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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 3059103" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>I don't mean to be rude, but you obviously don't understand statistics. Let's make it easy: shoot your rifle once per day for 30 days at the same target. Measure your group. Now imagine those 30 shots are spread out over several hunting seasons and are first shot opportunities at animals. Suppose the 15th shot, the shot you took on day 15, hit 1 MOA left of your point of aim, but all others hit within 1/2 MOA. But that 15th shot was taken at a deer 900 yards away. That bullet would hit 9" left of aim resulting in a wounded deer. Or take one that hit 1/2 MOA left. It would hit 4.5" inches left, ostensibly good enough for a hit, right? Not if there was a 4 mph wind right to left- your wind call would have to be perfect, right? No, actually you would still have a 50% chance of killing that deer because your wind call could have been 6 mph, causing you to hold more than required, but since that bullet was one that hit way left, it lands dead center and you then post the picture and story on LRH and wait for the accolades to come pouring in from envious members.</p><p></p><p>I once shot a 3 shot 3/8 inch group at 200 yards sitting with a tight sling. Can I do it again? No. All three shots would have hit a ground squirrel. So what?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 3059103, member: 3230"] I don't mean to be rude, but you obviously don't understand statistics. Let's make it easy: shoot your rifle once per day for 30 days at the same target. Measure your group. Now imagine those 30 shots are spread out over several hunting seasons and are first shot opportunities at animals. Suppose the 15th shot, the shot you took on day 15, hit 1 MOA left of your point of aim, but all others hit within 1/2 MOA. But that 15th shot was taken at a deer 900 yards away. That bullet would hit 9" left of aim resulting in a wounded deer. Or take one that hit 1/2 MOA left. It would hit 4.5" inches left, ostensibly good enough for a hit, right? Not if there was a 4 mph wind right to left- your wind call would have to be perfect, right? No, actually you would still have a 50% chance of killing that deer because your wind call could have been 6 mph, causing you to hold more than required, but since that bullet was one that hit way left, it lands dead center and you then post the picture and story on LRH and wait for the accolades to come pouring in from envious members. I once shot a 3 shot 3/8 inch group at 200 yards sitting with a tight sling. Can I do it again? No. All three shots would have hit a ground squirrel. So what? [/QUOTE]
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