I’ve seen the same thing and it’s more than a little frightening. Especially considering the ones I saw doing that were shooting from a bench.I used to volunteer for sight in day at the local sportman club range the weekend before deer season. The amount of people that can't hold a group on a 8.5x11 piece of paper at 50 yards is startling.
I agree. Unfortunately, it seems for most, to be the benchmark for their skills.Beyond that, I will just say that the bench is not a place to test marksmanship.
I agree. Unfortunately, it seems for most, to be the benchmark for their skills.
Thinking, how accurate is the average rifle shooter. If you took at random 100 rifle shooters sat them at a bench at 100 yds and they shot a 5 shot group what would be the mean group size?
What percent 2" or more
1" or more
1"or less
This is pretty much my experience as well. This includes members of a gun club that have been shooting for many years. Guys shooting high end rifles from a bench shooting groups that look like shotgun patterns. Part of it is not really knowing how to shoot and another part is not knowing how to set up the gun properly. And they generally don't like you to notice or offer help either.The average of people who are avid shooters and the average of all the rifle owners including people that shoot 3 shots a year for deer season will be very different.
Of all the people who own rifles and actually shoot one of them at least once a year I would say sub 1" shooters are probably 5%. sub 2" are probably 10%. The limiters are not skill but rather no practice and not knowing how to rest in a rifle. With the proper equipment you could coach most people into it in a very short time.
I used to volunteer for sight in day at the local sportman's club range the weekend before deer season. The amount of people that can't hold a group on a 8.5x11 piece of paper at 50 yards is startling.
I agree. Unfortunately, it seems for most, to be the benchmark for their skills.
So many variables ,but I would guess most could should under 2" groups with a steady rest or sandbag .If you took at random 100 rifle shooters sat them at a bench at 100 yds and they shot a 5 shot group what would be the mean group size?
Then was the guy that showed up with a Thompson 45acp and wanted just to see if he could hit a target at 200yds. Answer was NO.
Having never owned a rifle scope, am curious:
With so many kinds of scopes or similar gear out there, do most rifle shooters (with decent vision) even Attempt to use any available iron sights…
…at the risk of possibly not shooting a good group when somebody else will see the results?