Every year I use different rifles for deer hunting , my wife has only used HER rifle forever . Two shots cold with her 6mm Rem , both in the top of the 10 ring at 100, so good to go . I pulled out my old Rem 788 carbine in .308 . Have not shot it in about 15 years as it was my match rifle for factory rifle bench matches . I will have to be careful with the trigger as it is set at 6 oz . It put 5 in the X-ring at 100 with a old 155 Palma match load . Switched to a 165 sp hunting bullet for two shots , both held the 10 ring so good to go . Next was a Type-99 Arisaka with a 4x12 scope and chambered in 31/06 . It is a real screamer with the 150 at 2940 fps . Three shots at the 6 inch gong at 300 yards and three hits , so good for pigs at a longer distance . Hopefully you find this not too boring .

I'm glad you guys have your rifles ready to go... there are those that don't and wonder why they miss.

Dang, I’ve been hunting with the Grendel. Forgot to check the scope on the 260. I’ll do it in the morning. Thanks for the reminder.

603 have you bought your license? 😊

I checked zero on the 416 REM Mag yesterday, I’m going on a pig killing mission this weekend while the wife and kiddo hunt for Bubba Gump.

I use my rifles all yr long and confirm the ones I’m using at deer camp on a 200 yd steel plate each trip

I guess I’m the oddball. I have several rifles that I sighted in 40 years ago and they have never lost zero. The only time I ever checked to see if anything ever changed was after I made large elevation changes or something took a bit of a spill. I guess never messing with turret adjustments, steel rings and bases, 35 inch pounds on screws and all synthetic stocks just work. I shoot every day and it’s just never been an issue losing zero.

Username certainly checks out! Hope you get your pig, OT!

I really like putting a rifle together, switching out a scope.........any reason to mess with my rifles and go to the range and learn something new. Good on you for being certain on your stuff.

I shoot mine year round and verify each trip on a 300 yard cold bore shot, 8" plate that I dial for.

I shot my 47 year old Remington ADL 270 that I bought 3 months after graduating high school last week. It was 1.5 high @ 100 and a less than an inch to the right. I remember when I would have shot 5 or 6 more shots trying to move it back to the left but I'm not as picky as my younger self. I was shooting off a bag of corn on my tailgate and called it good enough. My longest shot will be 180 yards but most likely less than 100. I shot my Remington ADL 22-250 that I bought in 83 a few times as well for turkeys and does. The 40 year old Tasco world class 3-9 is a little blurry compared to my Nikon Monarch I have on the 270. First time to shoot the 22-250 before the season in 20 years or more.

Freerange…Yup! I got it. After I check the sights on the 260, which I am sure they’ll be dead on, I’m gonna load up the Kubota with generator and shop vac and vacuum my deer blinds. They need a bit of cleaning.

I recently picked up a new Howa 1500 and feel great about how the scope mounting and adjustments came out. I mean, there's multiple factory imperfections you have to work with. Do the holes in the top of the action line up perfectly with the axis of the bore and the same for the holes drilled in the scope base? And do the rings sitting atop the action and base with their possible imperfections, fall perfectly in line with the other two. Thankfully, I found no adjustments were needed to bore sight the scope with the first shot being just an inch or so to the left and about three inches high at 50 yards. Never had one hit that close without any bore sight adjustments. Heck, usually it takes adjustments just to get the first shot to hit paper, much less to establish the final POI.

Mine has been like this since I started reloading. Prior to that lot to lot differences of the same ammo from one year to the next was enough to move a few inches every year.

I pulled out my old .243 that I have been using every season since 1980. I have changed scopes twice during past seasons and that baby shoots dimes at 100 yards. I shot it last week at the ranch and its dead on! There should be no excuse that "my gun was off!" I love it and have the utmost confidence in it. Barely any recoil and a 3x9x50 scope is all that is needed to take deer out to 250 yards. I won't shoot deer beyond that range.

Ntx, what scope on those rifles that are so reliable?

Different lots moved it “a few inches”, dang. Would not of thought that.

I have this same affliction.

Every year before deer season, I end up buying a couple of new rifles and scopes. I typically hunt with my trusty Savage 10 PC .308 with a Zeiss scope -- it's a tack driver -- but last year I hunted with an old Remington Sporstman 78 .243 that a buddy gave me several years ago. I freshened it up with a new Remington laminated stock, Timney trigger, jeweled barrel, and a Trijicon Accupoint. This year, I got a new Tikka T3x Roughtech Ember .243 with a Steiner Predator 4 scope, and I think it'll be the one I use most of the season.

I have a 300 yard range across my driveway. 100-200 and 300 yard berms and they get used.

Leupold VXII and VXIII. None of the new ones. None are finger adjustable turrets. Once they are sighted in, the caps never even get unscrewed. If I adjusted the turrets for long range shooting I would choose a different brand but I don’t make adjustments. Let the bashing begin but around 30 scopes with zero issues works for me.

Yes, reaching back in time but factory rem bronze points and later regular old core locks and then ballistic tips always seemed to hop around 2-3 inches year to year. I never bough enough at once. Same rifle scope etc. has gone with no adjustment shooting the exact same handload for about 20 years. Been loaned out even slammed the barrel in the truck door once in a rush ha.

A rem 700 sendero in 270 win with leupold 3x9 and “the best base/rings in the world” leupold windage adjustable base

Was at Alpine range last week checking ours. Started to get real busy as I left around 2pm. Going back tomorrow morning. Hopefully, most are done already.

Had a guy at the ranch where we hunted was going to check the sight on his rifle the evening before opening day. Put a can on a fence post about 50 yards and took a rest on the rail of his pickup. Fired a shot, heard a loud ping and the can never moved. He stood there looking in his scope and jacked in another round. Ed and I stood on the porch and just looked at each other and shook our heads. He squeezes off another round with the same results. Dang if he doesn’t jack in another round. We told him to stop, don’t shoot again. You can cover that group with a quarter. Ed shows him the two holes in the top of his tailgate, maybe even dime.

I took 9 rifles out last Sunday to verify. Several of those are my "daily shooters" so that was more of a formality. I already knew they were on but it never hurts to check the cold bore zero.

220 Swift - 1 shot center
25-06 - 1 shot center
260 - 1 shot 3/4 inch off center (I pulled it) - 1 shot center
260 - New handload using 147 ELD-M - 2 shots high left, adjust 2 shots 1/2 off center, adjust 2 shots center
308 - New handload using 168 AMAX - 2 shots left edge of bull, adjust 2 shots center
308 - 1 shot center
7 Rem Mag - 1 shot center
300 Win Mag - not sighted in (new scope) - Bore sighted and 3 shots from 50 yards to get on paper, from 100 yards 1 shot, adjust 2 shots, adjust 2 shots, adjust 2 shots center
44 Rem Mag - (only one using factory ammo) 50 yards 3 shots 1 inch

For the last few years it’s about knocking the rust off me more than checking zero. I don’t have nearly as much time to devote to loading and shooting as I did in middle school-college and I can tell.

Very nice. You must have an after-market trigger in that 788! 6oz, sweet! Used a 788 in 243 for years back in the day, and the heavy trigger pull was my only complaint.