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I have been wanting to post something but I keep refraining till now. Grouse’s “way to go” comment tears it for me. “Pie plate” hunters are not doing their quarry justice. That is not what I consider to be an acceptable number of shots per year or group. A person should be burning a lot of ammo/year to be comfortable with their weapon. Not just a 2-4 shot sight in three weeks before October. I would say a MOA group is a minimum to declare weapon readiness for season.
If I can shoot sub-MOA groups with a factory Ruger #1 (factory trigger) in 45-70 I would expect sub-MOA groups from just about any rifle.
First of all, you must have exceptionally small pies around your house, Ruger. Compensated for the obvious scope errors, it looks to me like Sharon put 4 shots in a 3 inch circle. That’s a damn small pie plate.
You are making quite a number of assumptions with this post. All of which could be wrong and none of which are supported by the original post.
1. Where does Sharon say anything that supports your assumption that this is all she has or will shoot this year?
2. Where does she say that this is all she intends to shoot between now and deer season?
3. You also say that an MOA group is the a minimum. Great. Do you even know what MOA is? MOA has no meaning at all unless it is accompanied by the distance. 50? 100? 400? I’d love to see your MOA 400 yard 5 shot group with your Ruger 45-70, please post a picture. Even better, I’d like to see your MOA group at 400 with Sharon’s rifle. As you just said, if you can’t shoot MOA, you shouldn’t be out there. Or would you care to ammend that statement?
The key factor for every hunter is to know their capabilities and know their weapon. A “Pie Plate” hunter, as you so gently put it, is no worse than all these people proffering themselves as “long range hunters”, as is the current fad. Wheather this is acceptable or not depends entirely on the capability and disicipline of the individual, regardless of how many rounds they run down the barrel each year.
I shoot thousands of rounds of centerfire rifle and pistol each year. I hunt deer with a pistol and I know from my own experience that 150 yards is my limit. COULD I make a shot beyond this? Very likely. But that’s where I’m setting my personal limit.
Grouse
