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To: TChris
Any good, scientific studies/testing to show which models are most accurate? Can any rifle be made extremely accurate by a good gunsmith, or are there inherent design differences which affect accuracy?

Yes. But whether intrinsic accuracy that can be demonstrated in a machine rest will be translated into practical accuracy when YOU fire it from YOUR shoulder, using YOUR eyes through the rifle's sights takes such info from being a primary consideration to being of less value. Add in variables resulting from ammunition selection or field conditions, and the results go right out the window. But the trick is to get long-term accuracy for a rifle. Many military match competitors are quite happy to have a rifle capable of superb accuracy for the duration of a single match; more common is one tuned to hold it's limits for a single year's season of match shooting.

71 posted on 03/04/2006 8:16:21 AM PST by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)
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To: archy

Thanks for the heads-up on the rifle and all the good advice. :-)


72 posted on 03/06/2006 7:06:45 AM PST by TChris ("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
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