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Ruger M77 boat paddle 308. Just a horror in every way. I gave it to a buddy who wanted it. He loves it.
It groups like #7s regardless of feed.
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H&R survivor in 223. Tried various ammo and Target looked like I shot with a shot gun. Tried it with a different scope and same results. Then I tried The 62 grain and it key holed.
That was before I knew about twist and stuff... I still don’t know what twist it had
Never got rid of a gun so fast
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All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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Savage 99C .308 Win. Action ran about as smoothly as a set of tank tracks. Shot 2.5-3.5 MOA on a GOOD day. Kicked like Festus' mule, Ruth. Traded it on a Model 70 Lightweight Carbine in .308 Win.
Remington 700 ADL matte/synthetic .270 Win. Accurate enough with plain old Green Box. But, a bolt throw that felt like you just pulled it outta a sand dune. The blind mag was also a PITD. I won the gun at an NWTF banquet. So I had $20 in it. I got more than that out of it.
Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.
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I just looked at the list of the 160 some odd firearms I've owned through the years and decided on one that I bought almost a year ago. It was a Rossi 92 in 357 magnum and it shot all magnum loads too high even with the rear sight all the way down. It shot 38's to the point of aim buy it wouldn't feed those. I have that gun too. I have had it for years but haven't shot it much. You've got me curious now. Im gonna have to shoot it some.
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Had a “quote” gunsmith from another board who is from the east coast sell me a ex-mil. 700 with a heavy barrel and MCMillan stock that wouldn’t group under 1.25”, and when I pulled the stock I found the receiver was pitted so it was a trashed (unserviceable-able) receiver. What a sad Joke.
I didn’t pay a;out of money for it, but he was pushing me to buy it and it turned out he was a shister.
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I just looked at the list of the 160 some odd firearms I've owned through the years and decided on one that I bought almost a year ago. It was a Rossi 92 in 357 magnum and it shot all magnum loads too high even with the rear sight all the way down. It shot 38's to the point of aim buy it wouldn't feed those. Had one of those myself. Shot the 357's like you describe, however, it worked just fine for the 38's.
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From an accuracy standpoint, an early Mini 14 and marlin 1894 in 44 mag.
From functionality standpoint, I had a few. 1903a3 with an after market stock. An early M77 300 win mag. A 788 in 22-250
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A model 70 243 feather weight . Beautiful wood smooth action great trigger. It shot a pattern not a group.
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Ishapor Enfield in 7.62 nato, it might hit a sheet of plywood at 50 yards and recoil was terrible. Still have it but haven't figured out why.
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Twice in my life I bought “budget” rifles and I won’t do it again. I had a Ruger American 7-08 that wouldn’t let the bolt close unless you slammed it forward and down. Had a gunsmith look at it to make sure it was safe and he confirmed that it was, he said he could’ve made it better but I didn’t see the point in investing the money on a rifle of that grade.
The other was a Savage Axis without the Accutrigger. The trigger pull was dreadful and the only way I can describe working the action is “sticky”. Again, could’ve all been fixed but wasn’t worth it as I had several other guns.
Both of those would shoot decent groups and I know people who own both of those rifles and love them. Just not for me.
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Mine was a remington 700 in .260 that was the worst shooter I have ever owned . Factory or my loads . If I were to do it over , would have put a drop in Criterion barrel from NSS  Wish I had the savage lrp I traded .
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Twice in my life I bought “budget” rifles and I won’t do it again. I had a Ruger American 7-08 that wouldn’t let the bolt close unless you slammed it forward and down. Had a gunsmith look at it to make sure it was safe and he confirmed that it was, he said he could’ve made it better but I didn’t see the point in investing the money on a rifle of that grade.
The other was a Savage Axis without the Accutrigger. The trigger pull was dreadful and the only way I can describe working the action is “sticky”. Again, could’ve all been fixed but wasn’t worth it as I had several other guns.
Both of those would shoot decent groups and I know people who own both of those rifles and love them. Just not for me. I bought a Salvage Axis 223 without the accutrigger and the trigger was as bad as you described. Spent 5 or 6 bucks for a little kit for it on Ebay and it is fairly decent now. Its a decent truck gun!
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