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Accuracy At Different Ranges
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 93149"><p>Bart</p><p></p><p>Seems to me when we tested our Palma rifles.....we'd shoot from 800 yds. and if ten rounds would go into 1/2 the X ring...that was acceptable! Those rifles may....or may not have shot exceedingly well from 100 yds. off a bench but there's nothing firm that says that they would have because of the intricate variables involving bullet stability! One would think that if a certain ROT was utilized that all would be well but each rifle is an entity onto itself and what works with one....may not work with another! This goes for reloaded ammo also! Johnie Franklin had a rifle one year that wouldn't shoot worth a "fonk" UNLESS....the ogive was backed off 0.050" off the lands whereby yours/mine....wouldn't have kept them on the shxthouse wall!! But to answer your question more plainly.....if I've got a rifle that I think will shoot 1/2 MOA at 100 yds. I'd expect it to at least hold 2/3 of the ten ring at 1000 and I'll let God and the law of averages deal with the X count!! And the only way to tell what one is capable of is to put a rifle into a very well made "fixture"....pick a day that is good.....and see what comes up on the target face downrange! When I was with the Army Team....we had M-14s that would shoot ten shot groups into 4" from 600 yds. and that my friend is good ammo; Lake City Match it was!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 93149"] Bart Seems to me when we tested our Palma rifles.....we'd shoot from 800 yds. and if ten rounds would go into 1/2 the X ring...that was acceptable! Those rifles may....or may not have shot exceedingly well from 100 yds. off a bench but there's nothing firm that says that they would have because of the intricate variables involving bullet stability! One would think that if a certain ROT was utilized that all would be well but each rifle is an entity onto itself and what works with one....may not work with another! This goes for reloaded ammo also! Johnie Franklin had a rifle one year that wouldn't shoot worth a "fonk" UNLESS....the ogive was backed off 0.050" off the lands whereby yours/mine....wouldn't have kept them on the shxthouse wall!! But to answer your question more plainly.....if I've got a rifle that I think will shoot 1/2 MOA at 100 yds. I'd expect it to at least hold 2/3 of the ten ring at 1000 and I'll let God and the law of averages deal with the X count!! And the only way to tell what one is capable of is to put a rifle into a very well made "fixture"....pick a day that is good.....and see what comes up on the target face downrange! When I was with the Army Team....we had M-14s that would shoot ten shot groups into 4" from 600 yds. and that my friend is good ammo; Lake City Match it was!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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