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<blockquote data-quote="KurtM" data-source="post: 4074247" data-attributes="member: 6064">&quot;I believe the metric stated from both individuals that the measure of a high-end vs just good enough was basically group size and not counting any other factors into what makes guns good, mediocre, or meh.&quot;Nothing could be farther from how I measure if a firearm is good or not. The statement I was responding to was &quot;I&#039;ll hang a target with anyone&quot;. Since this was the metric offered I thought I would respond in kind. First, I look for known quality parts, then I look at where they get the parts they don&#039;t make. Then, NO MATTER WHO BUILT IT, I go through the whole thing myself. I could fill tomes with the crap I have found &quot;bad&quot; on all &quot;tiers&quot;. I have had Colts that looked like a 10 year old assembled it. Armalites that wouldn&#039;t Arma nor Lite! Daniel Defense that wouldn&#039;t lock up because the extension was over torqued by 5 degrees. In general the lower end stuff has more problems, but ALL of them can have problems. Next, if it hasn&#039;t shot at least 1000 round trouble free, it isn&#039;t worth having around. Believe it or not, accuracy is not a huge deal with me, 2 MOA or less is just fine. I have won many a match with a 2moa rifle. Better is of course appreciated, and in most rifles I own it is substantially better, but the benchrest accuracy of a rifle has little to do with what one can do with it under &quot;field&quot; conditions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KurtM, post: 4074247, member: 6064"] "I believe the metric stated from both individuals that the measure of a high-end vs just good enough was basically group size and not counting any other factors into what makes guns good, mediocre, or meh." Nothing could be farther from how I measure if a firearm is good or not. The statement I was responding to was "I'll hang a target with anyone". Since this was the metric offered I thought I would respond in kind. First, I look for known quality parts, then I look at where they get the parts they don't make. Then, NO MATTER WHO BUILT IT, I go through the whole thing myself. I could fill tomes with the crap I have found "bad" on all "tiers". I have had Colts that looked like a 10 year old assembled it. Armalites that wouldn't Arma nor Lite! Daniel Defense that wouldn't lock up because the extension was over torqued by 5 degrees. In general the lower end stuff has more problems, but ALL of them can have problems. Next, if it hasn't shot at least 1000 round trouble free, it isn't worth having around. Believe it or not, accuracy is not a huge deal with me, 2 MOA or less is just fine. I have won many a match with a 2moa rifle. Better is of course appreciated, and in most rifles I own it is substantially better, but the benchrest accuracy of a rifle has little to do with what one can do with it under "field" conditions. [/QUOTE]

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