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17 March 2013, 05:59
thunderchild
how good is good?
i have two questions. shooting a .308

1. never having had any formal training i have nothing to compare my shooting to. in general, what is concidered a good group at 400 yards? 1 inch...10 inches???

2. how important is brass in shooting? i have lots of winchester and LC brass. does it make a lot of differance?

thanks guys.....
17 March 2013, 07:40
muck
that depends, on what the rifle and ammo are capable of. But in general any thing under 1 MOA is pretty good. that is about 4" group at 400 yds.
Unless you have a high end benchrest rifle with ammo to match. Then you had better be well under 1/2 MOA 2" at 400yds. and that would be for an average of 5 five shot groups.

The brass is as important as you make it. If you are shooting a stock factory rifle, brass of the same lot should do well. The more you do to form it to that one rifle will, to a point, yield better accuracy. The further you shoot the more the importance grows.

muck
17 March 2013, 09:00
thunderchild
thanks muck......that healps a bunch.