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I have owned both the T3 varmint and Lite version. They shoot extremely well. Mine had an affinity for 52 grain smks and H335 and when properly bagged would go into the .3s very consistently. Lots of handloads were .5s.

Factory loads were the variable. Some shot well, some poor. Poor could mean up to 1.5 moa. A good factory load usually was in the .7s


I sold my heavy barrel due to the fact that my T3 Lite was equally as accurate from a mechanical accuracy standpoint. The hard part was the fundamentals. You really have to have perfect form with such a lite rifle. Overall, it was a phenomenal rifle. Traded it to a campfire friend. It accounted for around 50 coyotes before that happened.