Re: 1 MOA Out of the box
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: paw print</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have looked at a lot of scores from 100yard record shoots,The kind with witnesses and scoring, many of these events are found on this very board! I wish those that aren't really that good a shot would quit going to these events, it just packs it so full the really good 22lr-100yrd shooters don't even bother to go. I'd like to see an event where you had to qualify to participate, like maybe demonstate a consistent moa at 100, maybe three 10 shot strings with all being under one moa, that would be consistent, then the events would only have great shooters, it looks like many of these shoots don't even attrack one consistent moa shooter! Maybe some prize money would get these guys to show up.....I'm just saying.</div></div>
I don't really know what you are saying at this point... yes, group size is largely dependent on the number of shots in a group as well. The comps on this board were 30 shots and then went down to 25 shots. Sub-MOA at 5 shots is different from sub-MOA at 10 shots is very different from sub-MOA at 25 shots.
I have shot the SH comps a lot and the closest I've gotten to MOA for 25 shots is here:
That is probably an honest 1.25 MOA group... but 25 shots is not a common measure. The more common measures used in benchrest are 5 and 10 shot groups with the standard used here on the Hide being 5 5-shot groups.
Further, the OP was asking about 1 MOA, which probably means it is acceptable to be up to 1.1 MOA to 1.2 MOA. This is achievable without a really expensive setup (I think... I don't know how to do anything gun-related on the cheap).
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How very right your are, in fact to carry your though regarding groups and numbers out a little further: a one shot group is almost always really good, but not usually as good as a 2shot group, and usually not as good as a three shot group........etc,etc I hope you get my drift, I know I got yours.When you say that for you one moa includes 1.1moa and 1.2moa, how about 1.4moa? For me, and only me, one moa, means one moa, I'm not criticizing your belief that "1" can mean 1 to 1.2 (or more), as many scope, gun and ammo makers count on that. Thankfully some do not. My point is, in tactical matches (not postal matches), real life matches at 100 yards, one moa is usually found on the top scorer's targets, it is far from common. When dealing with NRA 22 prone matches, it is far more common, the type and cost of the equipment is far different, and really should not be compared, but I've beaten this horse to death, we can believe what we want, we can go to matches and look for ourselves, if someone wants to believe something, you can't confuse them with facts, they're right regardless. btw, rimfire is a type of priming, 22lr is a rimfire round, but a 17 is not a 22lr, seems to be a little confusion as to what we are talking about, I am talking about a 22lr, not all rimfires.