You guys are all using the traditional definition of 1/2 MOA. Here on the internet, 1/2 MOA is a 3 shot group with 2 "called" fliers.
Surgeon Scalpel?
Seriously though a 1/2 MOA rifle out of the box will be thousands, if it exists. Sako guarantees 5 shot 1MOA groups with their rifles, and those are very well built rifles upwards of $1K.
I don't have the reference, but I recall reading a study done at an International shooting competition. Out of the hundreds of high end precision rifles present, there were FOUR that were true half MOA rifles.
Your aspirations might be a bit lofty.
Surgeon Scalpel?
Seriously though a 1/2 MOA rifle out of the box will be thousands, if it exists. Sako guarantees 5 shot 1MOA groups with their rifles, and those are very well built rifles upwards of $1K.
I don't have the reference, but I recall reading a study done at an International shooting competition. Out of the hundreds of high end precision rifles present, there were FOUR that were true half MOA rifles.
Your aspirations might be a bit lofty.
Ive owned multiple custom action rifles. Out of all of them, I have never had a true 1/2 MOA rifle with me behind the trigger. I have a Stiller 260 (actually its in the classifieds because I dont use it) that comes closer than any rifle Ive ever owned. It averages about .6-.7 5 shot groups. I dont do called fliers, if I put 4 bullets in the same hole, then send 1 bullet 2 MOA right, thats a 2 MOA group. It has shot 1/2 MOA multiple times, it is not a 1/2 MOA rifle. It is a sub MOA rifle, probably a sub 3/4 MOA rifle, not sub 1/2 MOA. Keep in mind, this rifle was 4500 before glass.
I know my first post sounded like a joke, but it really wasn't. Every rifle on the internet is sub MOA, for one reason or another when you get those same rifles on the firing like, the shooter "has a bad day, or wind got me, or I forgot about Coriolis, or ???". There is always a reason why they were not sub MOA that day.
Sub MOA is not "1 time out of 200, I put 2 shots in the same hole" Sub MOA is, I can take this rifle, and go do no excuse.
There's a good article out there about hit percentages at distance when changing variables such as a 1moa rifle to a 1/2moa rifle. I'll see if I can find it. I'll summarize: it doesn't make a huge difference. Caliber selection and wind calls are #1 and #2 IIRC.
Here it is. I had wind calls and cartridge selection backwards. Want to know how your hit percentages improves when going from a .8moa rifle to a .3moa rifle? 4%!! It's a great article.
How Much Does It Matter? Overall Summary - PrecisionRifleBlog.com
Fired at 50 yards!You guys are all using the traditional definition of 1/2 MOA. Here on the internet, 1/2 MOA is a 3 shot group with 2 "called" fliers.
Time, definitely. But I don't think it necessarily takes loads of cash anymore. I have gotten into long range shooting, using a rifle that cost $825 and a $500 scope. Ammo is expensive, but 50 rounds can be a full day of shooting. (Granted, I'm certainly not real F-class competition. If I'm shooting MOA I'm a happy shooter.)I think that if I had the time and the money, I could really dig long-range shooting.
There's a 250 acre property down not too far from Nashville, IN that'd make for a great spot to do that from, me thinks. All it takes is money!