My 22 shoots 1/2" groups at 50 yards/meters all day! Really? Prove it!

Nice, Toolman! Great to see some names being added to the 1/4" club. Would you mind PM'ing me some info about the smith that built that rifle? I've got some barrel work I need to get done, would appreciate the contact for a good smith.
 
Finally got my Vudoo out to the range today and it was relatively calm. Success, it’s an amazing rifle. Far, far better than me.

Rifle:
Vudoo V22 - Stainless 20" MTU-V contour barrel
Triggertek Diamond trigger set to break at 4.0 oz
MDT ESS chassis – bedded action​

Other equipment:
Sinclair F-class bipod
15-55*52 Nightforce Competition scope on 30MOA rail
Protektor rear bag
Polished and waxed Aluminum 1” diameter bag rider​

Range: Sherwood Park Fish & Game – 50m (actually ranged at 52m)

Groups (CTC) with Lapua Midas+
0.236"
0.237”
0.276”
0.259”
0.358”​
Avg: 0.273"
SD: 0.050"​


Measured target
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Largest group with digital caliper
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Set-up

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Finally got my Vudoo out to the range today and it was relatively calm. Success, it’s an amazing rifle. Far, far better than me.

Rifle:
Vudoo V22 - Stainless 20" MTU-V contour barrel
Triggertek Diamond trigger set to break at 4.0 oz
MDT ESS chassis – bedded action​

Other equipment:
Sinclair F-class bipod
15-55*52 Nightforce Competition scope on 30MOA rail
Protektor rear bag
Polished and waxed Aluminum 1” diameter bag rider​

Range: Sherwood Park Fish & Game – 50m (actually ranged at 52m)

Groups (CTC) with Lapua Midas+
0.236"
0.237”
0.276”
0.259”
0.358”​
Avg: 0.273"
SD: 0.050"​


Measured target
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Largest group with digital caliper
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Set-up

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Nice shooting jdac. I added you to the successful list.
 
Thanks everyone!

Yes, SD is the standard deviation for the group sizes. This is a really small data set (statistically a minimum of 30 5-shot groups would give a much better estimate), so lots of room for aberrations; but, if the SD is a good approximation of what it truly is, then we can take 2*SD and add and subtract from the group average to determine the upper and lower limit for a 95% confidence interval for group sizes I shoot with this rifle and ammo.

In this case (assuming the rifle, ammo, and me are consistent) I would expect 95% of my 5-shot groups to fall between 0.173" (avg - 2*SD) and 0.373" (avg + 2*SD). Looking at my groups, that last group at 0.358" had to be me getting sloppy and pulling (wind was dead calm by this point). I need to step up my game :)

Joe.
 
Thanks, stewbud and jdac, for the SD info. I thought that's what it was but wasn't sure since there were only five groups.

Ammo consistency is one of the main problems. It seems even in Midas + there are at least one flier in every box, enough to screw up an otherwise promising target.
 
Inspired by Eagleye i decided to give the challenge a try this morning. I normally only shoot dots unless I’m testing ammo but thanks to Dave’s great shooting I had a go.

2500x shot at 50 yards.

.179”
.145”
.156”
.168”
.153”

Average is .160”

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If you dont mind me asking, who put this rifle together?
 
I just picked up an older Anschutz 1416 with 22" barrel. This rifle was intended to be a hunting rifle for sniping look-out Sharptail grouse. In getting the Leupold VX-2 4-12X40mm AO zeroed with my standard hunting load, CCI Subsonic HP 40 grain, it became clear that this rifle/ammo combo was extremely accurate... I finished zeroing the scope at 50 meters and then put out a couple fresh targets and shot ten consecutive five shot groups... the two targets pictured below represent those targets. I will give this one another shot as I lost concentration on the final bull on both pages... I think it can do better, and I have 5K ammo from the same lot.

Groups;

Target One;

0.083"
0.142"
0.268"
0.179"
0.368"
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Average = 0.208"

Target Two;

0.157"
0.059"
0.269"
0.206"
0.323"
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Average = 0.203"
 

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Inspired by Eagleye i decided to give the challenge a try this morning. I normally only shoot dots unless I’m testing ammo but thanks to Dave’s great shooting I had a go.

2500x shot at 50 yards.

.179”
.145”
.156”
.168”
.153”

Average is .160”

Glad to be an inspiration, TM. That is very fine shooting, indeed. I have no doubt that you will improve on that target soon.

I have been working on a "better" target than my last one with the Suhl. Several would make the ¼" mark, but so far no better
target, lol. :)
 
I just picked up an older Anschutz 1416 with 22" barrel. This rifle was intended to be a hunting rifle for sniping look-out Sharptail grouse. In getting the Leupold VX-2 4-12X40mm AO zeroed with my standard hunting load, CCI Subsonic HP 40 grain, it became clear that this rifle/ammo combo was extremely accurate... I finished zeroing the scope at 50 meters and then put out a couple fresh targets and shot ten consecutive five shot groups... the two targets pictured below represent those targets. I will give this one another shot as I lost concentration on the final bull on both pages... I think it can do better, and I have 5K ammo from the same lot.

Groups;

Target One;

0.083"
0.142"
0.268"
0.179"
0.368"
-----------------------------
Average = 0.208"

Target Two;

0.157"
0.059"
0.269"
0.206"
0.323"
------------------------‐------
Average = 0.203"

Congrats on the successful attempt. You now hold the record for smallest group shot.
 
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Those are incredible results, hoytcanon -- and with relatively modest equipment and ammo. This may be the record here for an Anschutz sporter 64, perhaps any Anschutz.

The equipment/ammo was intended to be a hunting rig, I had no aspirations that it would shoot that well... I used 5 shot groups in zeroing the scope and shot many more extremely tight groups and while I did not measure them, they were surely in the one's... I shoot enough to know to get excited by a one holer... a lot of things have to come together for that to happen, many of those are out of our control. The shooting conditions yesterday were ideal, so that was an assist.
 
Got my 54.30 out this afternoon.

Anschutz 54.30 with a benchmark 3 groove barrel.
Scope is a Sightron S3 6-24
Ammo is Eley.

Groups are .200, .138, .160, .177, .257 with the average at .186”

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