If you shoot <.5" groups at 50, will you shoot <1" at 100 ?

[Dave Hoback]

Apparently he doesn’t know fuj’. He is trying to poke the bear, which is why I have that one IGNORED. But I see the response through your message.

[Whynot]

Very familiar with all of those things.... (gusts- swirling winds, updrafts, wind direction changes and more. We have a personal range that goes out to a little over a mile)- and the idea that those things would ever tighten up a group is crazy. Each of those things introduces variables- and variables kill groups. The longer the distance and time that a bullet is exposed to those variables the more it is impacted- as well as shooter error and bullet issues. Each of those things that you mention opens up grouping... not closes them. A bullet can not do a course correction because it has no idea of where its course should be.... it can be deflected by other forces- but the idea that's going to increase accuracy over 5 shots- nope.

Also- this discussion started with the statement that a certain rifle did this phenomenon all the time- and others have seen it repeatable as well-- so if that is the claim then getting lost in a discussion of conditions is mute, even though still interesting.