Sure... but shooting a good tight group at 100 is not going to show up variation in velocity, which show up as significant changes in elevation.
The comment was prefaced by, "if you can shoot a tight group". By that i mean that the rifle, round and shooter can plug 5 shots into less than 1/2 a MOA. To do this your technique needs to be pretty consistent; the best rifle and ammo in the world wont do it on their own.
Not saying i don't make errors, just that on this occasion my POA, position, cheekweld, trigger and hand pressure were all pretty good. Much easier to do firing 5 rounds in a relaxed short period than it is waiting for targets to be pulled, shot marked, wind reassessed... etc.
As i said, i was not shooting for bull, i was purely shooting for group size, no matter where it landed on the target. This is much much easier than trying to land as many shots near the X as possible over a 12 shot string with in 15 minutes.
By the way. This load was tested at 100yd and put 3 consecutive shots into roughly 0.3", with one click scope adjustment after the first shot (the lower one) to put the group closer to bull/POA.
- Zeroing the load. Shot 1, high, Shot 2&3, left and low, shot 4 one click too far right, shot 5 low and dead on, shot 6&7 dead on, or close enough.
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- Here's a 5 shot group from 223rem at 100m.
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Now, not saying i can shoot like this all the time or that i am any good a picking wind. Also not saying there was not shooter error showing up in the 500yd group, just that you can load some decent ammo with basic gear and that if you can shoot a tight group at 100yd/m, then it not really much harder to do the same at 500; IF the wind plays nicely with you.