After traveling a long distance (like across the country) to a new area with different temperature, altitude, humidity, etc. conditions from your home range, I've heard that your rifle may shoot a little differently, which of course would be magnified at longer ranges.
The question is, how much time should you wait for your rifle to acclimate to the new conditions after arriving at your destination before confirming your zero and making any necessary adjustments?
Compared to synthetic stocks, I would imagine this would be more of a concern for rifles with wood stocks, and especially for rifles with wood stocks that are not free-floated, since the wood can swell or contract due to different conditions. So, there are probably 2 time answers, for synthetic versus wood stocks.
Synthetic stock rifle recommended acclimation time... 30 seconds, an hour, longer?
Wood stock rifle recommended acclimation time... 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, longer?
The question is, how much time should you wait for your rifle to acclimate to the new conditions after arriving at your destination before confirming your zero and making any necessary adjustments?
Compared to synthetic stocks, I would imagine this would be more of a concern for rifles with wood stocks, and especially for rifles with wood stocks that are not free-floated, since the wood can swell or contract due to different conditions. So, there are probably 2 time answers, for synthetic versus wood stocks.
Synthetic stock rifle recommended acclimation time... 30 seconds, an hour, longer?
Wood stock rifle recommended acclimation time... 1 hour, 6 hours, 24 hours, longer?