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“My rifle shoots .2s and .3s” ... huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1822822" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>I don't consider a good group luck or an accident , just a good day with a good rifle. There are good days and bad days that a shooter will experience and when it's a bad day, the shooter has to/should recognize it happens and just stop blaming it on the rifle or the ammo if both have proven themselves.</p><p></p><p>As stated in earlier post, I prefer to test the rifles accuracy first, and then hope my ability will not hurt the accuracy to much when in the field.</p><p></p><p>I went back and found some of my targets that I shot off of a lead sled and some off sand bags. There was a improvement in the accuracy with the lead sled, but not much. I also shoot different shot number groups depending on the rifle/pistols use. 3 shots for most hunting rifles for 500 yards and down at least 5 shot groups for long range hunting and 10 for match/competition rifles/pistols, I also test accuracy at different distances depending on use and the rifles potential. At more than 100 yards there is to much shooter error involved and I only test the rifle/pistol for real world accuracy and use. At 100 yards there is very little shooter error and shooting of a consistent platform tells me what the weapon is capable of which is the reason I chose to test this way, and work on my skills with a good shooting weapon.</p><p></p><p>Most rifle barrels will foul bad enough to alter the results after 8 to 10 shots, so I have found that more than 10 shots proves nothing except what it will do fouled. </p><p></p><p>Here are a few of my test targets that end up in my re loading book for reference and all of these targets are shot buy a hunting rifle/pistol. they are not great but I was happy with most of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1822822, member: 2736"] I don't consider a good group luck or an accident , just a good day with a good rifle. There are good days and bad days that a shooter will experience and when it's a bad day, the shooter has to/should recognize it happens and just stop blaming it on the rifle or the ammo if both have proven themselves. As stated in earlier post, I prefer to test the rifles accuracy first, and then hope my ability will not hurt the accuracy to much when in the field. I went back and found some of my targets that I shot off of a lead sled and some off sand bags. There was a improvement in the accuracy with the lead sled, but not much. I also shoot different shot number groups depending on the rifle/pistols use. 3 shots for most hunting rifles for 500 yards and down at least 5 shot groups for long range hunting and 10 for match/competition rifles/pistols, I also test accuracy at different distances depending on use and the rifles potential. At more than 100 yards there is to much shooter error involved and I only test the rifle/pistol for real world accuracy and use. At 100 yards there is very little shooter error and shooting of a consistent platform tells me what the weapon is capable of which is the reason I chose to test this way, and work on my skills with a good shooting weapon. Most rifle barrels will foul bad enough to alter the results after 8 to 10 shots, so I have found that more than 10 shots proves nothing except what it will do fouled. Here are a few of my test targets that end up in my re loading book for reference and all of these targets are shot buy a hunting rifle/pistol. they are not great but I was happy with most of them. [/QUOTE]
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