Is humbling. I have a few 1/2-inch 5-shot groups fired at 100 yards from a heavy barrel .220 Swift and one that may be completely covered by the mouth of a .38 Special case. Wagner beat that at six times the distance!!!
I've got a number of decent 1/2-inch groupings at 100yds, too, as well as several 200yd 1in groupings. But I can't imagine what it'd take for me to do a 0.35" grouping at 600yds.
AccurateShooter (6mmBR) is a humbling site, to be sure. Lots of great info there, about all the various cartridges, rifles, loading formulas, techniques and stories about what it takes to shoot well. I'm rarely so silent as when I'm perusing just one little bit of all the stuff that's over there.
My personal best was with a Ruger 77 "sporter" with a regular barrel and meticulously put together hand loads using a Sierra 55 BTHP Match in 223. I was able to get 3/8 of an inch for a 5 shot group at a 100 yards.
However, that took me weeks of trial and error with my hand loads. I must have tried a hundred combinations with bullets, powders, weights, primers, and seating depths.
It was a lot of fun. But this guy Wagner is in a different class altogether.
But seriously, holy sub .06 MOA shooting, Batman! It seems unbelievable to me that even a variance in the way water vapor hits the bullet on that path wouldn't throw it off more.
I was shooting the .223 Weatherby at the range once under ideal weather conditions and got a group of ten that could be covered by a quarter; the wife of a friend was looking over my shoulder and asked how I could be sure all ten shots went through that ragged hole.:icon_neutral:
Third of an inch (dime-sized) group at 600yds for 5rds, eh?
I've done three-fourths of an inch 3-4rd groups, somewhat more than just occasionally, at 300yds. But, 600yds is rough (for me, at least). 1000yds, even worse. That pulse and breathing thing that occurs with most of us is a real booger at greater distances, something that no mere ultralight trigger's gonna fool. Ooof.
:yup: Impressive marksmanship. And, no doubt, on a sweet bolt-action.
I once built a gun in 300 WSM that shot at 3/8s of an inch at both 100 and 200 yards (it opened up a little beyond that) and I figured that was just buying the right parts fitting them well and a whole lot of luck. that kind of group at 600 yds is way beyond anything my skills could manage. Consider me humbled!
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