<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Jeff Thomas:
Let me ask a question about Ed's post.
Whether your SKS's are sighted in or not, how will that affect the grouping?
Where the group appears on the paper ... sure, that I get. But, assuming you / I do our part with the rifle, sight alignment and trigger control, ... the rifle will group according to it's capability, environmental conditions and ammo, right?
Thanks. Regards from AZ[/quote]
If a rifle is NOT sighted-in you are guessing at what you are aiming. If the rifle is sighted-in you know that at what you aim it will hit it true(depends on the shooter). So yes, a positive sighted rifle will get you a better grouping. As for your question. It would affect the groupings a great deal, if the rifle is sighted it will improve the groupings, and if the rifle aint sighted it will affect the groupings a great deal.
To answer your other question. Yes. Weather, condition of the rifle, ammo, and maintenance do play a very important part in groupings. But expensive ammo will not help your/mine accuracy and cheaply price ammo will not horrify our groupings. It is all up to the person who knows how to handle the rifle and knows the rifle personally. By personally I mean you know how it shoots in all weather conditions and with different ammo. I shot my rifles in snow, rain, windy days, hot days, and calm days. I know my rifles by heart. But if someone lends me their rifles, I do not know how it handles, reacts with different ammo, and groups. Until I spend days with the rifle.
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