LateNightFlight
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For years, I've not been particularly proud of my Minute of Deer M77 MKII in 7mm mag, except for its obvious durability. No one ever offered to argue with me about what kind of groups it might be capable of. Today, I have every reason to change my thinking about this gun.
On a good day, two inch groups have been the norm for me with this rifle. It's not had any barrel work. The stock is not bedded. The bolt face hasn't been worked. The trigger is original factory. This gun is an all stock MKII stainless synthetic with 15 years of wear and tear, with rusty little barrel scratches to prove it. (Yep, stainless will rust if neglected enough.)
The only thing that's different today is replacement of a busted scope with a Burris Fullfield II, 4.5-14X, 42mm Obj, and different ammo. The scope is in new Burris medium rings, which for the first time in my life I checked alignment and lapped.
You can call this pic a 2" group if you like, but I knew the shot to the right wasn't going with the rest of them when it went off. I spent just a little too much time on the trigger at the end of my breath and went through with it when I should have pulled off and reset. So, forgiving the pull shot, this is an honest 5/8ths group, center-to-center, at 100yds. I've never shot these rounds before. My local shop gave me these for 20 bucks because it was an open box with a missing round. I figured this would be fine to sight in a new scope. In the end, I'd like to find some more of these; Winchester, 175 grain Power-Points.
On a good day, two inch groups have been the norm for me with this rifle. It's not had any barrel work. The stock is not bedded. The bolt face hasn't been worked. The trigger is original factory. This gun is an all stock MKII stainless synthetic with 15 years of wear and tear, with rusty little barrel scratches to prove it. (Yep, stainless will rust if neglected enough.)
The only thing that's different today is replacement of a busted scope with a Burris Fullfield II, 4.5-14X, 42mm Obj, and different ammo. The scope is in new Burris medium rings, which for the first time in my life I checked alignment and lapped.
You can call this pic a 2" group if you like, but I knew the shot to the right wasn't going with the rest of them when it went off. I spent just a little too much time on the trigger at the end of my breath and went through with it when I should have pulled off and reset. So, forgiving the pull shot, this is an honest 5/8ths group, center-to-center, at 100yds. I've never shot these rounds before. My local shop gave me these for 20 bucks because it was an open box with a missing round. I figured this would be fine to sight in a new scope. In the end, I'd like to find some more of these; Winchester, 175 grain Power-Points.
