What is your limit on acceptable rifle accuracy?
We get very hung up on long range accuracy and high firepower and such but often the real practical limits of the gun/shooter combination are not condusive to threading needles with a string on a bullet.
I love to tote several rifles in the woods that I know are not MOA shooters or anywhere close to it. My problem is that I always see game at just outside the range of these less than perfect shooters and seem ot always wish I have brought the other rifle.
Even the military of various nations can not settle on this question. The U.S. says 3@100, the Soviet block says 6@100. My own personal limit is 8"@100 (keep them on the pie plate).
I just finished a project gun that is not shooting the "perfect group". It is sticking to about 4" and is at its full accuracy potential. I was really feeling like I had wasted a lot of effort untill I remembered that my 30-30 does no better and I still love to carry it. I am still inside the K-zone of a deer at 200 yards and I should not beat up myself or the rifle either one.
Do you carry what you love and adjust the range limit to suit the rifle?
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