Your testing does not have much to do with a hunting rifle!

If it's a target rifle requiring multiple shots of course we test them that way.

If your shooting was at 100 yards? Then the groups were ok for a hunting rifle.

I have found that the first shot from a hunting rifles cold barrel is most effective in getting game.

I fire one shot record it's impact and then fire another if wanted.

I try to hunt that rifle with the barrel in the tested condition.

Here is a target fired with my Kimber Montana 308! smile

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