Thread: Rifle and reloaded ammo accuracy

Originally Posted by ebf

Horses for courses. My Russian tomato stake/bush rifle with open sights, I am happy if I consistently hit an a4 page at 100 (prone) or same at 50 (offhand).

3 shot groups mean almost nothing. 5 shot groups are slightly better. 10 shot groups start to tell the truth.

My dedicated FTR rifle probably does 1/3 Moa from a machine rest. When you add in wind and 10 shot groups in the real world, 1 to 1.5 Moa on a good day.

The top benchrest rifles in the world do 1/5 or slightly smaller 5 shot groups. So I would treat reports of 1/4 Moa groups out of standard sporter hunting rifles with a bit of healthy suspicion

I did say 3 shot groups.
10 shot groups are a bit pointless in a hunting rifle with a 3 shot magazine and a pencil barrel.

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