Thread: Think I've sussed the 284

Originally Posted by Tahr

If you go for perfection, everything must be perfect. Bugger that.
Even if I had the perfect combination and load, Im not a perfect shooter.
Perfection is elusive. When I was farming I thought I did most things right...but looking back...I used to piss around getting the drenching gun within a part mm accurate, and then guess the average weight of the sheep. Stupidity and futility.

So Ive fallen into line. Near max book load and mag length. If it shoots .75" or better for a few shots and is repeatable I fold my tent and go home.

Here's another farming analogy that might well be appropriate.


When I was studying agriculture, part of my course was periods of time spent on different farms. The first farm I went too was fantastic! great stock, producing big early lambs etc. He had a definitive approach to how he did everything, including crutching, and I got told off for holding my sheep the wrong way and thus my hand-piece was cutting the fleece above the tail wrong. shortening it and costing money when it came too shearing.

The next farmer I went too, was also excellent with fantastic stock, and I applied my new learnt skill in thew shearing shed, only to find out that it was wrong and I should go back too how I had done it before because the new way was slower and time was money when you had thousands to do.


What I learnt from that, and many other things/ differences; was that what was really important, was that the individual liked their approach and therefore made it work for them.