Consider buying a used rifle.
On an almost daily basis I see members here mention rifles they couldn't get to shoot so they "sent them down the road"
(With no disparagement intended to you personally, Mr. Barnard)
I cannot vouch for the shooting ability of every member here, nor their effectiveness at systematically trying to get a rifle to shoot well.
Every rifle I own was purchased used. Other that ones bought solely as donors (which I avoided the temptation to shoot), they all shoot better than I do. But then I am not a self-proclaimed sniper.
