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Originally posted by Brutus:

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Originally posted by MAXIMUS PANDAMONIUS:
No range time?

That's one of those things that, trying to judge whether it had much effect or not, is sort of a maybe/maybe not thing.

Just a personal observation: I'm quite an above average rifle shooter, where dead nuts accuracy is concerned. I don't necessarily shoot regularly - sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. No real plan to it. That said, if I had to pick up a rifle and make a 150-200 yard shot, with any of a number of my rifles that I know were sighted-in for a given distance with a given load the last time I shot them (even if it was ten years ago), I'd be within 1 MOA of point-of-aim on the first 3 shots.

I don't know if he had practiced recently or not, but another factor to consider from my personal POV - he's 22 years old and presumably pretty familiar with guns. Like I said, I'm quite above average with a rifle, and I'm 57 y.o. When I was in my 20s, I was *SCARY* good with a rifle, even though not nearly as experienced as I am now. Just an example: You remember those old 16 oz. soda bottles with the thin foam wrapper the way they were back in the 80s and early 90s? I could bust those regularly, say 7 out of 8 shots, with my M-1 with iron sights, offhand unsupported at 200 yards. Back then I could see a lot better and was steady as a rock in a vacuum.

So.....