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Measuring a group size
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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 1084256" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>What do "official" and "group size" have to do with hunting? The measurement techniques described above are right for bench rest and similar competition, but shooting for score on target rings is somewhat more realistic as the measure of a hunting rifle. No form of fixed range repetitive shooting competition gives a good indication of how effective the shooter/rifle/cartridge will be in actual hunting conditions. I don't know of any formal form of hunting competition (NRA silhouette?) where group size is used in scoring. </p><p></p><p> That's not to say a hunter shouldn't test and know the the expected shot to shot distribution of his rifle/cartridge vs distance by testing, but there's nothing "official" about that. Extreme spread (ES aka group size) and standard deviation (SD) are generally considered the important measurements, though knowing the pattern intuitively is at least as important as the two numbers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 1084256, member: 9253"] What do "official" and "group size" have to do with hunting? The measurement techniques described above are right for bench rest and similar competition, but shooting for score on target rings is somewhat more realistic as the measure of a hunting rifle. No form of fixed range repetitive shooting competition gives a good indication of how effective the shooter/rifle/cartridge will be in actual hunting conditions. I don't know of any formal form of hunting competition (NRA silhouette?) where group size is used in scoring. That's not to say a hunter shouldn't test and know the the expected shot to shot distribution of his rifle/cartridge vs distance by testing, but there's nothing "official" about that. Extreme spread (ES aka group size) and standard deviation (SD) are generally considered the important measurements, though knowing the pattern intuitively is at least as important as the two numbers. [/QUOTE]
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