Thread: Some reasons why it often goes bad.

Originally Posted by Tussock

What would you like to see?

This entire discussion is about precision, not accuracy. I have accurate rifle in the cupboard now, but none that are overly precise. I have a donor rifle for a build that should be both accurate and precise.

Am I expected to demonstrate I am a benchrest or F-class shooter?

This does not interest me. What interests me is hitting what I am aiming at. Does isolating all the variables help me with this?

I will state this very plainly. How do you get better at dealing with the variables shooting throws at you, by avoiding them?

Isolating variables requires me to make assumptions. I assume they don't matter. A hunter who shoots his groups and zeroes his rifle off a bench rest assumes that when he shoots if off his field rest, it behaves the same. This is an assumption, and assumption is the mother of all fuckups.

While everyone else is reducing variables, I am reducing assumptions.

So, shall I get my 7mm rem mag out, unbedded, barrel un-floated, its a Ruger and it has the thinnest whippyest barrel you ever saw? It also cost less than a set of mounts for a benchrest rifle.

Two words come to mind, money, mouth. How about a single hole in a paper plate you can choose the range.