What Best Defines Accuracy?

This is the old question of precision vs accuracy. If your rifle shoots very small groups it is precise, but not necessarily accurate.
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My OCD kicks in and my eye twitches (the left eye, actually) when somebody posts a beautifully tight group, 3" from the bullseye and proclaim a rifle/shooter/ammo to be "very accurate." I keep saying to myself, "...but you missed the bullseye."
 
For me, accuracy is a revolver that can shoot 1 inch groups at 25 yards from a bench. I can do it all day long with my automatic but there are very few rounds that can equal that in my revolvers.
In my .38 I found a great combination of 186 grain cast lead round nose ( special dye made for me ) with a load of Unique that would shoot 1 inch from a rest. Not many other loads would go sub 2 inches at the same distance.
 
A .5" group a foot away from the target is less accurate than a 5" group centered on the target.
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That's not true even a little bit . During load development I'm often inches away from my POA and that has zero to do with the accuracy or the rounds . "I" determine the accuracy because only "I" know what I'm trying to accomplish .

FIRST 3 SHOTS FIRED FROM A NIB SAVAGE MODEL 10 after bore sighting . I guess that's not very accurate ?

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SAME GUN ABOUT 1500rds later , there was an issue with the action and yet it still shot 2 separate 1/2 moa groups in the same 10 shot string .

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There are caveats to everything and is why you the shooter get to say what is accurate and not the POI . It also points out how this is a troll question , it can be reasonably argued we are all correct depending on your perspective . The question was phrased in a way to never come to a conclusion so we all can go round and round about who is the smart one here .
 
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