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<blockquote data-quote="orkan" data-source="post: 2522920" data-attributes="member: 25377"><p>People can succinctly be divided into two categories in life. The first group are those that are always searching for more refinement, knowledge, experience, and performance. The second group are those that work twice as hard trying to convince themselves and everyone else that they don't need anything the first group wants. The more successful they are at convincing everyone else, the more content they can be with their own choices and laziness. They too look outside themselves for validation. It's just that they want validation for their lack of ambition.</p><p></p><p>[USER=32744]@startrek1761d[/USER] When you are asking in a public space a question like yours, you are dangerously close to slipping into the second group. Those in the first group don't ask for validation, because they know no one else can give it to them. No one here can be justified to answer a question like the one you're asking. It's a question based entirely on perception. There are those that happily go deer hunting with a rifle that will barely hold 5" at 100yds. Then there are those that won't go unless they can hit a soda can at 500yds every time the rifle is fired. Who is to say one is wrong and the other is not? Granted, your qualifier of 800yds on big game provides some context... and it could be argued that .5 to .6 MOA is adequate in perfect conditions. If conditions are not perfect, and you are not experienced shooting in field positions and field conditions, then it could also be argued that you want all the latitude for error in your shot as you can possibly get. Once you realize the difference between .2 MOA and .6 MOA in regard to your real world performance on a deer vital zone at 800yds, you'll be able to answer your own question quickly. Then if you shrink the target size and perform the exercise again, you'll see very plainly when .6 MOA stops working.</p><p></p><p>This is a topic that arises frequently, as I spend much of my day mentoring shooters. Nothing in life is meant to be treated with finality. Discovery is made by those trying to solve problems which everyone in "group two" have deemed unsolvable or not worth solving. They say things like "good enough" and "works for me" often.</p><p></p><p>I fall into group one. Always searching, always working, and always refusing to accept that there isn't some better way to solve the problem. Despite that, I too have to decide when I have something shooting to "my standard." Presently, that is sub-1/4 MOA for at least 75% of my shots fired, and sub-1/3 MOA for 100% of shots fired. Though no one else can define that standard for me, just like no one else can define it for you. The decision to not let anyone else define it is very important.</p><p></p><p>In short, if you're happy... be happy. If you aren't, <strong>search until you are and ignore group two.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>-----------</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/primalrights" target="_blank">Follow on Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights" target="_blank">Subscribe on YouTube</a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3txlBnp" target="_blank">Amazon Affiliate</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.primalrights.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orkan, post: 2522920, member: 25377"] People can succinctly be divided into two categories in life. The first group are those that are always searching for more refinement, knowledge, experience, and performance. The second group are those that work twice as hard trying to convince themselves and everyone else that they don't need anything the first group wants. The more successful they are at convincing everyone else, the more content they can be with their own choices and laziness. They too look outside themselves for validation. It's just that they want validation for their lack of ambition. [USER=32744]@startrek1761d[/USER] When you are asking in a public space a question like yours, you are dangerously close to slipping into the second group. Those in the first group don't ask for validation, because they know no one else can give it to them. No one here can be justified to answer a question like the one you're asking. It's a question based entirely on perception. There are those that happily go deer hunting with a rifle that will barely hold 5" at 100yds. Then there are those that won't go unless they can hit a soda can at 500yds every time the rifle is fired. Who is to say one is wrong and the other is not? Granted, your qualifier of 800yds on big game provides some context... and it could be argued that .5 to .6 MOA is adequate in perfect conditions. If conditions are not perfect, and you are not experienced shooting in field positions and field conditions, then it could also be argued that you want all the latitude for error in your shot as you can possibly get. Once you realize the difference between .2 MOA and .6 MOA in regard to your real world performance on a deer vital zone at 800yds, you'll be able to answer your own question quickly. Then if you shrink the target size and perform the exercise again, you'll see very plainly when .6 MOA stops working. This is a topic that arises frequently, as I spend much of my day mentoring shooters. Nothing in life is meant to be treated with finality. Discovery is made by those trying to solve problems which everyone in "group two" have deemed unsolvable or not worth solving. They say things like "good enough" and "works for me" often. I fall into group one. Always searching, always working, and always refusing to accept that there isn't some better way to solve the problem. Despite that, I too have to decide when I have something shooting to "my standard." Presently, that is sub-1/4 MOA for at least 75% of my shots fired, and sub-1/3 MOA for 100% of shots fired. Though no one else can define that standard for me, just like no one else can define it for you. The decision to not let anyone else define it is very important. In short, if you're happy... be happy. If you aren't, [B]search until you are and ignore group two.[/B] ----------- [URL='https://www.instagram.com/primalrights']Follow on Instagram[/URL] [URL='https://www.youtube.com/user/primalrights']Subscribe on YouTube[/URL] [URL='https://amzn.to/3txlBnp']Amazon Affiliate[/URL] [URL='http://www.primalrights.com'][IMG]http://primalrights.com/images/signatures/sig1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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