Following.
There's a guy on another forum that claims to work at a ballistics facility where they test all kinds of manufacturer's barrels in a mechanical rest. He says that the vast majority of production rifles, even the very highly regarded ones, as well as most aftermarket barrels are really only capable of a true 1MOA and most of the time closer to 1.5 MOA. Barrels that are a true 0.25 or even 0.5MOA are rare. It's just that people don't track their POI through enough shots and they often call shots fliers when they're actually just part of the barrel's accuracy.
He won't give his name or where he works, so I think what he says must be taken with a grain of salt. But, he has shown bits of results of some tests that are apparently OK to show. My guess is that if he's not full of BS, it's a military equipment testing facility because the ideas he's pushing on field accuracy and killing efficacy are related to the probability of making hits at 600yds and the ability to make quick and accurate follow ups. He has also posted about pack testing they've done.
Anyway, this is all very interesting and I think it would do hunters a lot of good to track poi of every shot they make (so long as it's from a barrel that isn't hot with stress placed on it) and use that as their true zero so they're using the actual probability of their rifle/shooter system in determining their abilities to make a hit.
Good post and information. It makes me wish I would have continued my education in engineering!
There's a guy on another forum that claims to work at a ballistics facility where they test all kinds of manufacturer's barrels in a mechanical rest. He says that the vast majority of production rifles, even the very highly regarded ones, as well as most aftermarket barrels are really only capable of a true 1MOA and most of the time closer to 1.5 MOA. Barrels that are a true 0.25 or even 0.5MOA are rare. It's just that people don't track their POI through enough shots and they often call shots fliers when they're actually just part of the barrel's accuracy.
He won't give his name or where he works, so I think what he says must be taken with a grain of salt. But, he has shown bits of results of some tests that are apparently OK to show. My guess is that if he's not full of BS, it's a military equipment testing facility because the ideas he's pushing on field accuracy and killing efficacy are related to the probability of making hits at 600yds and the ability to make quick and accurate follow ups. He has also posted about pack testing they've done.
Anyway, this is all very interesting and I think it would do hunters a lot of good to track poi of every shot they make (so long as it's from a barrel that isn't hot with stress placed on it) and use that as their true zero so they're using the actual probability of their rifle/shooter system in determining their abilities to make a hit.
Good post and information. It makes me wish I would have continued my education in engineering!
