444Marlin_Ohio
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Hello everyone, first time poster here. Here's my situation:
I bought a JM stamped 444 Marlin micro-groove barrel. It came with a tasco scope and shoot-thru kwikee sites. I replaced it with a Leupold VX-1 last fall, shot it at 50 yards, and was dead-on in 3 shots! Something nagged at me though to shoot the gun at 100-150. Glad I did. At 100yds, I couldn't even hit the target! The scope ran out of elevation (or so I thought) before I could bring the 18" high POI black down. Also went through nearly $100 in 444 ammo before figuring out that the Leupold was defective, as the elevation had stopped working.
Sorry, little long winded. Do you think my barrel is defective, from the factory off-center and aiming way too high? How could I be hitting the bull at 50 and missing an 11x7 at 100 (also, need to mention, when I finally DID hit the target 18"-22" high, the bullets showed no sign of key-hole)
Thanks for any help! Scope is on its way back to Leupold now FYI
I bought a JM stamped 444 Marlin micro-groove barrel. It came with a tasco scope and shoot-thru kwikee sites. I replaced it with a Leupold VX-1 last fall, shot it at 50 yards, and was dead-on in 3 shots! Something nagged at me though to shoot the gun at 100-150. Glad I did. At 100yds, I couldn't even hit the target! The scope ran out of elevation (or so I thought) before I could bring the 18" high POI black down. Also went through nearly $100 in 444 ammo before figuring out that the Leupold was defective, as the elevation had stopped working.
Sorry, little long winded. Do you think my barrel is defective, from the factory off-center and aiming way too high? How could I be hitting the bull at 50 and missing an 11x7 at 100 (also, need to mention, when I finally DID hit the target 18"-22" high, the bullets showed no sign of key-hole)
Thanks for any help! Scope is on its way back to Leupold now FYI