What constatutes an accuracy group ?
Was recently commenting in a discussion about whether to de-burr then inner flash hole in a brass case. It was my opinion that a three shot group was very sufficient. Another though that a minimum of 5 shots was required. It made me think of when I was growing up ( 77 now ) . Just me & my mother & money was tight. Hunting was about putting meat on the table , not trophy horns. I started hunting as soon as I was able to & have been doing so ever since. I'm sure others grew up the same way. My mother would give me five 22 shorts ( she keep the box hidden ) , send me out rabbit hunting. If I fired a shot I better bring a rabbit back & the other 4 rounds. 3 rounds if I got two rabbits. we did not buy 22 LR because they cost something like 15 cents more per box. .
Then at some point I finally was big game hunting. A Win lever action 30-30 turned up from some where. Of course open sights. A neighbor came over & fired it at a can some 50 or so yards away to check it's zero. . He hit the can turned toward me & said , yup it's on. I never fired that rifle at any thing but game from then on. I generally only had 2 or 3 rounds with me. Deer at first , then elk. A 200yd shot was unthinkable. You crawled & snuck up as close as possible, & only took for sure shots. One shot was the rule. So to this day that type of thinking has stayed with me. We have been taking big game for as long as I remember . Still mainly for the meat. Horns are secondary. I have for sure taken trophy elk & deer but that was because I had a tag for a buck or bull only. We take deer & elk each season. Extremely rare to take more than one shot. Not trying to do a sob story , but how your childhood influences your adult behavior.
