Goood point. I suspect you are absolutely right. When I was working in the business, I sold quite a few relatively lowdollar {"affordable"} rifles in the .338-.375-.458 range for fellows making Alaskan, Western and African trips and though on the surface of it the "cheap" price of the guns would seem to encourage a lot of pre-hunt shooting, my discussions with most of the buyers indicated there was a lot of showing off but very little shooting off of those guns. I suppose the same is true of many who buy expensive guns also, particularly when the gun itself is highly specialized and will be used on maybe one hunt and one or two animals.

Hoppdoc's encouragement of "gaming" on the range is to be highly recommended and congratulated. Getting out of "target" mode and getting into "field mode" pays dividends. Add a physical fitness regimen to the DG rifle practice routine and you are that much better off.