It is also worth noting that some people make claims regarding their shooting or their rifles based on "it did this 3 shot group."
While every shooter (and rifle) has good and bad days, random chance can cause three rounds to fly the same way every so often. If you roll three dice, and they all land on ones, you do not have three dice magically capable of consistent all-snake eyes groups, yet that would seem to be what some shooters out there claim for their rifles.
I was shooting this past summer with Americanbob at 250 yards, and we were both having a very good day. On that shooting session, I was able to shoot a 2" group, shot after shot, reliably. On that day at that moment, (it wasn't very windy,) I was a sub-MOA shooter.
If my rifle happens to put 3 rounds in the same hole, it is not suddenly a 1/4 MOA rifle. I believe that is an important distinction to make.
While every shooter (and rifle) has good and bad days, random chance can cause three rounds to fly the same way every so often. If you roll three dice, and they all land on ones, you do not have three dice magically capable of consistent all-snake eyes groups, yet that would seem to be what some shooters out there claim for their rifles.
I was shooting this past summer with Americanbob at 250 yards, and we were both having a very good day. On that shooting session, I was able to shoot a 2" group, shot after shot, reliably. On that day at that moment, (it wasn't very windy,) I was a sub-MOA shooter.
If my rifle happens to put 3 rounds in the same hole, it is not suddenly a 1/4 MOA rifle. I believe that is an important distinction to make.
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