Hi, I am new to the site and after having to assure Mel that I was not a child. ha ha ha ha, I decided to share a little history about myself and hopefully get some questions in response and hopefully have some questions answered about a rifle that I own. I'll try to keep this short but ... my name is Holland and I am an honorably discharged vet from the US Army. I served a little over five years as a sniper and actually conducted counter sniper operation for President Airistide from 1995-1996 on a U.N. mission. I did graduate from US Army sniper school in 1994 and served all over the Central and South American region. I was injured in a combat related incident which found me out of a profession due to location of the injury. After healing and being released I was hired by the Johnson County Kansas Sheriff's Department. I eventually went to another agency due to more room for adavncement and soon found myself on a sniper team there. I am a gradute of the Kansas Burea of Invetsigations and Kansas Highway Patrol Sniper school and now I work narcotics for another agency as well as one of two designated snipers for my department. Now with that stuff is out of the way here are my questions.
I have a Savage tactical .300 Win Mag on a John Plaster sniper stock. I have a Super Sniper scope 16X42 on this rifle and use match ammo. The problem is, for some reason I can not get this rifle to zero. I run out of windage adjustments and at first I thought it was a flinch factor due to the heavy caliber but after a muzzle brake was installed to me it now has a recoil of about my .308 that is set up the same way. I next thought it was the scope and purchased another one but still it is shooting way to the right by about 8-16 inches. Has anyone had this type of probelm and if so how did you fix it.
Now here is the second part. I have a friend of mine who is truley dear to my heart and is not only my brother-in-law but he was also on a sniper team with me when I was in the military. Unfortuantely due to a divorce from a serious ex-wife (remarried now) he had to file for bankruptcy. He can not afford to buy a rifle himself and although he goes with me to shoot and I let him use my rifles he still wants one of his own. Does anyone have or know where I can find a non-expensive rifle that I can fix up and give to him as a surprise. Thanks and sorry this is so long.[/b]
I have a Savage tactical .300 Win Mag on a John Plaster sniper stock. I have a Super Sniper scope 16X42 on this rifle and use match ammo. The problem is, for some reason I can not get this rifle to zero. I run out of windage adjustments and at first I thought it was a flinch factor due to the heavy caliber but after a muzzle brake was installed to me it now has a recoil of about my .308 that is set up the same way. I next thought it was the scope and purchased another one but still it is shooting way to the right by about 8-16 inches. Has anyone had this type of probelm and if so how did you fix it.
Now here is the second part. I have a friend of mine who is truley dear to my heart and is not only my brother-in-law but he was also on a sniper team with me when I was in the military. Unfortuantely due to a divorce from a serious ex-wife (remarried now) he had to file for bankruptcy. He can not afford to buy a rifle himself and although he goes with me to shoot and I let him use my rifles he still wants one of his own. Does anyone have or know where I can find a non-expensive rifle that I can fix up and give to him as a surprise. Thanks and sorry this is so long.[/b]
