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“My rifle shoots .2s and .3s” ... huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1800727" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>50 years of shooting at ranges with lots of those years 1-2 days per week at the range and I've seen a boat load of 1/2" rifles (or less) that magically can't shoot under an inch with witnesses present.</p><p></p><p>I can count on one hand the 5 shot groups under .2" that I was present when they were shot.</p><p></p><p>I've seen hundreds under 1/2" that were 3 shot groups but most of the other groups shot that day were from 1" to 1.5". I'm not going to say that group was or wasn't luck because I simply don't know.</p><p></p><p>When someone brags that they have a one holer rifle I always ask them to shoot one 5 shot group under a half inch right there and then and I've only seen 3 people besides myself that were able to produce it even with several tries.</p><p></p><p>It's only in the last few years that I discovered Whidden Gun Works and now own several Remingtons that can shoot under a half inch group at 100 on demand and some of those with factory ammo. </p><p></p><p>I'm not all that special but a properly set up rifle with a very very good bedding job is special and John Whidden has modified several of my Remingtons so they will do just that. I just am an old man that has finally learned that I can't make a rifle shoot worth a flip without a master gunsmith working on it first.</p><p></p><p>By the way... I always shoot with my Bald Eagle cast iron rest with a Bald Eagle rear bag on concrete benches to achieve that kind of accuracy. In the field I'm rarely able to produce much under 1" groups with any kind of rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1800727, member: 105"] 50 years of shooting at ranges with lots of those years 1-2 days per week at the range and I've seen a boat load of 1/2" rifles (or less) that magically can't shoot under an inch with witnesses present. I can count on one hand the 5 shot groups under .2" that I was present when they were shot. I've seen hundreds under 1/2" that were 3 shot groups but most of the other groups shot that day were from 1" to 1.5". I'm not going to say that group was or wasn't luck because I simply don't know. When someone brags that they have a one holer rifle I always ask them to shoot one 5 shot group under a half inch right there and then and I've only seen 3 people besides myself that were able to produce it even with several tries. It's only in the last few years that I discovered Whidden Gun Works and now own several Remingtons that can shoot under a half inch group at 100 on demand and some of those with factory ammo. I'm not all that special but a properly set up rifle with a very very good bedding job is special and John Whidden has modified several of my Remingtons so they will do just that. I just am an old man that has finally learned that I can't make a rifle shoot worth a flip without a master gunsmith working on it first. By the way... I always shoot with my Bald Eagle cast iron rest with a Bald Eagle rear bag on concrete benches to achieve that kind of accuracy. In the field I'm rarely able to produce much under 1" groups with any kind of rest. [/QUOTE]
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