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<blockquote data-quote="Frank in the Laurels" data-source="post: 1237458" data-attributes="member: 8845"><p>Let's see, first off you don't need bench rest accuracy to go hunting !! If you want to shoot tiny groups get yourself a 6 PPC or BR and join the circuit, it is not needed in the hunting world...your shooting at a basketball for deer and a beach ball for elk, ANY modern off the shelf rifle easily accomplishes this, out to reasonable and comfortable shooting distances--too be determined by your shooting skills and bench time. Far more important are scope choice and bullet choice in the hunting world, too many if's with the low drag, this and that bullets, some work in this but not in that, stick with time tested partitions/x-bullet, their more than good enough for reasonable hunting distances but not on the bench rest circuit. Light gathering and clarity matter in in the hunting world, these days it seems I pay more for scopes than rifles, can't hit what I can't see. In the hunting world barrel grooves matter nothing, the targets are big unless you claim to brain shoot them, don't loose any sleep over that issue. Since you picked the 7/08 you've already limited your distances, it is about the perfect deer/even elk rifle as long as you can hit those basketballs, with little practice you should be good to 400 yards, further you'll have to put time in and money to be consistent, reading wind, mirage and other issues then must be learned...just enjoy the hunt, don't driveyourself nuts over things that don't matter in the hunting world!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank in the Laurels, post: 1237458, member: 8845"] Let's see, first off you don't need bench rest accuracy to go hunting !! If you want to shoot tiny groups get yourself a 6 PPC or BR and join the circuit, it is not needed in the hunting world...your shooting at a basketball for deer and a beach ball for elk, ANY modern off the shelf rifle easily accomplishes this, out to reasonable and comfortable shooting distances--too be determined by your shooting skills and bench time. Far more important are scope choice and bullet choice in the hunting world, too many if's with the low drag, this and that bullets, some work in this but not in that, stick with time tested partitions/x-bullet, their more than good enough for reasonable hunting distances but not on the bench rest circuit. Light gathering and clarity matter in in the hunting world, these days it seems I pay more for scopes than rifles, can't hit what I can't see. In the hunting world barrel grooves matter nothing, the targets are big unless you claim to brain shoot them, don't loose any sleep over that issue. Since you picked the 7/08 you've already limited your distances, it is about the perfect deer/even elk rifle as long as you can hit those basketballs, with little practice you should be good to 400 yards, further you'll have to put time in and money to be consistent, reading wind, mirage and other issues then must be learned...just enjoy the hunt, don't driveyourself nuts over things that don't matter in the hunting world!! [/QUOTE]
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