Smokey Joe
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Ojibweindian—Nice shooting! That 5/8" group sounds terriffic! I'd use 5-shot groups, were I you, though, as that way you get a clearer idea of what the rifle and load are doing. Bigger statistical sample. (I use ten shot groups myself, but I acknowledge that I'm excessively fussy about such things. Most gun authorities I've read use 5-shot groups.)
BTW, how are you resting the rifle for these shots? You want the rifle as steady as you can have it; that means using a pile of sandbags under the forend of the stock—NOT under the bbl—at the very least. I'm finding that one of the benchrest type tripod rests is even steadier yet—you want the heaviest, sturdiest one you can get, IMHO, NOT the plastic Caldwell rest. A light rest bounces with your rifle's recoil, and then the rifle doesn't return to the same place, which is what you want the rest for in the first place.
I suppose that your range has nice solid shooting benches as is usually the case.
Resting the bbl rather than the fore-end will change the POI of your shots; you won't be holding the bbl when you shoot in the field.
But back to my original point: It takes a marksman to shoot a 5/8" group @ 100 yd, regardless. Good work.
Ojibweindian—Nice shooting! That 5/8" group sounds terriffic! I'd use 5-shot groups, were I you, though, as that way you get a clearer idea of what the rifle and load are doing. Bigger statistical sample. (I use ten shot groups myself, but I acknowledge that I'm excessively fussy about such things. Most gun authorities I've read use 5-shot groups.)
BTW, how are you resting the rifle for these shots? You want the rifle as steady as you can have it; that means using a pile of sandbags under the forend of the stock—NOT under the bbl—at the very least. I'm finding that one of the benchrest type tripod rests is even steadier yet—you want the heaviest, sturdiest one you can get, IMHO, NOT the plastic Caldwell rest. A light rest bounces with your rifle's recoil, and then the rifle doesn't return to the same place, which is what you want the rest for in the first place.
I suppose that your range has nice solid shooting benches as is usually the case.
Resting the bbl rather than the fore-end will change the POI of your shots; you won't be holding the bbl when you shoot in the field.
But back to my original point: It takes a marksman to shoot a 5/8" group @ 100 yd, regardless. Good work.
