Yeah...I would call that the sweet spot too!

Yep, guud shootun! Aint it a PIA that always there seems to be one shot that misbehaves. One of Semi's rules I think.

If I had read these post 10 years ago it might have saved me thousands of dollars in rifles bullets and powder but maybe not. I have friends that say" if I can hit a softball at 100 yds Im happy". Well me too in a hunting sanareo but in order for me to do that I need a rifle that will hit a quarter at 100 yds. When hunting I use a rest in a tree stand or when hunting from the ground i use shooting sticks but it still not the same as across sand bags on a rock sollid bench. Inline muzzes I expect and get 1" groups at 100, if you want 2" groups at 200, shoot and test loads at 200. Dont expect a 1" group at 100 yds to automatically be 2" at two hundred. It just ainte allways so. With my 270 rifle i expect and get half inch or better groups shooting over sand bags or i sell the rifle. I have a rem targermaster 22lR that was reamed out two shoot 22 Mag. Over sand bags i can hit a roofing nail at 50 ydsand i have killed many squirrels out to about 65 yds. I guess IM not that good of shot under the hunting sanerio but we all can agree that the game we persue deserve the best shot we can possible shoot. Just two cents from a fawn.

Well I finally got a chance to shoot again; 7 pound trigger and all; and I finally got some sabots to shoot under an inch @ 100yds. Lee
Both the low right shots were pulled just a bit by the trigger pull.

Nice shooting Lemoyne.

Dead on,
I always try to shot from some type of solid rest while hunting. I have a shooting rest on my tree stand and carry shooting sticks when I am walking or sitting in a ground stand. I also practice as much as I can from the shooting sticks to know what my limitations are.

Last year I wanted to see what shooting from 200 yards was like. I was too lazy to lug the heavy shooting bench out to 200 yards so I shot from a Harris bi-pod that mounts to the front sling stud. I shot in a prone position.



I want to do some more testing this year from the shooting bench at 200 yards. Even this cheap Wolverine can be pretty accurate with the right stuff.

I have been shooting for 53 yrs and i guess i just expect too much from myself and my weapons but I'll keep trying to get those illusive one hole groups as long as I can see and pull a trigger. I just just picked up my 270 tikka t3 after getting it lapped and the first 7 shots over a one hour period where high and in a 3" group. I was sick but then the next three were almost touching. I guess after lapping it took seven shots to foul it.Hope to shoot it again tomorrow.

Some great groups pictured here.
I'm not that strict - and it ain't gonna happen with a .54 smoothbore fllint gun. I shoot mostly at fifty yards, standing up or sitting on the ground and, with a tightly patched RB and 90 grains of FFg, if I can cover the group with my hand, I'm satisfied. Haven't benched it yet. Maybe never.
Pete

Ok now i haven't shot rifle outside hunting situations in a long time.I do know that i expect my rifles to shoot way better than i can. That said i would expect any center fire rifle to shoot under 2 inches and would probably not be happy if it doesn't shoot closer to an inch/hundred . The whole point for me to shoot an inline over a flint lock/ percussian cap is accuracy. I would demand my inline to shoot under 2 inches at a hundred .My remington ml in 54 is the best muzzloader i have shot to date and shoots under 1.5 at a hundred and has won me dozens of turkeys at the fall turkey shoot and some money from a couple of gun know it all's at the range.Got to love outshooting a guy with a ml and he is shooting a centerfire.

They barred muzzleloaders from shooting in the rifle compitionat the range I belong to. Some of them center fire shooters with all their jackest and pads get mad when you beat them with a muzzleloader. They told me it was on a count of the smoke after I beat them the second time. Lee

sounds like they were choking on crow ... not the smoke.Had a lot of complaints when i first started shooting against slug hunters at the turkey shoot