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MatchKings ~ Accurate?
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<blockquote data-quote="BountyHunter" data-source="post: 27599" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>Todbartell</p><p></p><p>Nothing saying you cannot strive for .5 inch. Just like saying nothing wrong with someone taking a stock Mach truck and try to break the land speed record with it. You can spend a lot of money and time and in the end it probably will not happen. I am saying you have a very good 300-500 yard rifle 98% of the time. With the thin mountain rifle stock and pencil thin barrel, it is not likely to make a good LR gun. It will shoot 1000 yards, a 22 LR will, but the key question is will it do it with an expectation of hitting what you are aiming at. Does it have the right twist to shoot the high BC bullets that are required to shoot LR with any degree of expection?</p><p></p><p>You have already taken the steps to make it more "consistent" which is what you want in any gun. If you have a load that has given you .61 and sub MOA all the time, I would say you are there, particulariy if 1st rd is on target, match bullets or not. Match bullets are not going to overcome a factory pencil thin barrel no matter how many loads you try. Nothing wrong with trying, but lot of money and time with minimal expectation of achieving goal. </p><p></p><p>As for the LR hunting, the others are right, the "art" is in the prep that goes in before the hunt. At that stage a knowledgable LR hunter can give the gun to anyone and have them make the shot most of the time after he has figured drop and windage and set the scope up unless they jerk the trigge or something.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and have fun.</p><p></p><p>BH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BountyHunter, post: 27599, member: 12"] Todbartell Nothing saying you cannot strive for .5 inch. Just like saying nothing wrong with someone taking a stock Mach truck and try to break the land speed record with it. You can spend a lot of money and time and in the end it probably will not happen. I am saying you have a very good 300-500 yard rifle 98% of the time. With the thin mountain rifle stock and pencil thin barrel, it is not likely to make a good LR gun. It will shoot 1000 yards, a 22 LR will, but the key question is will it do it with an expectation of hitting what you are aiming at. Does it have the right twist to shoot the high BC bullets that are required to shoot LR with any degree of expection? You have already taken the steps to make it more "consistent" which is what you want in any gun. If you have a load that has given you .61 and sub MOA all the time, I would say you are there, particulariy if 1st rd is on target, match bullets or not. Match bullets are not going to overcome a factory pencil thin barrel no matter how many loads you try. Nothing wrong with trying, but lot of money and time with minimal expectation of achieving goal. As for the LR hunting, the others are right, the "art" is in the prep that goes in before the hunt. At that stage a knowledgable LR hunter can give the gun to anyone and have them make the shot most of the time after he has figured drop and windage and set the scope up unless they jerk the trigge or something. Good luck and have fun. BH [/QUOTE]
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