While we've probably all seen the guys at the range sighting in with less than perfect form and getting "close enough", there's the other side of the spectrum. The guy who spends all his time at the bench and makes statements like, "if it won't shoot 1/2 MOA I won't own it." But when he gets off the bench and has to shoot off his hind legs, is just as likely to shoot off a deer's hind leg with his "1/2 MOA" rifle. There's a significant number of guys out there who can shoot well off a bench but never learned how to shoot unsupported.

I'd rather see a guy with a 3-4 MOA rifle, using it within its limitations, who knows how to shoot in any position and can confidently make a shot from an unsupported position, then to see some guy with a bug hole rifle trying in vain to hit a buck that didn't play by the rules by waiting for him to get into a rested position.


Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.