Id be comfortable in the deer woods with a gun that will put the bullet within 1.5 of my POA. so 3 inch group. Ive got centerfires remington 700s .223 & 7mag that will keep 3 in a 1 inch group Almost every time. When they dont Ive usually called a flyer" me jerking the trigger". before I check the target. My ML a X7 has given me 2 or 3 honest to god 1 inch groups. But usually it right under 2 inchs . Small groups dont mean as much to me unless my brothers shooting with me & we,re shooting for beers