Don’t feel bad… most shooters are the weak link. Machines are very repeatable. Especially precision-built ones.
Humans are bags of quivering organs, breathing and heartbeat variations, muscle twitches, brain anomalies, imperfect vision, and myriad other chemical and “biomechanical” glitches… while even a mid-priced production gun is remarkably repeatable. If you take out the human weak links.
I am betting that not 2 percent of shooters can out shoot an AI, TacOps or TRG. Not to mention quite a few other tier-one rifles.
Sirhr
Well stated.
Regarding what I put in bold: I bet it is far less than that even. You're talking true mechanical accuracy. Almost everything we do influences accuracy like you mentioned above, and most of that influence isn't positive.
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I've owned rifles that were 1/3 the cost of my current "nice" ones, yet they shot just as well on the range. However, at this point I WANT and can afford to put a few more dollars towards something that gives me more aesthetical pleasure to own and shoot.
That, and the delta between a mediocre and excellent example of a high-end rifle from a gunsmith or tier 1 factory is nearly non-existent. Those < $1,500 factory rigs have some pretty wide disparity in their examples from one day/month/year to the next.
If one wants an AI, like I did, and they can afford it... I think it is an excellent investment into fun (maybe not resale). If one thinks that they'll become a better marksman because they have a _____ - made rifle... I have bad news, and it involves a story about an Indian and an arrow.
