Joe Demko
Member
The piece, for me anyway, has excellent shootability. I've owned other rifles that were mechanically more accurate, but were not nearly as friendly and comfortable to shoot. What I can actually do with a rifle from real shooting positions is more important to me than teeny tiny groups fired from a bench with everything sandbagged in position. In terms of what the rifle is designed to do 1.5 inch to 2 inch groups are more than adequate. Shootability, and reliability are more important than sub 1-inch groups.
Maybe it's just my age showing, but I don't understand the modern obsession with sub-moa bench performance out of field rifles. Within the effective range of the 7.62 x 54mm light ball cartridge fired from a rifle at live targets, I don't believe there is any practical difference between a rifle that fires 1 inch groups from a bench and one that fires 1.5 inch groups, or even 2 inch groups. YMM, of course, V.
Maybe it's just my age showing, but I don't understand the modern obsession with sub-moa bench performance out of field rifles. Within the effective range of the 7.62 x 54mm light ball cartridge fired from a rifle at live targets, I don't believe there is any practical difference between a rifle that fires 1 inch groups from a bench and one that fires 1.5 inch groups, or even 2 inch groups. YMM, of course, V.