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weather like wind and light conditions as well as the type rest and the capabilities of the shooter all enter into ityour 3/3 can not really apply
"Conditions" wouldn't have a lot of effect on 3/3 would they? Conditions would affect POI vs POA. Talking 3 shot groups without reference to consistency still leaves the potential for a large "luck" factor.
Weather it is a good group or not may depend on iron sights or not, the type of gun Hawken ,inline or kentucky rifle. I consider 3 inches a good group for my iron sighted Hawken with PRB,its awful for my Omega with one of the load that will shoot under 1.5 inches with 5 shots
Goodexample. You mentioned two "groups" without reference to distance, consistency and in one instance, number of shots. Let's assume you meant 100 yds. following my thread. Are the 3 inch Hawken groups 3 shot or 5? Howconsistently can you repeat either "group" with the repective gun? Without knowing those details it's information without much value.