Here is not a picture of my AI rifle, but a picture of why I like my AI rifle.
The one gun I would trust my life to or the life of those I care about to make the first or only shot when it counts is my trusty old AI AW
I haven't shot it in a couple years, haven't changed the scope zero setting in about a decade. Pulled it out of the safe, tossed it in it's drag bag, put it in the back of the truck, drove 100 miles to the shooting range on a cold winter day, ran a couple wet patches through the barrel, then a couple dry patches (as I hadn't cleaned it last time I shot it a couple years ago & wanted to make sure no grit was left in the barrel from the last shooting conditions).
Turned the S&B scope knobs back to the 100 yard bench setting, aimed for dead center of the target and this is what the cold bore shot looks like:
(100 yards, 155gr Lapua factory ammunition also many years old.)
There is no group shot, just a single shot because it's an example of when you have to actually hit an exact point of aim precisely, the first shot and it's a matter of that shot has to hit exactly where you need it to hit and nowhere else, against a 4 or 2 legged creature because lives are on the line, and there is no time to prepare.
I know that I can yank out my AW and know it will do the job even if it's sat unused for years.
The one gun I would trust my life to or the life of those I care about to make the first or only shot when it counts is my trusty old AI AW
I haven't shot it in a couple years, haven't changed the scope zero setting in about a decade. Pulled it out of the safe, tossed it in it's drag bag, put it in the back of the truck, drove 100 miles to the shooting range on a cold winter day, ran a couple wet patches through the barrel, then a couple dry patches (as I hadn't cleaned it last time I shot it a couple years ago & wanted to make sure no grit was left in the barrel from the last shooting conditions).
Turned the S&B scope knobs back to the 100 yard bench setting, aimed for dead center of the target and this is what the cold bore shot looks like:
(100 yards, 155gr Lapua factory ammunition also many years old.)
There is no group shot, just a single shot because it's an example of when you have to actually hit an exact point of aim precisely, the first shot and it's a matter of that shot has to hit exactly where you need it to hit and nowhere else, against a 4 or 2 legged creature because lives are on the line, and there is no time to prepare.
I know that I can yank out my AW and know it will do the job even if it's sat unused for years.
