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Palmetto-Pride · January 19, 2012, 06:59 PM

What makes a rifle accurate is the ability of the rifle to send the bullet exactly the way it did on the previous trigger pull. To me 1/2 MOA is pretty accurate and that's pretty much 5 shots touching each other. I also believe in 5 shot groups not 3 shot groups.

Ok I will go back to what helps make a rifle send bullets to the same hole with each shot. There are a lot of factors involved, but I will list a few a good barrel with a good crown cut into it, a rigid stock that allows the barrel to free float, a light clean crisp trigger helps keep you from pulling the shot, and match grade ammo are just a few.

January 19, 2012, 06:59 PM	#2
Palmetto-Pride Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,071	What makes a rifle accurate is the ability of the rifle to send the bullet exactly the way it did on the previous trigger pull. To me 1/2 MOA is pretty accurate and that's pretty much 5 shots touching each other. I also believe in 5 shot groups not 3 shot groups. Ok I will go back to what helps make a rifle send bullets to the same hole with each shot. There are a lot of factors involved, but I will list a few a good barrel with a good crown cut into it, a rigid stock that allows the barrel to free float, a light clean crisp trigger helps keep you from pulling the shot, and match grade ammo are just a few. __________________ “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” -Margaret Thatcher- Last edited by Palmetto-Pride; January 19, 2012 at 07:06 PM.