Minute of Washtub

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Greetings all. I'm new, but not completely uneducated, to reloading. A recent and appreciated reply to a post referred to a "minute of washtub". I'd appreciate an explanation of this term.
 
I can appreciate a bit of humor as well as most. Having not seen the original post, I am betting this is in reference to a group spread out like buck shot rather than a tight cluster.

Most speak of groups in MOA (minute of angle), and minute of washtub, is a wider variance of this...:D

Sort of like not being able to hit the side of a barn from inside. :eek:
 
It was a reference to less than stellar accuracy, by way of a play on the term "minute of angle". In the original context, it meant something like, "two to three FOOT groups at short range."


We toss many similar terms around. A few examples of such:
'Minute of deer'
'Minute of rock'
'Minute of bad guy'
'Minute of pop can'
etc...
 
i had a old springfield trapdoor in 45-70 that was minute of barn from the inside and as a plus the bullets landed sideways. instead of a 457-458 bore it was like 475-476 and very smooth, down the road it went. eastbank.
 
Huge group.
Minute of angle = "all in a 1" circle"
Minute of washtub = "all in an oval 24"X 36"
but better than minute of barn door, or "minute of cow's butt, holding the tail with the other hand"!
:p
 
It, extremely poor accuracy, can happen to a well used but not well cared for rifle. My dad had a Marlin 30/30 with the micro groove barrel. He was terrible at gun care, and one day that old rifle went to 'minute of washtub' accuracy. We kept putting up bigger and bigger targets, trying to get something on paper. Finally did, but groups (if you can call them that) were random and about 2 feet in diameter at 75 yards. Rebarreled.
 
Would indicate a load that is not as accurate as a pie plate load but better than one that can't hit the broadside of a barn.
 
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