Another case for what you say. The rifle that I have killed the most game with over the years is a 308 rifle in the old Remington 788 LH. This rifle will not shoot better than 2-3 inches off the bench at 100 yards. It does however seldom miss the point of aim by more that1 1/2 inches. This rifle blew my mind for years. I couldn't believe that a rifle which always hit the kill zone for me would not shoot a decent group. I finally quit trying to shoot groups with this gun, now I just shoot animals with it.. I used a very unlikely scope on it however. The only scope it ever wore was a 10X Bushnell silhouette scope.