rc109a:
I'll try to keep this short.
If the rifle won't shoot, I assume that it is the rifle, not me. I know how well I shoot.
My old "hobby" was to photocopy my Weatherby's factory targets and beat them. Of all my Weatherby's there was only one I could not beat. The factory fired with a vise; me? A benchrest. I shoot very well.
Now, my first Weatherby Mark V was a Fibermark chambered in .270 Wea Mag. I received the rifle, mounted the scope, and set out to the range with some $28.00 boxes of Weatherby factory loaded 130 grain spire point ammo. I set my targets, looked at the photocopy of the factory's 1.25" target and planned to spank it good!
I spent the next only-God-knows-how-long, and how-many-rounds trying to get that piece of feces on target, let alone to group!!! To say that I was "urinated-off" is a grotesque understatement. I took it back to where I bought it. They lapped the barrel.
I returned to the range, and posted my targets. This piece of junk was printing 10" groups. I returned it to Weatherby about 5 days before I was to depart for a black bear hunt. Weatherby contacted me and advised me that the barrel was, "out-of-round, and the barrel had been threads crooked into the receiver".
When I went back to
Johnson Sporting Good in Adrian, MI, I told them about the finding. Their basic retort, "Yeah. We knew, but we thought it would still shoot right". The lessons learned: never do business with
Johnson Sporting Good in Adrian, MI. They are dishonest. Yes, they lost my business. Lesson 2, know how well you shoot, and if the rifle doesn't live up to your ability, get rid of it. Advise the new owner honestly of what, if anything, is wrong with it.
Geno