But you won't need 100-300 rounds to sight in... to break in the barrel, yes, but then you probably should use a range or private land for that. If in a forest and Mr Ranger sees a couple hundred spent cases on the ground you might be in a spot of bother.[/quote]
Well I got to say you're better at sighting in a rifle than I am. When I took my Marlin Model 60 out it took me a good 100 to 150 rounds to get it sighted in. I just wasn't sure that the cheapese, Chinese, made scope was going to hold zero,
So much was I bothered by that scope that I had to replace it a month or so later with a Japanese Bushnell. And that took a couple of hundred rounds. You know you have to start at close range 10 yards or so, you have to be sure you're on the paper, then stretch out to 25yds, 50yds, 75yds, and then 100yds. After which I decided to bring it back to 50yards. All that took a few hours at the range and a few hundred rounds of ammo. Terrible way to spend a mild sunny afternoon.
I've been asked: "How many guns do you need to have?" My answer remains the same: "One more."