Study on group size relating to hits or not

[SDHNTR]

I have a buddy pulling his hair out trying to get a rifle to shoot more accurately when it’s already doing a pretty darn good job. He’s getting 10 shot groups of about 1.25 MOA and thinks he needs to cut that down to .5 in order to shoot longer range. I’ve been telling him he’s all wet.

I remember reading a study posted online somewhere that quantified the difference in making hits or not on rifles that grouped .5, 1.0, and 2.0 MOA, or something to that effect. The conclusion was there was no appreciable increase in hits with the more accurate rifle. I would like to show him that study. Can anybody dig it up?

 

[Fire_9]

Have him listen to the latest Form friday shoot to hunt episode. It's worth the 17 minutes

 

[SDHNTR]

Have him listen to the latest Form friday shoot to hunt episode. It's worth the 17 minutes

Thanks but not what I’m looking for.

 

[Fire_9]

Not sure I'd call it an official study but is this what you're looking for?

How Much Does Group Size Matter?

As long-range shooters, we tend to obsess over every little detail. We think everything is important...

precisionrifleblog.com

 

[SDHNTR]

Not sure I'd call it an official study but is this what you're looking for?

How Much Does Group Size Matter?

As long-range shooters, we tend to obsess over every little detail. We think everything is important...

precisionrifleblog.com

That’s it. Thanks!

 

[robtattoo]

That’s it. Thanks!

Man, thank you for posting this thread.
I've been trying to find that for months!
Actually, for the exact same reason.

 

[wind gypsy]

Note that PRB article only compares folks who can read wind to 2.5 MPH. I'm guessing your buddy cant, thus increased precision would make an even smaller difference than the results of the study as illustrated in the recent S2H podcast.

 

[aschuler]

We discussed this a lot over the weekend here

Required precision video and using WEZ

I really enjoyed this video describing how to apply Litz's WEZ to hunting scenarios. The whole series (this is #4) is worth a listen. I haven't used WEZ but I've read Litz's books, the linked whitepapers and other materials. From that material my understanding is that there are four inputs...

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