Thread: Acceptable group size at long range ?

A somewhat unusual discussion.

Have had the good luck to shoot in many comps/championships over the years and I would say quite clearly that practice to achieve precision grouping on the range always improves field hunting accuracy - whether single or multiple shots. We do not win events without this practice, and nor do maintain consistent high level field accuracy without it.

I have never yet met club, provincial or NZ champions who prefer shooting just single shots at a target and disdain groups - for any reason. You would not be carrying the trophy for long.

I think in practical terms the time spent shooting range groups, and the very precise skills acquired over time in this process, prepare shooters very well for field accuracy situations. It is precisely how I and other old has-beens sharpen young hunters' field accuracy (and stats) today. .