Just wondering if anyone else can lay claim to the following,,,,,,,,,
With my other longarms that I have, I can clean them but the 1st shot after cleaning is usually off target a little,, ie: an inch or so.
Not so when it comes to my Howa 22/250
This particular rifle was pretty damn accurate straight out of the box.
Improved somewhat even more so by floating and fibre glass bedding.
I do have a very good quality scope sitting on it.
Every time I cleaned it in the past, I always used to fire a shot before the next hunting session, but was amazed that it was always spot on zero regardless.
So much so, that I now just clean it,, lock it away till needed again,, and just go out and reliably "shoot their eyes out" first shot every time.
Cleaning it has absolutely no effect whatever on its zero.
Have others got rifles that are also like this or have I got something extra special in this firearm ????