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Everything I buy is budgetUmmm, don't purchase a "budget hunting rifle" expecting fantastic accuracy?
Everything I buy is budget
I guess my question is, if you have any rifle that is capable of 1 MOA out of the box, how much are you will to spend to cut that in half, etc?Well I guess I'm confused by your OP then. If you are wondering how much to spend to get tighter groups with a budget rifle wouldn't it make more sense to spend a little more on the gun initially?
Target shooting is the purpose.Depends on what you are shooting at and how far. A 1 MOA rifle is conceivably a 600 yard deer rifle if its a TRUE 1 MOA rifle. A 1 MOA rifle is marginal for ground squirrels at 300 yards. Much smaller target. A 2 MOA rifle is easily effective on human size targets at 800 yards.
SO, you have to think about what the goal is and get to the point where your rifle is consistently able to achieve that with you being the only variable. For a big game rifle in field conditions, I can't reliably hit a vital area on a deer much past 400 yards under ideal conditions with my prefered rifles. I like lighter rifles with good handling characteristics vs long range guns for my style of hunting. I can achieve that with a rifle I can consistently shoot 2 MOA at 400 yards. If I get there, whats the point in dumping more money into the gun?
First off, whats your guys' definition of "moa" rifle? Honest question here.
Savage 12FV 308 for example.First off, whats your guys' definition of "moa" rifle? Honest question here.
That doesnt answer my question. How many shots?
First off, whats your guys' definition of "moa" rifle? Honest question here.
Bingo. I like that answer.Its almost a unicorn. 3 shots into an inch at 100, to me, is not a proven MOA gun at 100. If you shoot 10 groups of 3 and one group is .5, you dont have a .5 MOA rifle.
10 cold bore shots into 1 inch at 100 would convince me, but if that gun shoots a 2.1 inch group at 200, its not MOA at 200.
Bingo. I like that answer.