My Rifle / Shooting Journey

[nm.otter]

There are significantly more malfunctions when you compare a r700 to a Tikka. Competitions like PRS and NRL don’t count because those rifles are often babied.

I’ll take a properly made factory 700 with one of the above triggers over almost any “custom” 700 action.

A malfunction is anything keeping the gun from going bang AND hitting the desired target on demand within seconds. Missfeeds, jams, stuck cases, triggers loss of zero ect…. Are all problems that keep one from doing the job you are there to do.

No personal experience necessary in order to validate this. The staggering number of malfunctions from top-dollar rifle in videos posted online (mostly FTFs BTW) by respected shooters is quite damning.

 

[WhoGarrDen]

Next time you go to the range watch any dude with an ammo box with reloaded ammo. 95% of the time they single feed

I've watched F class here at my LGC where they single round feed, I totally expect that out of that game. I've even practiced it a few times in haste to see what it would be like to have to sling another round in and shoot without taking the time to drop and reload a mag...it's good to know how to do that smoothly I guess? Maybe I just need to buy more mags...

But the thought of not running rounds through the magazine, even if just to prove the magazine itself functions, is ludicrous.

 

[Bluumoon]

So what’s the difference between “shooting ground squirrels one day” and then hogs the next and then deer and then antelope and then elk and then bears and then sheep, etc. in all of the conditions you describe, plus range and practice days, for 80-100+ days a year, over several decades? All without a problem.

Versus one week week where you shoot a few thousand times? Why does condensing it all into a few days of your class cause problems? And what exactly are you calling malfunctions?

Let me use your rifle, I’m special (like duh dun dah), l’ll show you how to make it fail.