If a gun has been floated, bedded, trigger work, etc., then I don' t believe a person should be satisfied unless that particular gun shoots MOA or less at 100 yds., especially when the shots at game have the chance of being long ones
I agree. Worst rifle I ever had was a Remington 700 BDLSSDM in 30.06. I took that rifle to the range and went thru the entire break in procedure. Next day I went back out with 5 different brands and weights of ammo. Gun wouldn' t shoot. Best group I got was 3 1/2" . I took it to a gunsmith and had them recrown the muzzle (it was a little out of round from the factory), polished the locking lugs, free floated the barrel, and adjusted the trigger to a light but crisp 2.5 lb. Got it back the following week and took it to the range again. This time, with 5 different brands of ammo and bullet weights, best group was 1 1/2" . I wasn' t happy. I' d spent a bunch of cash on that rifle, and another 300.00 bucks to get it to shoot, and it wasn' t doing it. I had a Browning .270 that out of the box would shoot 3/4" groups all day with the old Remington corelokt ammo. The Remington got pawned off on some unsuspecting dealer at the next gun show that came to town!!