bigfellascott wrote:Exactly! All these pre conceived ideas of a rifle should or shouldn't like or you have to use this specific projectile/weight etc makes me laugh a bit, as you said Marksman, a particular rifle will like what a particular rifle likes, no good trying to force something that more than likely won't happen, just shoot what it likes and be done with it.
TassieTiger wrote:Thanks again for all replies.
The person that helped today knows I have a 260 tikka that will drop 140’s into the same holes at short distance (100-200m) - and that’s why he said, you haven’t bought an 06 to shoot 150’s...not saying they can’t or won’t.
From my research, the 06 only shines above a 308 in the 180-200gn area, other than that - an 06 is wasting powder to a 308, so that is predominantly where I wanted to focus this 06 on - thinking it would be a fair assumption to expect a $1400 rifle to shoot what I’d consider as a staple - 180 grainers to at least close to manufacturers claims.
I do know shot placement etc is more important and my sister rifle - steyr 223 would take Tassie deer all day long (not the drop bears though!!) but that’s not really the point here.
If you bought a car with a 0-60 time advertised as 4 seconds but it only did it in 9, would you say well - it got there in the end? Some might I guess...
If you look at the 180’s - even at the 70 yard mark, they are 3-4 inch groups ...what’s that about the long distance capability of an 06? Heck - at 210 yards, this rifle, with a typical hunting round could be shooting 10-12 inch groups with 180gn projectiles. Based on the advertised capabilities of this rifle - I’m not sure that is acceptable...
bigrich wrote:i REALLY like that old BRNO of yours MM. . classy old school rifle
TassieTiger wrote:I’m dying to know now...gun, scope, mount, bullets...wtf. And if they do manage to pull Moa off, I want to know all details....bullets, etc.
My mate is saying sucktin, told you to buy a tikka, but I had / have faith in Steyr...my other steyr is brilliant and the tooling on the bolt is at least equal to my tikka.
Wm.Traynor wrote:Guns can be a bitch, Tassie. At the moment I have almost finished a complete overhaul of Black Beauty because it shot so bad last weekend. Accuracy has been deteriorating week by week leading me to start from scratch all over again. Have discovered that I am not as smart as I thought I was %$#&*@