Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins (Post 10987087)

Clearly. There are, however, lingering misconceptions regarding this. Some expressed right here in this thread.

I hunted with a guy once (just once) in the late '80's who was then dating my sister in law. He had a Remington M700 in .30-'06 that he had owned for over a decade. He still had some left in the only box of ammunition he had ever bought for it, proud of the fact that every bullet down its bore had been directed at a game animal. I asked him how he zeroed it... He answered, of course "with a bore sighter". Claimed it zeroed the rifle absolutely, removing human error from the equation. He did manage to shoot a deer on that rip - at about 15 yards, thereby "proving" his method. He claimed to have shot deer at "over 500 yards" with this setup, because it was so spot-on. I asked him how far over the animal he had to hold... His answer? "Whaddaya talkin' about? .30-'06's shoot so flat you don't have to do any of that..." Like I said, I hunted with him once...