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What kind of accuracy should we look for in a 338 semi custom build?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikecr" data-source="post: 2183660" data-attributes="member: 1521"><p>When you group shoot, do you let the barrel cool between each shot?</p><p>Can you pull a cold gun from it's case, set it on a field rest and put a shot into your mark?</p><p>Can you do this at every distance that you consider your capability?</p><p></p><p>I've seen horrible grouping guns that were very accurate.</p><p>I've seen great grouping guns(at distance), high dollar guns, that could not be relied on to hit groundhogs at same distance.</p><p>Every cold bore development I've done so far, for accuracy, has taken me away from tightest hot bore grouping.</p><p></p><p>This is not 100yd wallet group dot com.</p><p>Do this:</p><p>Walk out there some distance around 500yds & set a target with a ~5" dot.</p><p>Walk back to your gun, range the target, set your elevation & decide on wind hold-off.</p><p>Set the gun on your field rest, check your level, fire 1 shot into the dot.</p><p></p><p>Regardless of whatever PRECISION you've worked on, you really needed to hit that dot.</p><p>If you missed it, then apparently it's not within your ACCURACY capability yet.</p><p></p><p>Another truly simple test: 1"dot at 200. Put a cold shot into it -with no preconditioning.</p><p>Wait 10mins and put another into the dot. Repeat for a group. </p><p>If you hit the dot every time, is it a good group? Probably not,, but does it matter?</p><p>If you missed with one or two shots, does it matter? IMO, as long as it wasn't the first couple that missed, it doesn't matter.</p><p></p><p>My point is, you can find with this testing that hot bore grouping means nothing at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikecr, post: 2183660, member: 1521"] When you group shoot, do you let the barrel cool between each shot? Can you pull a cold gun from it's case, set it on a field rest and put a shot into your mark? Can you do this at every distance that you consider your capability? I've seen horrible grouping guns that were very accurate. I've seen great grouping guns(at distance), high dollar guns, that could not be relied on to hit groundhogs at same distance. Every cold bore development I've done so far, for accuracy, has taken me away from tightest hot bore grouping. This is not 100yd wallet group dot com. Do this: Walk out there some distance around 500yds & set a target with a ~5" dot. Walk back to your gun, range the target, set your elevation & decide on wind hold-off. Set the gun on your field rest, check your level, fire 1 shot into the dot. Regardless of whatever PRECISION you've worked on, you really needed to hit that dot. If you missed it, then apparently it's not within your ACCURACY capability yet. Another truly simple test: 1"dot at 200. Put a cold shot into it -with no preconditioning. Wait 10mins and put another into the dot. Repeat for a group. If you hit the dot every time, is it a good group? Probably not,, but does it matter? If you missed with one or two shots, does it matter? IMO, as long as it wasn't the first couple that missed, it doesn't matter. My point is, you can find with this testing that hot bore grouping means nothing at all. [/QUOTE]
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