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sub moa accuracy of plain factory rifles stock
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<blockquote data-quote="hybridfiat" data-source="post: 1051626" data-attributes="member: 72793"><p>The rifle isn't a mystical or religious icon. If it CAN shoot well, putting a good scope on it makes very good sense. Even a Savage Axis that can shoot consistent sub-moa deserves a really good scope. After all it is just a tool for putting a bullet downrange just where you want it and an excellent scope will ably assist that. The game/target doesn't know nor care if you have a $15000 rifle with engraving by Roland Baptiste.</p><p>Putting a Schmidt and Bender on a Heym rifle that can't hit a flock of barns isn't going to put game in the pot.</p><p>My thoughts on factory rifles are mostly logic based as well as some experience with a variety of brands.</p><p>Manufacturers today have access to and mostly use high precision machines and standards are generally consistently higher than in the past. Final finish in some (CZ for example) is maybe not as good they were in the past due to the cost of the labour. All that said the fine details of a rifle that are required to deliver CONSISTENT minute groups cannot be guaranteed yet as no mass producer can dedicate enough manpower to see all those tiny factors covered without making their product uncompetitive. Accuracy International rifles are not expensive because of the name.</p><p>That said, I think that if you buy a new common rifle with a good reputation (Savage, Remington etc) and do some minor tune ups (bedding, smoothing the trigger, ensure barrel floating etc), consistent groups are possible. But I think it will still be luck that dictates whether you get 0.25 or just 0.8.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hybridfiat, post: 1051626, member: 72793"] The rifle isn't a mystical or religious icon. If it CAN shoot well, putting a good scope on it makes very good sense. Even a Savage Axis that can shoot consistent sub-moa deserves a really good scope. After all it is just a tool for putting a bullet downrange just where you want it and an excellent scope will ably assist that. The game/target doesn't know nor care if you have a $15000 rifle with engraving by Roland Baptiste. Putting a Schmidt and Bender on a Heym rifle that can't hit a flock of barns isn't going to put game in the pot. My thoughts on factory rifles are mostly logic based as well as some experience with a variety of brands. Manufacturers today have access to and mostly use high precision machines and standards are generally consistently higher than in the past. Final finish in some (CZ for example) is maybe not as good they were in the past due to the cost of the labour. All that said the fine details of a rifle that are required to deliver CONSISTENT minute groups cannot be guaranteed yet as no mass producer can dedicate enough manpower to see all those tiny factors covered without making their product uncompetitive. Accuracy International rifles are not expensive because of the name. That said, I think that if you buy a new common rifle with a good reputation (Savage, Remington etc) and do some minor tune ups (bedding, smoothing the trigger, ensure barrel floating etc), consistent groups are possible. But I think it will still be luck that dictates whether you get 0.25 or just 0.8. [/QUOTE]
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