I have been shooting since I was 12 years old, and am turning 68 tomorrow. I have shot literally 10s of thousands of rounds in 5.56, .308/7.62X51, 30-06, 6mm Remington, 25-06, 300 winmag, 35 Whelen, 45-70, various pistol rounds, and I used to instruct both basic and advanced rifle and pistol marksmanship for various Infantry units in the U.S. Army. I have looked at both your targets, and the accuracy for a standard weight rifle is more than acceptable. The 200 yard target is under an inch center to center, and the 300 yard group is about a moa group. The range requirements may be 2 moa, but the group is much tighter than that. Also, you said '400 yards'. I assume the second target was shot at 400 yards, which puts the group inside one minute of angle. Given a heavy mirage, an 11 mph wind, gusting, a hot day, and a 6.5 made from internet parts, both groups are very good, in spite of what anyone else might say. And no, they shouldn't be one ragged hole at 200 yards. One ragged hole at 200 yards is what might be expected of an unlimited class bench rest rifle, but is an unreasonable expectation for rifles that one might be able to carry in the field. The U.S. Army expects a sniping rifle to be under 1 moa at 100 meters, when fired by an expert marksman from a completely rested position. Acceptable accuracy is actually more along the lines of 1.5 MOA. That's with the best match ammo issued. Most people can't afford the rifle the army uses for this. Also, most people would not carry it as a hunting rifle, because its too heavy. I don't know what the .338 Lapua rifle our well-heeled friend has weighs, but I'd bet its more than 12 lbs without glass. (by the way, I'm glad you are well heeled enough to have neat toys and have your own range, and wish I was too.) That's a big weight penalty when I'm hunting in the high country. I'll stay with my .35 Whelen or my .300 WinMag, both of which shoot inside 1 moa, but don't weigh more that about 8.5-9 lbs. I wouldn't feel bad about using my standard weight Ruger M77MKII either. It gets around 1moa at 100 yards with 5 shot groups. I think of this as: 'the perfect is the enemy of the good (enough)'.
