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What is your most accurate rifle? How long did it take to find your pet load? Is it your favorite rifle?

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I have an old Savage 23D in .22 Hornet. I worked on a pet load for over 3 years. It is my favorite rifle because, If I can see a golf ball I will send it again. I love seeing a golf ball about 75 to 120 yards out and then, SEND it!

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SAKO AI 6mm PPC

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Was working up a pet load a chore?

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XR100 20 VarTarg Enjoyed working up loads with a besst of .084 for 3. Too heavy for favourite bt dynamite on rabbits.

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simple, my Remington 700 VSC in .223 Rem.

i worked up a load or two based on book specs just to start and shot two really small groups...

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XR100 in 22-250, bone stock it shot in the .1s-.2s with several loads. Is it my favorite, nope, rarely shoot it. Pet load only took a few range trips, but it shoots damn near anything quite well. Toss up between the 52AMX or 55NBT pushed by 32.5g AA2015BR for pet loads in it.

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Here's mine - its an absolute hammer!!!! (It wears a S&B PMII 4-16x50)


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5 shots at 200 yds = Federal Gold Medal Match 168 grain

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My Blaser K95, in 270 Win. It will shoot .5" groups. That's honest groups, not "INTERNET" groups.

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Mcwhorter custom 6.5 x47 lapua. Shot a 3/8" group at 300 yards last week . Still shooting the first load I threw together. 139 scenar and 41.5 Grs of h4350 cci 450 primers

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22-250AI vanguard. 8 twist Douglas #3 chopped at 23". Mickey Coleman smithed. Just always works and never was very picky.

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Probably my Husqvarna 30/06..

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5 shots @ 100..

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This one's a close second though...

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5 shots @ 100...

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Precision Arms 300 WM, and 208 gn A-max's with Retumbo, second load I tried, the 208 edged out the Sierras.

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My 90 year old Savage 23D cost me 220 bucks with dies.

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Let's see...... hhmmmmm.... That would be my wifes M12 Savage 223..... no, MY savage M12 in 223.... NO WAIT... either of my CZ 550 vasrmits in 22 250...uh, no... my new 280 AI heck, I ain't just sure !! WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN ??

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My Rem 700 223 AI that Pac-Nor put together for me in 1997. My Ruger M77 250 AI runs a close second.


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My 243 Sako Forester will shoot 5 rounds inside a sloppy hole100 yards. Load development was easy. One trip to the range with 4 different loads. All just off the lands using 95 NBT. 5 rounds of max and 5 rounds a half a grain less and so on. Stumbled into perfection a half a grain less than max. No pressure signs. Done.

To be honest the guys in the reloading forum saved me a ton of time pointing towards the right powder. H4350.

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My 260 Rem will average well under 1/2 MOA for 10-shot groups. But did I mention it's my 17 pound F Classer? smile

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Triple Deuce. Shot a couple groups in the mid .2's, but now she needs a new tube.


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Some good rigs in this thread!

This one is my most accurate rifle, although it shoots best beyond 100yds. Minute of Skoal can groups are fairly doable at 400yds. Pac-Nor 1-8" twist 223AI with moly 75gr VLD and RL15 in the lands at 3,050fps.

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This old Varmint Special 223 of my father's has always been super easy to shoot well. I bedded it in a VLS handle a few years ago. Many groups in the .2's and .3's at 100. I've shot some good groups at 400yds when the wind lays down (see that last cluster of three below). Not bad for an old factory barrel. The load is moly 50gr V-Max in the lands with RL10x at 3,400-ish.

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