When you're working up handloads or checking factory loads and want to know how they group over a large number of shots (20, 30 or 50 for example), leave your original target attached to the frame but put successive targets directly overtop.

I never fire more than 5 shots at one paper so I remove the second (overlaid) target but have a cumulative total by leaving the original in place. The bottom target will have all the holes.

After I'm done, I simply draw a box around the group and measure the distance between the widest two lines. This gives me an accurate indication of how the ammunition performed. If more people did this, you wouldn't hear those silly statements like, "My rifle groups in the.2s consistently." Oh brother.

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