So then pie plate accuracy between 500-600 is not an issue ?
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My Winchester model 70 hunting rifle "project"...FINISHED!!!
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So then pie plate accuracy between 500-600 is not an issue ?
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Given the size of the vital area of most game animals (deer, elk, etc.) I would prefer to keep things a little tighter than a pie plate...that is plate about 8 inches...I'd feel better with "saucer plate" accuracy...about 4 inches, and no more than 6 inches.
In a nutshell...a rifle doesn't have to be benchrest accurate to hunt at 600 yards...a 1 MOA rifle will do just fine...less is better, but 1 MOA will put meat in the freezer.
Tighter is always better in every situation
.After I went back and looked through the posts I seen where you were as tight as .3" @ 100 yds.I was thinking you were at best .5" @ 100 in which case you would have been closer to my 8" estimation.Hope whatever I end up with is as good as you have gotten it.Ridgerunner665
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Tighter is always better in every situation
I've upgraded a few things since I shot those .3" groups...Those were rounds loaded with Lee dies and Winchester brass.
When I switched to Lapua brass and Redding National Match dies (with micrometer seater)...the groups tightened up some.
At 100 yards...it'll print one pretty clean hole...I can always "see" there are 2 shots through it, but haven't yet been able to tell there is a 3rd...basically, a very slightly oblong hole...I do 3 shot groups, plenty enough to feel out a hunting rifle.
If I had the correct scope with fine enough crosshairs, could hold the rifle still enough, and call the wind perfect every shot...it should be capable of 1-2" groups at 600 yards...but my ability seems to be the limiting factor, as such...3-4 inches is what I get.
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Nice! Big improvement over factory AND it shoots. Hard to beat that.
So in the end what do you think you have into your gun.That is great shooting !!
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A so called gunsmith ruined this rifle...drilled a hole through to the chamber while removing a stuck/stripped scope base screw (the front screw)...
ATL Outdoorsmen...Johnson City Tennessee....thats the gunsmith...probably be OK to
CeraKote a pistol or something...the gunsmith himself wasn't such a bad guy...but the store owners were very dishonest, tried to tell me I drilled the **** hole (I would drill a hole through my own testicle before doing that to this rifle)...I only got $150 out of the deal.
Parted the rifle out (what was left of it)...and have a Nosler Custom in 280 Ackley being built as we speak.
ATL Outdoorsmen...Johnson City Tennessee....thats the gunsmith...probably be OK to
CeraKote a pistol or something...the gunsmith himself wasn't such a bad guy...but the store owners were very dishonest, tried to tell me I drilled the **** hole (I would drill a hole through my own testicle before doing that to this rifle)...I only got $150 out of the deal.
Parted the rifle out (what was left of it)...and have a Nosler Custom in 280 Ackley being built as we speak.
