I understand where you are coming from. Today I am conveniently located to matches and places to shoot at distance, but before I moved it was a 3 hour drive to get beyond 100 yards or to a centerfire match.
Different type of rifle/issue, but may be relevant. I have a Bergara B-14-R (22LR) that, after around 200 rounds, had a defective firing pin (light strikes 50% of the time) and unreliable action (failure to eject spent case about 20% of the time). I sent it back to Bergara for the firing pin and...
I am coming from a different perspective than most here - I am new to hunting (and to this forum), but have been shooting matches for a while. I did not read every comment, but read most of them. The most common reasons seem to be cost, time, ability to practice, access to components.
My...