8 gauge

[ed good]

the advent of high quality, high power optics necessitated the need for ultra accurate rifle cartridges...such as the .222 Remington. when everything is just right, one can actually shoot five shots into one hole at 100 yards!

[Bill Murphy]

I'm not much of a rifle guy, so I have not had many one holers that stayed that way over a period of years. One is a pre Remington .22 Varminter on a #6 FN Mauser single shot action. Another is an early Ruger Model 77 in 7MM Remington Magnum. Varminter groups I have in my files are as small as .025 inches at 100 yards. The Ruger targets have been superimposed over each other since the seventies and the master 100 yard target is still just about an inch. The Redfield 4X scope has never been adjusted. I think I could get along with these two rifles and my M2 Springfield .22 Sporter that will also put them in under an inch if I use the Wolf Match Target ammunition that it likes.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by ed good

the advent of high quality, high power optics necessitated the need for ultra accurate rifle cartridges...such as the .222 Remington. when everything is just right, one can actually shoot five shots into one hole at 100 yards!

I've shot ALOT of targets from the bench and only twice have I shot groups less then a tenth of an inch (meaning the size of the group after subtracting the bullet diameter). And the second time I did it I was shooting a heavy barreled 222 REM . It was a factory rifle as a matter of fact although I had the trigger pull down to less then a pound .