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Degrees Of Rifle Accuracy by Ian McMurchy
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<blockquote data-quote="drbobc" data-source="post: 208423" data-attributes="member: 9366"><p><strong>Response to Ian</strong></p><p></p><p>Accuracy is an issue of four basic factors: 1) the rifle; 2) the sights -- usually a scope if long distance is involved; 3) the embedding of the action to the stock; and 4) the shooter. You cannot separate them into discrete topics very easily. Years ago I remember vividly getting a Japanese Ariska rifle rechambered for the 6.5 Gibbs wildcat. Barrel was short and the recoil was horrific. I would shoot it about 6 tomes and the peepsight would fall off the rifle. No one could have shot the rifle with any accuracy. At the same time I had a 1917 enfield rechambered for the 30-338 winchester magnum. Was done by the Kuharsky brothers (inventors of the B&L scope mount) and the rifle would cut bullet holes at a 100 yards. Was amazingly accurate. I now have a host of Weatherby Mark V rifles with 2 of them having properly embedded stocks. They are unbelievably accurate both the 240 that is about 50 years old and a new custom stocked 30-378. What makes them so accurate? Attention has been paid to all details. Jim Clark has worked on the stocks and embedded the actions. In other words, 3 of the 4 factors have been taken care of. I am the 4th and have been shooting for nearly 45 years. Fortunately I am not of small stature being 6 foot 3 and 225 pounds. I use quality components and can easily handle recoil. Shooting tight groups is not a factor it is an essential. For awhile I could not shoot worth a **** but cataract surgery has solved that problem. I can now see perfectly so most of the 4th problem has been corrected also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drbobc, post: 208423, member: 9366"] [b]Response to Ian[/b] Accuracy is an issue of four basic factors: 1) the rifle; 2) the sights -- usually a scope if long distance is involved; 3) the embedding of the action to the stock; and 4) the shooter. You cannot separate them into discrete topics very easily. Years ago I remember vividly getting a Japanese Ariska rifle rechambered for the 6.5 Gibbs wildcat. Barrel was short and the recoil was horrific. I would shoot it about 6 tomes and the peepsight would fall off the rifle. No one could have shot the rifle with any accuracy. At the same time I had a 1917 enfield rechambered for the 30-338 winchester magnum. Was done by the Kuharsky brothers (inventors of the B&L scope mount) and the rifle would cut bullet holes at a 100 yards. Was amazingly accurate. I now have a host of Weatherby Mark V rifles with 2 of them having properly embedded stocks. They are unbelievably accurate both the 240 that is about 50 years old and a new custom stocked 30-378. What makes them so accurate? Attention has been paid to all details. Jim Clark has worked on the stocks and embedded the actions. In other words, 3 of the 4 factors have been taken care of. I am the 4th and have been shooting for nearly 45 years. Fortunately I am not of small stature being 6 foot 3 and 225 pounds. I use quality components and can easily handle recoil. Shooting tight groups is not a factor it is an essential. For awhile I could not shoot worth a **** but cataract surgery has solved that problem. I can now see perfectly so most of the 4th problem has been corrected also. [/QUOTE]
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