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Poor accuracy at 300y, great at 400
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Magoo" data-source="post: 2928007" data-attributes="member: 124360"><p>I know, typing hastily on my part causes confusion regularly lol.</p><p></p><p>I'm doing cold bore testing to see how close I can get to a bullseye at each range. Not only testing my rifle's ability to get them within the kill zone with plenty of wiggle room to spare, but also checking/ honing my ability to figure out where to aim and dial. You might say they do wind up being groups after its all said and done...but Im really shooting for score so to speak.</p><p></p><p>What i noticed after figuring out roughly where to aim with a ballistics app then verifying/ adjusting from there by actual real world testing is that at 300 yards, the variation from one bullet strike to the next (group size) was much bigger than at 400. Because of that, I could consistently get closer to my bulleye with each shot at 400 than 300 after i figured out where to aim, because it was shooting smaller groups at 400.</p><p></p><p>When i say i dont care about group size for hunting, what i mean is that what i really care about is how close i can consistently get to poi. You can have nice little .5 moa groups, but if those groups wander around the bullseye by a couple inches based on how you hold, temperature, or your mood .5 moa isnt really an accurate assessment of hunting accuracy.</p><p></p><p>The thing about this being a problem with my scope, is that it worked perfectly on my 308 2 weeks ago. Doesn't mean something couldnt have happened to it obviously and it's something I'll definitely check with handloads after hunting season.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr. Magoo, post: 2928007, member: 124360"] I know, typing hastily on my part causes confusion regularly lol. I'm doing cold bore testing to see how close I can get to a bullseye at each range. Not only testing my rifle's ability to get them within the kill zone with plenty of wiggle room to spare, but also checking/ honing my ability to figure out where to aim and dial. You might say they do wind up being groups after its all said and done...but Im really shooting for score so to speak. What i noticed after figuring out roughly where to aim with a ballistics app then verifying/ adjusting from there by actual real world testing is that at 300 yards, the variation from one bullet strike to the next (group size) was much bigger than at 400. Because of that, I could consistently get closer to my bulleye with each shot at 400 than 300 after i figured out where to aim, because it was shooting smaller groups at 400. When i say i dont care about group size for hunting, what i mean is that what i really care about is how close i can consistently get to poi. You can have nice little .5 moa groups, but if those groups wander around the bullseye by a couple inches based on how you hold, temperature, or your mood .5 moa isnt really an accurate assessment of hunting accuracy. The thing about this being a problem with my scope, is that it worked perfectly on my 308 2 weeks ago. Doesn't mean something couldnt have happened to it obviously and it's something I'll definitely check with handloads after hunting season. [/QUOTE]
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