Quote Originally Posted by John Kepler View Post
And like my Grandma used to say...."One swallow don't make it summer!". Statistically, too small a data field for a mathematically significant answer remains too small a data field regardless of how "new" you are to shooting it. You might have a 3 MOA rifle....you might have a 5 MOA rifle, but your posted target doesn't prove either! That was all I was saying.

Folks, this isn't a "mines bigger than yours" game. It's about a valid, hard-headed evaluation of what a given firearm/load combination is going to do each and every time you pull the trigger. Based on the science of statistical analysis, with the inherent number of variables in the system, the minimum data-field for a meaningful evaluation is around 50 shots, with 100 being better. This is one reason why if you ever watch a competition shooter, they are always writing in log-books plotting shots like an "Olde Tyme" accountant....a comp shooter may forget his lunch, but he'll never forget a pencil!

Oh...your somewhat limited experience with a highpower rifle is evident in your target....a horizontal string in an otherwise "tight" rifle is almost always a Novice Shooter moving around on the stock too much. Once you develop a rigidly repeatable "spot-weld" on the rifle, that particular defect should disappear (not to worry....you'll invent new defects...ask me how I know!)

"If you can't express it in numbers, it's an opinion, not a fact!" Dr. T.J. O'Keefe, PE
New to shooting, I am not... New to High Power shooting... I DEFINITELY am!!! I do know what you mean by "spot-weld" though. This is a relatively new skill for me. I still have much practice to do before I'm almost perfect...