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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Wheeler" data-source="post: 2422856" data-attributes="member: 101859"><p>I shoot 3 shot groups for hunting rifles. I usually do all my tuning at 1kyds. Sometimes if the rifle is a smaller caliber that I wont use past midrange I will tune it at 600yds. At 1k I will stop when I see consistent 1/3 moa. Yes you will shoot some 1s and 2s as well as some 4s and 5s. At 600 I want to see it under 2". You have to accept some variation from day to day due to the tune changing from weather and the fact that magnum recoil in a lighter rifle is just never going to shoot as consistently as a heavy rifle. But over time you should see an average. A true 1/4 moa hunting rifle is in fact rare. Many of the cartridges that we use wont .agg 1/4 moa in a purpose built BR rifle. Theres a reason certain cartridges are used in competition and others are not. If your hunting rifle would agg 1/4 moa at 1000 yards, you would break the current 1000yd BR records. Now, will a good hunting rifle shoot a 1/4 moa group every once in a while? Yes. And for many people and advertisers, that makes it a 1/4 moa rifle. It is a little misleading. A 1/4 moa rifle will shoot 5 groups in a row that average 1/4 moa. Ask for that target with your new hunting rifle and see what happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Wheeler, post: 2422856, member: 101859"] I shoot 3 shot groups for hunting rifles. I usually do all my tuning at 1kyds. Sometimes if the rifle is a smaller caliber that I wont use past midrange I will tune it at 600yds. At 1k I will stop when I see consistent 1/3 moa. Yes you will shoot some 1s and 2s as well as some 4s and 5s. At 600 I want to see it under 2". You have to accept some variation from day to day due to the tune changing from weather and the fact that magnum recoil in a lighter rifle is just never going to shoot as consistently as a heavy rifle. But over time you should see an average. A true 1/4 moa hunting rifle is in fact rare. Many of the cartridges that we use wont .agg 1/4 moa in a purpose built BR rifle. Theres a reason certain cartridges are used in competition and others are not. If your hunting rifle would agg 1/4 moa at 1000 yards, you would break the current 1000yd BR records. Now, will a good hunting rifle shoot a 1/4 moa group every once in a while? Yes. And for many people and advertisers, that makes it a 1/4 moa rifle. It is a little misleading. A 1/4 moa rifle will shoot 5 groups in a row that average 1/4 moa. Ask for that target with your new hunting rifle and see what happens. [/QUOTE]
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