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And they can definitely do better than the 2.5 moa or so that this one shoots.
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Just curious, what makes you so certain??
The rifle, the sights, the trigger, the shooter and the ammo used all play a part and even a 2.5MOA rifle will put big game in the freezer well enough.
You can glass bed the rifle and add shims in the barrel channel as pressure points and experiment to see what, if any difference it makes. Along with inspecting the barrel, rifling, crown, getting it slugged to check bore diameter, and working up tailored handloads, which may improve the accuracy. OR it may not. Remember, you're looking at an old service rifle, that somebody slapped a synthetic stock on, and it may not ever shoot significantly better.
Potential is there, but there's no guarantees.
Also, just curious, what ammo were you shooting?? Ammo isn't all equal.
There is an old story about a guy in the Philippines, who got a Steyr SSG (noted for being an accurate sniper rifle) but was disgusted with it, as he could only get 6-8" groups.
Until someone got him to stop shooting Philippine surplus ammo and try some commercial match quality stuff, and bingo, instant MOA performance....