease of adjustments. It's a pretty nice package for a budget gun.
I will try to get out again and update how it performs once I have been able to push it a little more.
