I've read a couple posts of shooters who've experienced frustration with their rifles. There is no rational excuse for a less than perfect copy of a bid game rifle to leave a factory. We fork over our hard earned money for a big game rifle that can be relied upon to humanely and reliably kill big game.
I have an approx 45 year old Model 700 .270 Win. It's my first big game rifle. It'll shoot about .25 MOA. I'll try to post a photo of a group it printed.
The point is my Model 700 rolled out of Remington's factory in flawless condition. Keep in mind that at the time it was manufactured, there wasn't computer aided design and manufacture. Every rifle leaving Remington's factory was hand inspected for quality.
Computer aided design and manufacturing have removed human error from production. Hence, there should be no obvious flaws with a factory production rifle as two posters have experienced.
In the late 80's or early 90's I got serious about hunting Rocky Mountain elk. My only big game rifle was my Model 700 .270. I decided I needed an authentic elk rifle. Unknown to me at the time, my Model 700 .270 Win was an authentic Rocky Mountain elk rifle. A So Cal gun shop was blowing out Sako AV's. I picked up a brand new Sako Classic AV in 7MM Rem Mag, an authentic Rocky Mountain elk cartridge, or so I thought. I paid less for it than the then going price for Winchester and Remington rifles. I was lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. My Sako AV 7MM Rem Mag will shoot .25 MOA. It will one-shot kill the largest Rocky Mountain bull elk. I killed a 7 point that went well over 900 pounds. He's on my wall. The rub is I could've killed him just as dead with my Model 700 .270 Win. Nothing living remains in that condition without a functioning oxygenated blood pumping apparatus.
Because my Sako AV shot so darn perfectly, I picked up another Sako Classic in .270 Win, which I did not need. It'll shoot .25 MOA.
Big game hunters have ethical responsibility to humanely kill big game for which they're holding tags. That means they need accurate rifles that'll place bullets that'll destroy oxygenated blood pumping apparatuses.
I firmly believe that America craftsmen are the best in the world. However, profits drive company operations. What corporate administrators apparently fail to learn in business schools is there is no profit margin in BK business.
The way I see it, digital technology has removed human error from the design and manufacturing processes. A big game rifle should leave its factory in flawless condition and shoot MOA. There are no excuses for inferior rifles.
It pains me to write that if I were in the market for another big game rifle (thankfully, I'm mot), I'd look to German, Austrian, and Finland rifle manufacturers. I want to be able to write that my first choice would be an American manufactured rifle.
If the photo of my target successfully attached, my first shot was hit the right margin of the orange dot. I adjusted my Leupold 2.5x8 scope and printed the group I hope you can see. I aimed dead center at the bottom margin of the orange dot. That group was printed by a factory produced Model 700 that was about 40 years old when it printed that group. There is no justifiable reason for any rifle to leave a factory in other than flawless condition and capable of MOA accuracy.
BTW, a wise So Cal game warden gave me sage advice after he saw a tiny group my Sako 7MM Rem Mag printed: never sell a shooter rifle.
That's the way I see it. I know that we all have varying vision.
I have an approx 45 year old Model 700 .270 Win. It's my first big game rifle. It'll shoot about .25 MOA. I'll try to post a photo of a group it printed.
The point is my Model 700 rolled out of Remington's factory in flawless condition. Keep in mind that at the time it was manufactured, there wasn't computer aided design and manufacture. Every rifle leaving Remington's factory was hand inspected for quality.
Computer aided design and manufacturing have removed human error from production. Hence, there should be no obvious flaws with a factory production rifle as two posters have experienced.
In the late 80's or early 90's I got serious about hunting Rocky Mountain elk. My only big game rifle was my Model 700 .270. I decided I needed an authentic elk rifle. Unknown to me at the time, my Model 700 .270 Win was an authentic Rocky Mountain elk rifle. A So Cal gun shop was blowing out Sako AV's. I picked up a brand new Sako Classic AV in 7MM Rem Mag, an authentic Rocky Mountain elk cartridge, or so I thought. I paid less for it than the then going price for Winchester and Remington rifles. I was lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. My Sako AV 7MM Rem Mag will shoot .25 MOA. It will one-shot kill the largest Rocky Mountain bull elk. I killed a 7 point that went well over 900 pounds. He's on my wall. The rub is I could've killed him just as dead with my Model 700 .270 Win. Nothing living remains in that condition without a functioning oxygenated blood pumping apparatus.
Because my Sako AV shot so darn perfectly, I picked up another Sako Classic in .270 Win, which I did not need. It'll shoot .25 MOA.
Big game hunters have ethical responsibility to humanely kill big game for which they're holding tags. That means they need accurate rifles that'll place bullets that'll destroy oxygenated blood pumping apparatuses.
I firmly believe that America craftsmen are the best in the world. However, profits drive company operations. What corporate administrators apparently fail to learn in business schools is there is no profit margin in BK business.
The way I see it, digital technology has removed human error from the design and manufacturing processes. A big game rifle should leave its factory in flawless condition and shoot MOA. There are no excuses for inferior rifles.
It pains me to write that if I were in the market for another big game rifle (thankfully, I'm mot), I'd look to German, Austrian, and Finland rifle manufacturers. I want to be able to write that my first choice would be an American manufactured rifle.
If the photo of my target successfully attached, my first shot was hit the right margin of the orange dot. I adjusted my Leupold 2.5x8 scope and printed the group I hope you can see. I aimed dead center at the bottom margin of the orange dot. That group was printed by a factory produced Model 700 that was about 40 years old when it printed that group. There is no justifiable reason for any rifle to leave a factory in other than flawless condition and capable of MOA accuracy.
BTW, a wise So Cal game warden gave me sage advice after he saw a tiny group my Sako 7MM Rem Mag printed: never sell a shooter rifle.
That's the way I see it. I know that we all have varying vision.
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