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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 512987" data-attributes="member: 9215">I&#039;m a firm believer that if everyone shot at least 20 shots per test group, the number of &quot;favorite loads&quot; for a given round would diminish by at least 80%. There&#039;s not a very high probability that a 5-shot group represents what all shots fired will produce; &nbsp;VERY true, unless that five shot group is LARGE! I have to laff at those who obviously got - maybe - a .3&quot; three or four or five shot group from their factory sporting rifle in a hunting caliber saying he can get .25&quot; all day! &nbsp;A group of twenty shots is reasonably relivant, but a tiny group of three or four or five shots is more likely a statistical fluke meaning nothing at all. Averaging a series of five shot group sizes also means nothing except in BR competition, only groups that include ALL of our hits has any real world significance!&nbsp;So far as &#039;favorite loads&#039; goes, I rarely even read those threads but it&#039;s always amusing when I do; some poor soul wants a short-cut and asks &quot;What&#039;s your favorite good shootin&#039; loads.&quot; If he gets thirty responses no two will be the same so he still hasn&#039;t a clue what may work in HIS rifle without experimentation and load work-up. I believe he would be better helped just by directing him to his loading manual and saying &quot;go for it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 512987, member: 9215"] [I]I'm a firm believer that if everyone shot at least 20 shots per test group, the number of "favorite loads" for a given round would diminish by at least 80%. There's [U]not a very high probability that a 5-shot group represents what all shots fired will produce[/U]; [/I] [I]VERY[/I] true, unless that five shot group is LARGE! I have to laff at those who obviously got - maybe - a .3" three or four or five shot group from their factory sporting rifle in a hunting caliber saying he can get .25" all day! A group of twenty shots is reasonably relivant, but a tiny group of three or four or five shots is more likely a statistical fluke meaning nothing at all. Averaging a series of five shot group sizes also means nothing except in BR competition, only groups that include ALL of our hits has any real world significance! So far as 'favorite loads' goes, I rarely even read those threads but it's always amusing when I do; some poor soul wants a short-cut and asks "What's your favorite good shootin' loads." If he gets thirty responses no two will be the same so he still hasn't a clue what may work in HIS rifle without experimentation and load work-up. I believe he would be better helped just by directing him to his loading manual and saying "go for it." [/QUOTE]

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