ORIGINAL: atlasman
It's clear from your post that you didn't understand my point in the other thread.
A3" margin of error TO START is unacceptable to me on aLIVE moving target. Any movement of that live target or any yipping of the shot by the hunter can equal disaster very easily.
You are making it sound like a 3" margin of error means you know you are gonna hit within 3" of where you are aiming. If that is the case then great........but it's not. It's the BEST you can hope for when you are STARTING with a 3" margin of error.........your PERFECT shot will still miss by 3".........anything less then perfect and who knows??.....could be anything from a terrible wound to a complete miss.........maybe even a quick kill......too many variables for me.
A 3" miss as my WORST case scenerio???.........SURE........but as my BEST case scenerio??? Not a chance.
Not to defend your buddy..but he makesa valid case. I think you may be so intent on finding fault with his statement that you fail to see that this time he makes sense.
It wasn't stated that you shoot, at moving game..but at any point that game may move on it's own, with or without your consent.
A 3" miss from a given pin-head dot is probably fine if you had proper placement of the pin-head.However 3" miss from a 3" diameter dot is not very good! That could put you nearly 6" out!
Just like anything if you think failure, you will fail, aim- breath- squeeze knowing you'll hit that spot. That will keep you from taking that quick peek that most misses are the result of!