The Hunting Times

I bought a used Browning A-Bolt 300 Winchester magnum (Win Mag) that was built by a US Military Sniper for my personal use on safari in South Africa.  Odds are that this gun will shoot, right?  Well at least better than I can.  So if accuracy is poor, it can't be the gun. The problem?  I was getting 1.5" - 2" groups at 100 yards, sometimes worse.  The outfitter in SA will have me check the gun upon arrival to ensure that it was not damaged or taken off zero during the flight.  He wants to see 1" maximum groups at 100 yards.  If I can't get that at home, there's no way to expect that in SA. So I figure it must be the ammo - well that's what I'm hoping, or otherwise it's the operator and I do not want to face that reality. Upon suggestion from others who have been on safari, I was shooting Hornady's Superformance ammo in 180 grain (the heaviest bullet available is recommended).  This is a great round, as it should be at $75 / box of 20.

Alex decided that since we had not done any fishing in the pond this year, that this extended week-end would be a good time to wet a line....so we did. Caught some pretty nice-sized blue gill and some very small ones.  Caught a few bass as well. Every cast with the worms and small crank bait returned a fish.  Good time had by all. The larger bait?  You had to wait to catch the big ones with large crank baits. It was all fun until the mosquitoes drove us away. Alex's nice bass Kathy and a large blue gill Nick with his monster catch Alex with a blue gill Me with TWO fish on the same cast. Caught a large bass on the back hook and a small one on the front hook in one cast. Alex said he would not have believed it if he did not witness it himself! Sunset as we were driven away by the mosquitoes