Ruger Scout Rifle Accuracy. What's the real story?

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I really want to find out how well these guns shoot. Most of what I read says that the gun is "good enough"... but what does that mean? I have read several posts here from people saying they are getting sub MOA at 100 yards... which I would hope from a $900 gun... So what's the real story?

Is the gun able to do MOA, or is it just good enough, and if so, what does that mean? What will it group at 100yards, 200 yards, 300 etc... with factory ammo, with hand loads. I really want to know.
 
All the Ruger bolt action rifles I've played with in the last 2 decades have shot very well, easily Moa with good ammo. No reason why the Scoit would be different
 
Coho said:
I am shooting zero'd in at 200 yards and off a stable table I am putting the shots within 2" groups.
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agreed. mine is 2'' high at 100 yards. put ten rounds into a 1.5 inch group at 100 and 3 rounds in a 2'' group at 200 yards. i use 180 grain remington factory. i know the gun shoots well. if i had a range gun holder thingy im sure it could be better but i shoot off my duffle bag off the bench.
 
1.5 inches @ 100y with 7x forward mounted scope using Federal blue box 150 grain ammo. I'm certain it's probably a 1 or 1.25 inch gun if I had a higher magnification scope and handloads.
 
1" 5 shots @100 yrds with 168gr. SMK & Varget. 1.25" 5 shots @100 yrds. with 150gr. Nosler AB & Varget @2800fps (hot, deer load). These have a large diameter short stout barrel on them. Shoot better than a lot of Rem 700's out there.
 
Red Herring said:
. . . I really want to find out how well these guns shoot. Most of what I read says that the gun is "good enough"... but what does that mean? . . .
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In a rifle that is intended to shoot live targets, only the first round out of the barrel matters, as where subsequent rounds might hit a paper target are not pertinent to the problem. If the first round always hits the intended point of impact, all's good. Besides which, if we examine the average 5, 10, or 20 shot group fired by a competent marksman, we see that roughly 80% of the rounds hit close to the point of aim or intended point of impact, while the remaining 20% patterns outwards from there, with the widest 2 holes being the measure of the group, and hence the measure of the rifle. While of great importance to a match rifle or even a varmint rifle, accuracy alone is a poor measure of a big game rifle.

That said, my observations agree with Gate's. The newer Ruger rifles I've had the opportunity to shoot and load for, shoot with any other production rifle in the same price range. The quality and consistency of the ammo is the biggest variable attributable to the mechanical accuracy of the rifle, given a competent trigger puller.
 
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