Aguila Blanca
Staff
Shooting Times just sent me a link to their review of the Rossi R92, a clone of the Winchester Model 92 carbine. The test rifle for the review was chambered in .45 Colt.
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/rossi-r92-lever-action-repeater-rifle-review/461175
For factory-loaded ammunition, the reviewer got an average group size of 2.98 inches at 30 yards. His assessment was that, "Attention to these two details paid off, and while the R92 liked some loads better than others, overall the short rifle shot quite well with a variety of ammo."
3 inches at 30 yards is 10 inches at 100 yards, which my feeble brain thinks is a lot like 10 MOA. To me that's not my idea of "shoots quite well." I used to test a lot of 1911s; I shot at 25 yards for the simple reason that was the maximum distance at the indoor range where I shoot. I wasn't very happy with any 1911 that averaged 3 inches at 25 yards -- am I wrong in thinking that a rifle should do a lot better than 10 MOA?
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/rossi-r92-lever-action-repeater-rifle-review/461175
For factory-loaded ammunition, the reviewer got an average group size of 2.98 inches at 30 yards. His assessment was that, "Attention to these two details paid off, and while the R92 liked some loads better than others, overall the short rifle shot quite well with a variety of ammo."
3 inches at 30 yards is 10 inches at 100 yards, which my feeble brain thinks is a lot like 10 MOA. To me that's not my idea of "shoots quite well." I used to test a lot of 1911s; I shot at 25 yards for the simple reason that was the maximum distance at the indoor range where I shoot. I wasn't very happy with any 1911 that averaged 3 inches at 25 yards -- am I wrong in thinking that a rifle should do a lot better than 10 MOA?