308 Winchester????

[Gamestalker]

My buddy killed this 596 pound black bear with a .308 last year.

[retrieverhunter]

Originally Posted by joel the signman

did ya bore sight it first?

In my experience, bore sighting is waste of time, and yes, this gun had been bore sighted and wouldn't hit paper.

We shot 3 boxes of ammo (different brand and bullet weights) and couldn't get it to group under 5 inches. In some people's world, this might be acceptable but not in mine.

I bought a new 308 this year, and here is my first deer with it.

[kemster99]

i do not like the laser bore sighters. have had 3 rifles done this way and none were on paper at 25 yds. the old graph type bore sighters work better. but the tried and true way works the best (with bolt actions). pull the bolt and line the barrel up with the target.

[Tricky]

I never got the Rossi. I bought her a Marlin XL7 with the pro-fire trigger. I got it for $200 off her uncle. It has a 3-9x40 simmons scope on it, and it fires really nice. I didn't want to spend a lot of money in case she doesn't end up hunting, but if she doesn't, I like it enough to where I would use it.

[Predator]

I would love to have the .308 in lever and bolt action.
Anytime you can can utilize a caliber that has been adopted by the military and has as many choices in bullet configurations as the .30 cal you have a good starting point for a favorite gun.

[Gamestalker]

I've got a Remington 7600 that's chambered for .308, but I've never shot it yet. I got it in trade for a Remington 700 in .30-06 that I didn't use any more after I got my 7600 that's a .30-06. I'm going to have to make a point of trying it out some day.

[BruceBruce1959]

Originally Posted by retrieverhunter

In my experience, bore sighting is waste of time, and yes, this gun had been bore sighted and wouldn't hit paper.

I don't know how anyone could even think about taking a scoped rifle out to shoot it without at least boresighting it.
How can anyone find comfort in doing that?
It only takes a few minutes to boresight a properly mounted scope even if you have to bring it to local gun dealer and have them do it.
Your safety and the safety of everyone around you should always come first,,, boresighting is never a waste of time.

[rdrader2002]

Originally Posted by Gamestalker

I've got a Remington 7600 that's chambered for .308, but I've never shot it yet. I got it in trade for a Remington 700 in .30-06 that I didn't use any more after I got my 7600 that's a .30-06. I'm going to have to make a point of trying it out some day.

I would really like to hear about your experiences with the new Remingtons. I have a couple that are "older" models, although I wouldn't even think about trading one of them in for a newer one. Am curious to hear how the pump action of the 7600 handles in the field when it comes to rapid reload (as compared to the auto-loading 750's).

[kemster99]

bore sighting needs to be done on a gun with a newly mounted scope. just don't care for the lasers.

i bore sight every new scope. even after the guy at the shop use that little gadget on the end of the barrel. i'm always closer, normally within 4" at 100 yards.