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Re: Precision vs Accuracy smokepole #14825623 04/27/20
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 148 Duffelstan ofelas Campfire Member
ofelas Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 148 Duffelstan	Bughole groups are great. "A foot high & to the right" is just someone too lazy to check the mounts and/or adjust for elevation & azimuth. Originally Posted by smokepole "You can't have precision without accuracy. " Sure you can, and we've all seen it. A rifle that shoots bughole groups but nowhere near the point of aim, e.g., a foot high and to the right. That's the definition of precision without accuracy. Low speed, high drag

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Re: Precision vs Accuracy Bill Poole #14828121 04/27/20
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,412 Likes: 5 WA rain forest Clarkm Campfire Outfitter
Clarkm Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 10,412 Likes: 5 WA rain forest	Originally Posted by Bill Poole I hold a different definition that that in the photo shown by BSA1917 I work in elecrtical engineering where precision and accuracy can have a meaning that is similar, but not necessarily identical, to that photo shown.... Poole My wife and I were electrical engineers. She designed calibrators for Fluke. If I say anything about accuracy it is wrong. My eye doctor mixes up accuracy and precision when talking about eye pressure machines....I can feel smarter than her. There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps

Re: Precision vs Accuracy ofelas #14828391 04/28/20
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,197 Likes: 8 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana
smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,197 Likes: 8 Colorado	Originally Posted by ofelas Bughole groups are great. "A foot high & to the right" is just someone too lazy to check the mounts and/or adjust for elevation & azimuth. Or someone who just mounted a new scope on their rifle and is in the process of sighting it in. Can't remember the last time I adjusted azimuth. A wise man is frequently humbled.

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