Forum shooting challenge: The under 500 500

[Tussock]

Hi Carlsen,

Well done, that is a good looking rifle for 500. Looking forward to see your score.

Your challenge is flattering. But, no, I do not have 500 bucks to throw around for this challenge. In any event my view has been explained well enough -

"If a person did not already start with an accurate rifle that only cost 500 from some distant past, there are only three ways to succeed this challenge:

1. bargain ruthlessly and shamelessly, pay 500 dollars for a rifle with known accuracy that simply is worth more.

2. draw of luck, keep buying 500 dollar rifles until you hit one that is actually quite accurate and sold by an unsuspecting owner - which can happen with estate sales.

3. buy an average 500 dollar rifle and then spend a lot of time rework every part of the rifle: rework the trigger, true the action, lap the barrel, adjust head space (on top of re-crowning, bedding, load developments). Basically the sort of work usually only gunsmith can do properly. In my view unless luck is on your side even with all that work done you may not get a 1 MOA gun. "

I do not have a 500 dollar gun that was bought long ago, I know of no one I can haggle ruthlessly and get a good gun for under 500. I never had the luck when buying something blind secondhand. I almost certainly do not have the time to tinker a gun to make it shoot better.

But I am happy that your gun is doing well. I will watch this how challenge develops with interest. Happy shooting.

Another point of this exercise is to dispel the misconceptions you listed above.

[Ultimitsu]

Another point of this exercise is to dispel the misconceptions you listed above.

I am always happy to be proven wrong.

[Tussock]

I am always happy to be proven wrong.

You actually never had a point. You said $500 guns were so bad they could not win a $500 gun contest where the prize is respect, which makes zero sense