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Section 4: Guns/General Subject: Shooting Groups Msg# 897880
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That's the problem with you kids today - always in a rush! It's a two-stage process, Allan!
First, you develop a load that groups tightly enough so that you can hit a squirrel's head. Then you move that tight group to the point of aim. There's no sense in worrying about where the group will print if it's so big that you will be shooting all around the squirrel rather than popping him in the head! In other words - for those of you in Rio Linda It's certainly possible to do both at once but nowhere is it stated that the two have to be done simultaneously! Redundant Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Honest, I didn't write those letters to the editor... But I agree with them. Wasting rounds chasing the center of a target??? Why bother developing a load to shoot a tight group of misses? I see no purpose in that. If you miss what you're aiming at then you missed. What difference does it make that your misses are close together? Isn't the purpose of a gun to put a bullet where you want it? Hasn't the holy grail of shooting always been being able to smack any target in range dead center, no matter what? Drop that squirrel/moose/antelope/assailant with one shot - not "I finally got these two loads perfected; this one shoots six MOA to the left of where I'm aiming and that one shoots four MOA to the right!" Why, if that was our goal we would barely have become fluent in Comanche and Sioux before we had to learn Spanish, and then German and Japanese... (this is really fun Uncle Stu...) |
- they are two separate activities. The first is developing your ability and your load (or choosing the right factory load and gun if you don't handload) to be consistent. The second is dialing that combination in to be accurate.
