Thread: 3 shot groups are useless!

Ha...shooting benchrest, typical load dev is using 2 shot groups. if the first two are not on top of each other a 3rd one aint going to make it any smaller so move on! but thats shooting a rifle thats capable of 5 shot groups under 0.2" at 100m if you can read the wind flags.

for interest here are the results of a recent benchrest shoot at Nelson:

Date : 02/06/2024 Title: 2024 ZUPPA Shoot
Range: Nelson S.I. Class: Heavy Benchrest - I
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Name W A B C D E Agg GAgg PN

Ian S.I. 100 .246 .145 .273 .191 .086 .1882 1
O 2004 200 .399 .501 .613 .392 .293 .2198 1 .2040 1
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Greg S.I. 100 .195 .195 .260 .226 .289 .2330 4
C 1001 200 .575 .517 .531 .269 .373 .2265 2 .2298 2
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Steve N.I. 100 .273 .143 .224 .198 .170 .2016 2
B 1020 200 .600 .449 .706 .593 .348 .2696 3 .2356 3
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Tony S.I. 100 .277 .210 .124 .228 .190 .2058 3
T 2012 200 .544 .738 .816 .330 .700 .3128 5 .2593 4
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Helen S.I. 100 .264 .235 .368 .285 .271 .2846 6
O 2005 200 .446 .709 .409 .443 .805 .2812 4 .2829 5
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Steve S.I. 100 .248 .464 .204 .269 .238 .2846 7
W 2014 200 .582 .895 .489 .543 .819 .3328 6 .3087 6
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Graeme S.I. 100 .349 .351 .177 .196 .278 .2702 5
S 2013 200 .761 .880 .840 .815 .468 .3764 7 .3233 7
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Michael S.I. 100 .846 .651 .390 .251 .711 .5698 8
K 2106 200 .628 .855 1.359 1.987 1.862 .6691 8 .6195 8
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Best Scores 100 | Best Scores 200
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A G C .195 | A I O .399
B S B .143 | B S B .449
C T T .124 | C H O .409
D I O .191 | D G C .269
E I O .086 | E I O .293

SG I O .086 (Rec .068) | SG G C .269 (Rec .203)
Agg I O .1882 (Rec .1622)| Agg I O .2198 (Rec .1819)
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