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The Basics, Starting Out
MOA Expectations as Distance Increases
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1318328" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Not necessarily the same at all ranges, because at 1000, an inperceptible change in wind (.5mph) can make your 100 yd MOA group no longer 1 MOA at 1000. Here is what I do...</p><p></p><p>My rifle shoots in the .2-.3's all day at 100 yards, even for 10 shot groups. If it will do that, then at long ranges, 800 and more, if I do my job, my groups will be under 1 MOA or so in poor shooting conditions (high winds, 10-30 mph, lots of mirage, ect.) if I read the wind well. If weather conditions are good however, I hover right around .5 moa or a touch under. 4-6" 5 shot groups and first round impacts at 1000ish yards is pretty normal if I have good shooting conditions, with the occasional 3" group. I expect MYSELF to produce sub half MOA with this rifle if conditions are good, if I fail to do so then I look for what I did wrong and attempt to correct it and learn from it. </p><p></p><p>So no, I don't expect .2-.3 MOA at 1000 yards if that is what my rifle does at 100. Give yourself some room for error and environmental conditions, and even more if conditions are bad. And I do recommend shooting in poor situations...you will learn more in 20 rounds at 500 yards in 18 mph winds with gusts in the 30's than 500 rounds banging steel every time in a 1-3 mph breeze at 1000 yards. High winds are very humbling...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1318328, member: 87243"] Not necessarily the same at all ranges, because at 1000, an inperceptible change in wind (.5mph) can make your 100 yd MOA group no longer 1 MOA at 1000. Here is what I do... My rifle shoots in the .2-.3's all day at 100 yards, even for 10 shot groups. If it will do that, then at long ranges, 800 and more, if I do my job, my groups will be under 1 MOA or so in poor shooting conditions (high winds, 10-30 mph, lots of mirage, ect.) if I read the wind well. If weather conditions are good however, I hover right around .5 moa or a touch under. 4-6" 5 shot groups and first round impacts at 1000ish yards is pretty normal if I have good shooting conditions, with the occasional 3" group. I expect MYSELF to produce sub half MOA with this rifle if conditions are good, if I fail to do so then I look for what I did wrong and attempt to correct it and learn from it. So no, I don't expect .2-.3 MOA at 1000 yards if that is what my rifle does at 100. Give yourself some room for error and environmental conditions, and even more if conditions are bad. And I do recommend shooting in poor situations...you will learn more in 20 rounds at 500 yards in 18 mph winds with gusts in the 30's than 500 rounds banging steel every time in a 1-3 mph breeze at 1000 yards. High winds are very humbling... [/QUOTE]
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