This might sound stupid. I have been shooting a very long time and I am really not sure the proper way to measure a group. I am just not quite sure how to do it. Anybody out there that can give me the proper way? It would be greatly appreciated. I have some groups to measure that are really tight.
Your computer can do it for you very accurately. Do you have a scanner?
Read the info and consider the free version of ON TARGET v1.10. It will work with your scanner to make an image file of your targets and run measurements. Link:
I learned how to use it in less than 1 hour.You can change the scale and fill up the screen with a tiny group and the shot circles to ID the shots move to the size you do.
I always use a pair of calipers, measure the outside to outside of the two shots furthest apart, and subtract the bullet diameter. That should get you pretty accurate on the C-C measurement.
I do the same thing Ed does, just with a transparent ruler. Sometimes it's hard to tell which two are furthest apart just by eyeballing them, so I measure all the combinations that look like they are close to being furthest apart.
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"...really not sure the proper way to measure a group."
Do it any way you wish but the common definition of group size depends on where the centers of the two widest holes are, that avoids any measurement difference between bullets of different diameters. Ed tells how it's done in ocmpetition.
The legal measurement for matches is a good standard for matches. My opinion is that hunting firearms are better evaluated for hunting with the measurement of ATC, or average of shot centers to the center of the group. This gives a clear picture of how far shots may vary from the point of aim for a firearm that is sighted in at a particular distance.
Measuring a group size
Posted - Jul 02 2012 : 21:56:27
