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Speaking of a 12" zone, it's always been interesting to me watching the best long range competitors on this planet taking their first shot at a 1000 yard target. On the next day, after previously getting excellent zeros on their rifles for the ammo used the day before, they'll check the wind then make a well educated guess as to what correction's needed on the sight to compensate for it. Then they'll do everything they can to shoot the first shot get aimed dead center on target when the round fires. And it does much to their pleasure. 1.5 seconds later, the target gets pulled down in the pits for scoring.
10 seconds later, the target comes up. The spotter's just off the 10-ring at 1 o'clock; 7 inches away up and to the right from dead center. 1 inch outside that 12 inch zone. The shooter's estatic as the other 29 top ranked shooters on the line missed the target's dead center by a lot more than that and in all directions, too.
That's the typical situation on the 1000-yard line in long range matches. Fewer than 10% of the very best of them put their first shot within 6 inches of dead center. But they see where it went then adjust their sight to correct for it.
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