Zero Check Following a Knock

[Alhamander]

.243 was all I had in those days.

And why would one ever require anything else?!

 

[Cyres]

Moral is never ever let a shop fit the scope to your rifle.
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[VSS]

And why would one ever require anything else?!

That was what I thought, but I had a bit of a confidence wobble when a couple of deer didn’t die as quickly as they should have done, so I upsized to .270
Really though it was my poor shot placement that was to blame, not the rifle, and I'm now once again very happy using my .243

 

[hendrix's rifle]

That was what I thought, but I had a bit of a confidence wobble when a couple of deer didn’t die as quickly as they should have done, so I upsized to .270
Really though it was my poor shot placement that was to blame, not the rifle, and I'm now once again very happy using my .243

The mighty 243 will kill anything in this country quite happily as you know. Its that little knock in confidence that really does it for people, myself included.

 

[Tim.243]

The mighty 243 will kill anything in this country quite happily as you know. Its that little knock in confidence that really does it for people, myself included.

A lot of people don't shoot enough "they really don't" I have 10mm plate with clean holes punched through it at 200 yds from a .243
People who don't have ground (just book stalking) or simply don't try different stuff will write off a calibre from what they read and not test.

 

[Mike1979]

.243 is a cracking round if you put it in the right place much like any other CF.

 

[Alhamander]

That was what I thought, but I had a bit of a confidence wobble when a couple of deer didn’t die as quickly as they should have done, so I upsized to .270
Really though it was my poor shot placement that was to blame, not the rifle, and I'm now once again very happy using my .243

Yep I maintained that every deer I shot fell instantly to my new .270 (also upsized from .243 which happily I kept) - this was true until the last one which did exactly the same thing as many of the ones I'd shot with the .243 did. It ran. But that shouldn't happen! I yelled into the wind. Would now use either calibre happily and probably wouldn't even know the difference if I didn't know the difference, so to say.

Funnily enough, the .243 does need more zeroing and I guess that's down to the aged Meopta scope. Every bang it takes needs a bit of work to get back on track. Whoops, dropped it off the ATV again...

 

[hendrix's rifle]

A lot of people don't shoot enough "they really don't" I have 10mm plate with clean holes punched through it at 200 yds from a .243
People who don't have ground (just book stalking) or simply don't try different stuff will write off a calibre from what they read and not test.

The mighty 243 is responsible for my biggest red stag to date. Absolutely no mither, dropped on the spot. I've probably shot more deer with the 243 than anything else I've owned combined!

 

[Taff]

70m so not so bad. Thing is he didn’t install the scope it was the shop he bought it from that he’s been in touch with now. He’s a very competent and experienced shot and had shot 6 hinds the day before on his permission with it and probably 100 deer with the gun over the last 1 1/2 years of ownership.

Looks like the old contessa mount for sako you had to hit them on with a block of wood (as recommended by beretta )!notoriously known to fall off when you least expected it

 

[GBR66]

A creedmoor owner perhaps

That would have been his boyfriends tackle knocking it....I am however out and proud with my 6.5CM!!

 

[Brighty3006]

is it true creedmore owners wear trousers that are to short and brown loafers with no socks on?

 

[Mike1979]

is it true creedmore owners wear trousers that are to short and brown loafers with no socks on?

Not true in my case and I was told that the trousers with a cut out in the rear were to aid ventilation