Lee

I believe you are far more demanding than I when it comes to a hunting rifle with hunting loads.

If I were target shooting - I would want to achieve that kind of accuracy and also develope a reduced load that would provide that kind of accuracy.

I would venture to say there are modern centerfire hunting rifles - shooting hunting bullets that might have a hard time staying within 1.5 @ 100.

All that said yes, I really want 1.5 @ 100 even from a ML, not to say i would throw a gun away if it were 2" or even 3" with a heavy projectile and load.

For the average shooter i do not know what might be best and I really do not consider myself much more than an average shooter.