Acceptable accuracy in a rifle! What’s that mean??

[mdwest]

In my experience, I haven’t seen many vintage rifles that were low accuracy. Handloads or different factory ammo often turn a 4” group dullard into a 1” group rifle. I’m happy shooting any rifle that can produce 1.5” groups at a 100 yards considering almost all my hunting is inside of 250 yards.

Similar experiences here.

I’ve owned plenty of new as well as plenty of old rifles that didn’t shoot well with factory ammo…

Once I brewed up a decent hand load, it’s a rare rifle that can’t produce a decent group (assuming there’s nothing functionally wrong with the rifle like barrel shot out, chamber pitted, etc)…

Granted, all are not tack drivers…

But getting 1.5” groups out of most rifles isn’t a huge challenge… which for most hunters shooting at typical hunting distances, is plenty good enough…

Doesn’t matter if we are talking a $250 beat up old savage axis or Ruger American… or a $3500 brand new seekins precision.. almost everything can be made to shoot well enough for hunting…