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AR15/10 Rifles
Who says only bolt guns are accurate?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ward Thurman" data-source="post: 1687270" data-attributes="member: 109209"><p>If what JE Custom says is true, then the simplest actions would be the single shot falling block designs like Ruger #1, Sharps or Winchester. However, nearly everyone in long range matches shoot a bolt gun. Why is that?</p><p>We have a factory, unmodified AR that has shot sub-MOA (.223) groups. Of course, my son was shooting (really good marksman) and conditions were right and hand loads. But the same gun in the same capable hands in the field during a blizzard, 150 yards on a whitetail buck ended in clear misses. That says that "paper accuracy" while very important, isn't everything.</p><p>In my pea-pickin' mind, long range competition shooting and hunting are two different things and while a guy may be able to consistently smack a target in a competition doesn't mean as much in the field. Just because you can hit a target at 1200 yards doesn't mean you should be taking 1200 yard shots at a game animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ward Thurman, post: 1687270, member: 109209"] If what JE Custom says is true, then the simplest actions would be the single shot falling block designs like Ruger #1, Sharps or Winchester. However, nearly everyone in long range matches shoot a bolt gun. Why is that? We have a factory, unmodified AR that has shot sub-MOA (.223) groups. Of course, my son was shooting (really good marksman) and conditions were right and hand loads. But the same gun in the same capable hands in the field during a blizzard, 150 yards on a whitetail buck ended in clear misses. That says that "paper accuracy" while very important, isn't everything. In my pea-pickin' mind, long range competition shooting and hunting are two different things and while a guy may be able to consistently smack a target in a competition doesn't mean as much in the field. Just because you can hit a target at 1200 yards doesn't mean you should be taking 1200 yard shots at a game animal. [/QUOTE]
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