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Field and Stream say 1/2 Moa rifles are usless in the field
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<blockquote data-quote="Korhil78" data-source="post: 1112291" data-attributes="member: 34818"><p>I would have actually agreed with what the guy was saying if he had left the bashing about Long Range shooters/hunters out of it. To the average hunter, 1/2 MOA custom rifles are useless in hunting. The average hunter wont take a shot over 400 yards and 1-1.5 MOA rifles will kill just as good as a 1/2 MOA rifle at those ranges. </p><p> </p><p>What he doesn't take into account is that in most circumstances, a Long Range hunter is trying to squeeze every bit of accuracy out of his rifle in order to make his long range hunting more successful. When you are shooting at 800-1000 yards at an animal, 1 MOA can miss the vitals of a deer. </p><p> </p><p>And I will add that 1/2 MOA and 1 MOA are both meaningless unless you can read your wind right. ESPECIALLY at long range. </p><p> </p><p>Another point that he is missing is that people who try to get to that 1/2 MOA accuracy usually are reloaders and we do it for the pure enjoyment of it. Some people buy those 1/2 MOA rifles simply because they can and they want to even though they only shoot to 400-500 yards. They enjoy it and that's what they want so why take away from their enjoyment.</p><p> </p><p>A lot of times, these writers are not taking into account the Long Range hunters that do it right. The ones that spend countless hours doing precision reloading, countless hours at the range, countless hours honing their skills by shooting in wind to learn more about what their bullet is doing at different ranges in those winds. The writer is bunching the ones that do it right and the ones that just go out and pray they hit it and then brag about it the one time that they do. Which is not fair to the ones that do it right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Korhil78, post: 1112291, member: 34818"] I would have actually agreed with what the guy was saying if he had left the bashing about Long Range shooters/hunters out of it. To the average hunter, 1/2 MOA custom rifles are useless in hunting. The average hunter wont take a shot over 400 yards and 1-1.5 MOA rifles will kill just as good as a 1/2 MOA rifle at those ranges. What he doesn't take into account is that in most circumstances, a Long Range hunter is trying to squeeze every bit of accuracy out of his rifle in order to make his long range hunting more successful. When you are shooting at 800-1000 yards at an animal, 1 MOA can miss the vitals of a deer. And I will add that 1/2 MOA and 1 MOA are both meaningless unless you can read your wind right. ESPECIALLY at long range. Another point that he is missing is that people who try to get to that 1/2 MOA accuracy usually are reloaders and we do it for the pure enjoyment of it. Some people buy those 1/2 MOA rifles simply because they can and they want to even though they only shoot to 400-500 yards. They enjoy it and that's what they want so why take away from their enjoyment. A lot of times, these writers are not taking into account the Long Range hunters that do it right. The ones that spend countless hours doing precision reloading, countless hours at the range, countless hours honing their skills by shooting in wind to learn more about what their bullet is doing at different ranges in those winds. The writer is bunching the ones that do it right and the ones that just go out and pray they hit it and then brag about it the one time that they do. Which is not fair to the ones that do it right. [/QUOTE]
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