I have a about a dozen bolt action scoped deer rifles, with all kinds of accuracy mods. We all want sub MOA 100 yd groups but they are often hard to achieve. What miffs me, is my stock 10/22 will shoot .625 10 shot groups at 50 yards for a fraction of what my customized deer rifles cost.
I see many more squirrels than deer also.
so your 10/22 is a 1.25 moa gun
if you only asked that much out of your deer rifle you could get there a lot easier
when you talk accurate deer rifles and go below 1.5 moa you start to get diminishing returns $$$ to 0.100"
the same thing happens when you say you want a Light rifle every ounce under 8 pounds with optic costs you more than the one before
while everyone wants a sub moa gun few can do much better than that shooting not from a bench with bags or a sled
there was a long range competitor who said quit chasing Sub moa find a gun that will do MOA and learn your wind calls a 1/4 moa on the gun won't matter if you miss a 3moa wind call
for most of us hunting 3moa is more than accurate enough to put meat on the table , heck I put a lot of meat on the table with a gun that won't even put slugs on the same dinner plate at 100 yards on a windy day. now it will put them touching at 50 yards the second one touching the first the 3rd touching the 2nd and the 4th touching the 3rd each one walking up the target about 3/4 of and inch which would make it a 5 round 8moa gun at 100 in the wind your lucky to get hit on a 2 liter bottle standing up