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GRRR... :angry:
I don't know what it is about this gun, but I'm about ready to bend it around a tree. I keep on feeling like this gun and I should get along real well, but every time I turn around it kicks me in the shins.
I found out the other day that my scope mount was loose, so that was certainly causing my groups to wander all over the place. The rifle came with the scope mount attached, and I am certain I checked it out before mounting the scope. So why would a .17 HMR shake it loose? Worse than that, when I went to tighten the three screws holding it down, I found out that the rear one was stripped out. Supposed to be a new gun I got, but something tells me it's not.
Well the two remaining screws seemed to hold the mount fairly well until I could get with Remington about this problem, so I sighted it in and was getting some real decent groups with it at 50 yards, which is typically what I am shooting at squirrels at. So I was feeling pretty confident about this gun.
Well today, that sucker cost me two squirrels! First one was a dead on shot with the squirrel'a back to me. Clean miss on an easy shot with a good letoff. WTF???? So I was going to let loose another shot and the damned thing was jammed! Rammed the darn projectile into the case and jammed in the magazine. I had a spare one in my pocket, but by that time the squirrel was certain he had other things to do elsewhere.
So I was walking back to the house, kind of glum, and there was another one sitting in a tree gnawing on something. I crouched down and got into a stable kneeling position and let loose with the crosshairs dead on and a steady squeeze of the trigger. Dang it all! Missed! The squirrel just twitched and then flattened out on the branch, another easy shot, but the next shot didn't hit it's mark either.
That's it! Heck with this thing. I believe I have taken shots at at least a dozen squirrels with this gun and only one has fallen from a tree. Now I have gotten my share of squirrels with my .22 rifles, so I know I CAN hit one when I try to. I don't know what it is about this gun, but I have completely lost faith in it now.
Guess it's time to use something else for the job.
Just venting..... The squirrels are chewing up my bamboo right now and it really pisses me that they are still alive to chew up some more tomorrow, when they really shouldn't be.
I don't know what it is about this gun, but I'm about ready to bend it around a tree. I keep on feeling like this gun and I should get along real well, but every time I turn around it kicks me in the shins.
I found out the other day that my scope mount was loose, so that was certainly causing my groups to wander all over the place. The rifle came with the scope mount attached, and I am certain I checked it out before mounting the scope. So why would a .17 HMR shake it loose? Worse than that, when I went to tighten the three screws holding it down, I found out that the rear one was stripped out. Supposed to be a new gun I got, but something tells me it's not.
Well the two remaining screws seemed to hold the mount fairly well until I could get with Remington about this problem, so I sighted it in and was getting some real decent groups with it at 50 yards, which is typically what I am shooting at squirrels at. So I was feeling pretty confident about this gun.
Well today, that sucker cost me two squirrels! First one was a dead on shot with the squirrel'a back to me. Clean miss on an easy shot with a good letoff. WTF???? So I was going to let loose another shot and the damned thing was jammed! Rammed the darn projectile into the case and jammed in the magazine. I had a spare one in my pocket, but by that time the squirrel was certain he had other things to do elsewhere.
So I was walking back to the house, kind of glum, and there was another one sitting in a tree gnawing on something. I crouched down and got into a stable kneeling position and let loose with the crosshairs dead on and a steady squeeze of the trigger. Dang it all! Missed! The squirrel just twitched and then flattened out on the branch, another easy shot, but the next shot didn't hit it's mark either.
That's it! Heck with this thing. I believe I have taken shots at at least a dozen squirrels with this gun and only one has fallen from a tree. Now I have gotten my share of squirrels with my .22 rifles, so I know I CAN hit one when I try to. I don't know what it is about this gun, but I have completely lost faith in it now.
Guess it's time to use something else for the job.
Just venting..... The squirrels are chewing up my bamboo right now and it really pisses me that they are still alive to chew up some more tomorrow, when they really shouldn't be.