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Old 05-11-2012, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by handejector View Post
Go back farther and read Townsend Whelen- "Mr. Rifleman".
Whelen said "Only accurate rifles are interesting."
He was going to have a pet rifle shortened, so he headed to the range with rifle, pet load ammo, and a rat tail file.
He fired a control group for baseline accuracy.
Then, he mutilated the bore on one side of the muzzle with the file.
No change in groups.
Then, he made more pronounced mutilations.
No change.
He went on to make it practically a blunderbuss with no appreciable change in groups.
Don't believe me. Read it. Read about Whelen. One of the first men to ever shoot the 1903......

YMMV.
I remember reading articles by Colonel Whelen in the old Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines. I have one of his books, “On Your Own In The Wilderness”. Now you’ve got me interested in “Mr. Rifleman”. I’m going to have to get the book.
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