I bought this rifle off the fire a little over a year ago. It is destined to be my daughters deer rifle. I have played with several different loads and at best it is a 2 moa rifle and most of the time worse.
I bedded it, free floated it, added back a pressure point, changed scopes, remounted the bases, sanded down the mag box, tried 85 grain bullets, 95 grain, 100 grain, hand loads, factory it doesn't seem to mater. Bottom line it still sucks.
I'm trying to decide if I should cut my losses and send it down the road and buy something else or send it in for a surgical procedure? For the price of a new barrel I am sure I could get another rifle. I don't need it to shoot 1/2 inch groups but a consistent 1 MOA seems reasonable.
Keep in mind that whatever I do I will need to figure out a shorter stock for the little one. I am thinking about the Vanguard/Howa compact in 243 or possibly the Ruger compact.
Thoughts / opinions?
Thanks,
Andy
