Cold Bore Shots and Other Disturbing Trends

[TargetShooting]

I'll test my Savage 10 today. See what happens.

[TargetShooting]

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"Terrible" Cold Bore Shot by me, from old Savage 10 w/ a 9x scope. The rifle has been sitting in Talon's safe for a month so it's not zeroed anymore.
However the pattern matches what people discussed earlier.

I carefully fired the 1st shot, it's the hole on the left.
After about 1-2 minutes I fired 2nd shot, it's the hole in the middle, which is somewhat 1 or 2 O'clock to the right.
Then another 1-2 minutes wait, the 3rd shot broke. It drifted to the right at 3 O'clock.

Center -> 2 o'clock -> 3 o'clock, interesting.


After zeroed in the rifle started to behave. I want to reiterate that the "Gorilla Ammunition" is damn accurate. They should put "Match Grade" on their boxes because they really are IMO.


Here's a 12-shot group. Consider the rifle is old and dirty (I never cleaned it) and I am not a good shooter...the "Gorilla" is pretty decent 175gr 308 Win shit.

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[Rumbler]

David, that rifle has less than a hundred rounds through it since it was new. Quite possibly, less than 50.


. . not counting what you have put it through. . . . I mean "what you have put through it".

[TargetShooting]

David, that rifle has less than a hundred rounds through it since it was new. Quite possibly, less than 50.


. . not counting what you have put it through. . . . I mean "what you have put through it".

can't remember but I think, a lot! I don't shoot like Dave W who comes to fire 3 shots and call it a day.

[Rumbler]

Three shots is a lot! Especially if you can catch all the bad guys standing single file in a line.

[Rumbler]

Who did he buy that piece of shit from? Heh

I dunno. The rifle I sold him is every bit as accurate at my Remmy 700P - it is a tack driving SOB.