I had some fun at the range today. A young man sat down next to me and started shooting his new rifle. I could tell he was frustrated so I took a peek at his target with my scope. He had run 10 or so rounds through the gun and had yet to hit paper at 50 yards. I struck up a conversation with him to see how he was doing. He informed me he just picked the rifle out at the local SG store and came straight to the range to sight his gun in. Ya know, deer season is coming right around the corner.
He was frustrated because he could hardly work the action, the gun would try to chamber two rounds at once, and he couldn't tell where his rounds were hitting. He had picked up a Remington 770 in 30-06 and had never shot a rifle in his life.
So, I ask him if the store put the scope on for him. He said no it came all put together in the box. I offered to teach him how to bore sight the gun and he took me up on the offer. I put my Harris bipod on it and stacked some bags under the stock. Took one look through the POS 3x9x32 scope and crapped myself. First, a Tasco would have been a step up. Second, the crosshairs were rotated 30 degrees to the left and the crosshairs were several feet high and to the left of the target which I had sighted the bore on. I cracked out the tools and went to town on the scope. Removed the rings that were of the poorest quality imaginable, torqued the base down carefully cause I wasn't sure how much torque the action could take before it would crack. Replaced the rings and centered them. Settled the scope in and tightened it all down. Cranked the scope for what seemed like forever to get the gun boresighted.
This poor kid tried to give me a handful of rounds. I said no way. He would be the first person to get that gun on paper. His first shot was 4 low and 2 right. Should have seen his smile! He did manage to shoot a 3 inch group at 50. The gun still wouldn't feed a round from the mag without a second one jumping in the way. Taught him how to feed one round at a time.
I let him play with my 25-06 afterwards and he was amazed. I have 1200.00 in my ABolt, stock and scope. I almost gave it to him. What is the point of my story? What the heck Remington. That was the poorest excuse of a rifle I have ever seen. Selling at a price point? Selling what? Junk! I know all of the manufactures are putting super saver specials on the market so I won't just pick on Remington... That kid could have saved for a couple of more months and bought a 700 ADL from Wally World.
He was frustrated because he could hardly work the action, the gun would try to chamber two rounds at once, and he couldn't tell where his rounds were hitting. He had picked up a Remington 770 in 30-06 and had never shot a rifle in his life.
So, I ask him if the store put the scope on for him. He said no it came all put together in the box. I offered to teach him how to bore sight the gun and he took me up on the offer. I put my Harris bipod on it and stacked some bags under the stock. Took one look through the POS 3x9x32 scope and crapped myself. First, a Tasco would have been a step up. Second, the crosshairs were rotated 30 degrees to the left and the crosshairs were several feet high and to the left of the target which I had sighted the bore on. I cracked out the tools and went to town on the scope. Removed the rings that were of the poorest quality imaginable, torqued the base down carefully cause I wasn't sure how much torque the action could take before it would crack. Replaced the rings and centered them. Settled the scope in and tightened it all down. Cranked the scope for what seemed like forever to get the gun boresighted.
This poor kid tried to give me a handful of rounds. I said no way. He would be the first person to get that gun on paper. His first shot was 4 low and 2 right. Should have seen his smile! He did manage to shoot a 3 inch group at 50. The gun still wouldn't feed a round from the mag without a second one jumping in the way. Taught him how to feed one round at a time.
I let him play with my 25-06 afterwards and he was amazed. I have 1200.00 in my ABolt, stock and scope. I almost gave it to him. What is the point of my story? What the heck Remington. That was the poorest excuse of a rifle I have ever seen. Selling at a price point? Selling what? Junk! I know all of the manufactures are putting super saver specials on the market so I won't just pick on Remington... That kid could have saved for a couple of more months and bought a 700 ADL from Wally World.
. It too attempted to feed 2 shells at a time. The young guy struggled with it for 2 days & then borrowed my cousin for the remainder of the hunt.
