The 100 yd accuracy post leaves me with many questions.

1) What is a group?

There are posts of 3 shots groups that are awesome. How much do they mean? I shotseveral 3 shot 3" @ 100 groups withmy SCOPED1:66 CVA and Sabertooths, which lead me to believe it might be reasonably easy to shoot a 6 shot group on a 6" circle at that distance. Boy was I mistaken. I've come to the conclusion that a3 shot "group" only has weight if it is repeatable with consistency. Mine wasn't. A 5 shot group, now that is convincing. Someone knows how to calculate the odds, and suffice it to saymay not a little less than twice as difficult but possibly a lot more difficult, andyou would need to know the liklihood (consistency)of shooting the 3" 3 shot group to determine it.

2) What is consistency?

If a 3" 3 shot group is achievable, how often and in how many attemptsforit tofit your definition of consistent? To me, if it occurs 50% of the time, it is occasional, 2/3 repeatable and3/3 consistent.

3) What is a group worth when also "on target"?

If a gun can produce a 3 shot 3" group "consistently" at a given distance, that's, maybe,great. If the mean point of impact is 5" from point of aim, I'm not so sure. One can argue that it's simply a question of sight/scope adjustment to move that group on target. I don't witness that happening often. At least, I haven't seen many posts of before and after the process. I know in competition group sizemay be all that matters, but when there's an animal on the receiving end of the bullet, we should demand more than that from ourselves.

Anyhow, it was strange reading the "100 yard accurracy" with all its references to "groups", frequently, without reference to the number of shots in the group, the consistency of shooting that group, or the relative location of the "group" to a point of aim.

Seems there should be an established set of definitions.

If you had to establish a standard, what would you call a "shot group"?