2 1/2 inch six shot group 100m (110yards)

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16 August 2012, 16:31

Norsk

2 1/2 inch six shot group 100m (110yards)

Gun: Krieghoff B5 Classic 500/416NE. 410 gr woodleighs at around 2400 fps.

I am shooting these groups (from sitting position, no sling or rest) and am wondering if this is normal accuracy for a double rifle? My expectations were groups twice the size of what my gun is printing.I am not shooting any better with my boltgun in .338WM. And I am not a great shot so I am probably accounting for a lot of the spread.

16 August 2012, 17:04

Rusty

Sitting, no rest? Heck I'd call that great shooting. I'd call that MOB Minute of Buffalo!

Better gauge of accuracy would be with your hand resting on bags or sticks (Standing).

Tell ya the truth, I just go book a hunt!

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16 August 2012, 18:13

Norsk

So much for the naysayers here in Norway saying doubles are inaccurate. I just love my K-Gun. I'm gonna cry when I bang my rifle up, get rain and snow in the barrels and on the wood...Moose better wach out in a month

Planning cape buffalo hunting in a couple years. Have to save up money for that trip...

16 August 2012, 18:59

Todd Williams

Just goes to show what a few of us have been saying all along. A properly regulated double rifle isn't just a short range weapon.

16 August 2012, 21:48

Peter

DON"T take it moose hunting. You will get yourself killed. That damned cocking device will get you trampled! I have a scope on my K gun (same caliber) and it shoots close to that (from a rest) at 100 yards.
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17 August 2012, 00:50

Zephyr

quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
Just goes to show what a few of us have been saying all along. A properly regulated double rifle isn't just a short range weapon.

Those extra leaf sights marked 100, 200yrds are not there cause they look pretty next time your at your local club if they have a gong range put them to use you will be pleasentlty surprised at the results...

19 August 2012, 06:42

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by Zephyr:
quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
Just goes to show what a few of us have been saying all along. A properly regulated double rifle isn't just a short range weapon.

Those extra leaf sights marked 100, 200yrds are not there cause they look pretty next time your at your local club if they have a gong range put them to use you will be pleasentlty surprised at the results...

Amen! The flip-ups are not just decoration!

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19 August 2012, 07:00

mdstewart

Congratulations and great shooting from that kind of support. Like many others here, I truly believe once you have a properly regulated double rifle, and have the right loads for it, there's no reason why it cannot be effective out to 200 yards with a scope.

With my eyesight, I am limiting myself to 50 yards with iron sights.

I have a new to me Merkel .375 H&H, and at 100 yards through my Zeiss scope, I am getting 1" groups. That's good enough for me.

In fact, I am going coyote hunting with it tomorrow. I hope to be able to post a photo of a dead doggie on Monday.

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