picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
12-06-2006, 03:27 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: MD
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RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
Scope should be upgraded ASAP, unless you want to have deer walking past at 45 yards, right at sunset, and not be able to see them through the scope.
Scope should be upgraded ASAP, unless you want to have deer walking past at 45 yards, right at sunset, and not be able to see them through the scope.
12-06-2006, 03:36 PM
#16
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 1,673
RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
ORIGINAL: mossy33oak
the first year I replaced my savage package scope, but I used it on my Muzzleloader. That very thing happened to me, it was evening and a buck walked in right after sunset. I could see him with the naked eye, but when I put the scope up it had a whiteout affect in it. I couldnt see to shoot. So I replaced it real quick.
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
Scope should be upgraded ASAP, unless you want to have deer walking past at 45 yards, right at sunset, and not be able to see them through the scope.
Scope should be upgraded ASAP, unless you want to have deer walking past at 45 yards, right at sunset, and not be able to see them through the scope.
12-06-2006, 06:13 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Spokane Washington
Posts: 1,042
RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg
It was one of those that comes packaged with the Simmons scope, Anyway, I decided to give it a test shot to make sure everything is working so I took it to the back yard and set up a folgers coffee can and walked 25 steps (and since i'm almost 6'1" i figured this was close to 25 yards?) the bullet punched a very clean hole through both sides of the can exactly where i was aiming and the can didn't even budge. I was using the cheapest ammunition the shop had, some soft point 130 grain Federals.
I'm assuming this is a good sign?
It was one of those that comes packaged with the Simmons scope, Anyway, I decided to give it a test shot to make sure everything is working so I took it to the back yard and set up a folgers coffee can and walked 25 steps (and since i'm almost 6'1" i figured this was close to 25 yards?) the bullet punched a very clean hole through both sides of the can exactly where i was aiming and the can didn't even budge. I was using the cheapest ammunition the shop had, some soft point 130 grain Federals.
I'm assuming this is a good sign?
12-06-2006, 09:37 PM
#18
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Tupelo, MS
Posts: 1,238
RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
ORIGINAL: TUK101
Well it would be an extremely bad sign if you couldnt hit a coffee can at 25 yards with a new rifle. I am glad to hear that it works good though. I would definately look into a better scope though. The Simmons that comes on those will get you through the first couple of hunts, but would be better relegated to your .22 or something that wont be counted on to make a tough shot.
ORIGINAL: metaldonnieg
It was one of those that comes packaged with the Simmons scope, Anyway, I decided to give it a test shot to make sure everything is working so I took it to the back yard and set up a folgers coffee can and walked 25 steps (and since i'm almost 6'1" i figured this was close to 25 yards?) the bullet punched a very clean hole through both sides of the can exactly where i was aiming and the can didn't even budge. I was using the cheapest ammunition the shop had, some soft point 130 grain Federals.
I'm assuming this is a good sign?
It was one of those that comes packaged with the Simmons scope, Anyway, I decided to give it a test shot to make sure everything is working so I took it to the back yard and set up a folgers coffee can and walked 25 steps (and since i'm almost 6'1" i figured this was close to 25 yards?) the bullet punched a very clean hole through both sides of the can exactly where i was aiming and the can didn't even budge. I was using the cheapest ammunition the shop had, some soft point 130 grain Federals.
I'm assuming this is a good sign?
12-06-2006, 09:41 PM
#19
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NW Arkansas
Posts: 1,673
RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
Donnie, if you can do that, then the gun should be able to put the bullets on paper at 100 yards, and you will have less work to do in terms of getting zeroed.
12-06-2006, 10:26 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Spokane Washington
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RE: picked up a savage .270 and right out of the box...
Thats kind of what I was trying to get at. I think that just about all packaged guns nowdays come boresighted from the factory. If you couldnt hit a coffee can size target at 25 yards then I just meant that you would have some work to do, or something had been damaged by the time that you recieved the gun. I meant no disrespect.