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<blockquote data-quote="blvette75" data-source="post: 1869679" data-attributes="member: 72440"><p>In my experience, the better the optics and the other conditions being controlled the groups are consistent. I quit shooting rifles for about 20-23 years or so. My Savage 300 win mag was historically about a 1 MOA rifle, then I put a better scope on it, pillar bedded the stock, timney trigger, David Tubbs fire-lap the barrel, clamp on muzzle brake, limb-savers but pad. All of these improvements the rifle shot progressively better groups, but not much better than consistently below an MOA. It wasn't until one day that I hit all five shots of my group in a horizontal line at 200 yards about a 3/4-1 inch group, that I realized I had to back off on my magnification and just have some fun as I realized the rifle was better than me. After that just practiced some dry fires and now I consistently shoot the rifle about 1/2 to 5/8 MOA to 300 yards, closest range besides to 100 yard in door. Recently found my old hand loads from about 25-30 years ago rifle shot just about through the same hole about a 1/4-3/8" groups not quite a ragged hole. I had thought my problems were this and that but just needed to relax back off the magnification and just have fun. I am sure the improvements all helped but you probably have a really good set up and are probably trying to hard at 100 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blvette75, post: 1869679, member: 72440"] In my experience, the better the optics and the other conditions being controlled the groups are consistent. I quit shooting rifles for about 20-23 years or so. My Savage 300 win mag was historically about a 1 MOA rifle, then I put a better scope on it, pillar bedded the stock, timney trigger, David Tubbs fire-lap the barrel, clamp on muzzle brake, limb-savers but pad. All of these improvements the rifle shot progressively better groups, but not much better than consistently below an MOA. It wasn't until one day that I hit all five shots of my group in a horizontal line at 200 yards about a 3/4-1 inch group, that I realized I had to back off on my magnification and just have some fun as I realized the rifle was better than me. After that just practiced some dry fires and now I consistently shoot the rifle about 1/2 to 5/8 MOA to 300 yards, closest range besides to 100 yard in door. Recently found my old hand loads from about 25-30 years ago rifle shot just about through the same hole about a 1/4-3/8" groups not quite a ragged hole. I had thought my problems were this and that but just needed to relax back off the magnification and just have fun. I am sure the improvements all helped but you probably have a really good set up and are probably trying to hard at 100 yards. [/QUOTE]
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