[Bart B.]

Bud Helms, I've studied Varmint Al's pages over the years. Darned good information.

And I, too, was "taught" decades ago that stiff barrels are more accurate than flimsier ones. Then I started shooting high power rifle matches and learned a few things that fly in the face of benchrest beliefs. So I've come up with a mental list of "myths" about rifle shooting. Here's a list of a few of those myths:

Fluting a barrel makes it stiffer.

Full length sizing fired bottleneck cases never shoot as accurate as neck only sized ones.

Standard SAAMI dimension chambers never shoot as accurate as tight ones.

The most uniform powder charge weights shoot more accurate than less uniform ones.

Shot impact on the target always moves around as the barrel heats up.