thanks for the input Davee, I have the opportunity to buy one at an
attractive price but needed to deal with the cold temp accuracy
concerns.

--- In biathlonnorthamerica@yahoogroups.com, Davee Evans
<davee_evans@b...> wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> I don't personally have that rifle but many pro's use it, and it's
from
> a darn cold country for sure.
>
> In my experience races almost never start with temperatures that
> low. But I would also suspect other variables besides temperature
> are more likely causes of poor performance. Maybe the returner
> did do a good job of removing other variables in his or her testing,
> but it sounds like a good risk to me.
>
> -davee
>
> On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 11:35 AM, philipborg wrote:
>
> > Hi, can anyone verify the accuracy of these rifles in very cold
> > weather e.g. <-15 C. I am considering buying one that was
returned
> > because of very poor cold weather performance. The rifles ship
with a
> > cold temp test target, so I (optimistically) suspect that the
barrel
> > was contaminated with too much oil or the wrong ammunition was
used.
> > Any Ideas ?
> > thanks
> >
> > Phil