MSR vs SLR?

[redshooter]

redshooter: all you accomplished by bringing a rail gun into the discussion is show off a platform that's main performance advantage is removing inconsistencies in a shooter's shooting technique.

There's NO mechanical gain simply because it weighs 80lbs. Put a cheap barrel on it and shoot crappy ammo out of it and then come back and tell me if it still shoots 1/4 moa just because it still weighs 80lbs.

Shooting an 80lb rail gun and shooting a 7lb ar platform (or most firearms for that matter) is in no way comparable. The largest factor in accuracy deficiency is the shooter's inability to maintain consistency from shot to shot, something the rail gun does for you.

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Agreed, but what you didn't address is the rigidity of the actual firearm, and how it allows it to consistently shoot groups as small as these rifles do. The last tiny improvements are what I'm talking about, assuming the rifle is held exactly the same EVERY time. Let's say for arguments sake handloading will bring you from 3-4 moa to 1.5 moa, a good barrel 1.5 moa to 1/2 moa. At some point if you want more consistency, and my bringing up the Unlimited Benchrest Rifle, is you'll have to start making the action more ridged. What makes it "fact" is how this design is how you shoot groups smaller than 0.1". The only way as far as I can tell, so rigidity matters if what you're trying to do is shoot microscopic groups with boring regularity.

 

[PGW Steve]

Loosen the action screws slightly on a bolt gun and tell me how it shoots.