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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Weatherby Back Country in 6.5 RPM has been a great shooter. Also a Bergara B14 in 450 Bushmaster.
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1971 Rem 700 .17 Rem.
Bugholes then, bugholes now... Factory ammo
Never been bedded or had a trigger adjustment. 50+ years it's maybe been out of the stock 4 or 5 times, just to look it over...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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Tikka 695 7mag
Tikka T3 7-08
Tikka T3X 6.5CM
Sako S20 6.5 PRC
Ruger American 243
It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.
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I have a new Tikka 223 that is right up there with an old Rem 700 varmint in 222 I sadly sold.
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Tikka T3 Lite in 308
Ruger American in 308
A 1986 700 VSSF in 308
All shoot the same load of 165 Ballistic tips on top of Varget into a half inch or less groups.
Sold the Ruger to my gunsmith and gave the Tikka and VSSF to my son.
A 1979 Remington 700 in 7MM Express, 139 Hornady's and H4831SC into 1/2 inch or less
Your mind is your primary weapon. Never let it get rusty.
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A Win 70 in 270W, circa 1998, 1/2 out of the box with Hornady Spire Points, 140.
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Not sure I should post this.
Savage Axis II in 308 winchester.
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I can tell you which one isn't.
The Weatherby Ultra Lightweight in .300 Win Mag.
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Ruger American Predator 6.5 Creedmoor. Not the most esthetically satisfying rifle but it shoots!
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Ruger American Predator 6.5 Creedmoor. Not the most esthetically satisfying rifle but it shoots! Bargain accuracy for sure! Guy
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Bergara B14 in 6.5 CM. Was a .5” gun with multiple factory loads. Never could warm up to the cartridge so the gentleman who bought it got a tack driver.
Rem 700 SS Mountain Rifle in .308. Bought it used at Scheels at a ridiculously low price with the intent to sell it and the scope separately. Shot it for the heck of it before selling. It was accurate with the only round I tried. Scraped together a test lot of 8 different factory loads to get a better idea what I had. The largest group of the 8 was under 1.5”. Most were sub MOA. The best 3 loads were in the .4’s. The 3 most accurate were 150 TTSX, 165 AB and 178 Terminal Ascent so lots of versatility. These are only 3-shot groups, but still impressive from a pencil-barreled lightweight. I never really had a need/want for a .308 but now would have a hard time letting this one go. Kinda hard to warm up to a cartridge that will put several different factory loads into 1/2 " groups in a decent rifle. 1st world problems!
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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4 different Marlin X7 bolt guns:
.223
.270
.308
.30-06
Now that I think about it, no other NIB rifle I've ever fired, from any mfgr, shot anywhere near as well as any of these 4 have. Whether with Federal Blue Box or handloads, they were consistently excellent shooters.
Just my experience.
FC
Last edited by Folically_Challenged; 08/24/23.
"Every day is a holiday, and every meal is a banquet."
- Mrs. FC
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Accuracy is relative. I have rifles that shoot 1" groups all day long that will consistently shoot to point of aim better than some rifles that shoot 1/2 moa but tend to migrate or produce the occasional flier. I will say this, budget accuracy doesn't impress me. It's too inconsistent.
I like the consistency of Tikka rifles
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Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Accuracy is relative. I have rifles that shoot 1" groups all day long that will consistently shoot to point of aim better than some rifles that shoot 1/2 moa but tend to migrate or produce the occasional flier. I will say this, budget accuracy doesn't impress me. It's too inconsistent.
I like the consistency of Tikka rifles Same scope in both situations?
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Tikka HB in .222. In a hunting rifle, new model Winchester Super Grade in .300WSM
Jim
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Remington VSSF 22-250. Shot in local varmint match. 39.5 grains H380 over a Barts 52 gn bullet. 50-5X on a 100 yard NBRSA hunter rifle target
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Sako 85 260
Tikka T3X Lite 6.5 Creed
Tikka T3X Lite 270
Tikka T3X Lite 308
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Ruger M77R in .300 Win Mag bought new in 1975. Consistent 0.5 MOA shooter with several different loads, 0.375 MOA with a couple different loads with 190 to 200gr Sierra boattails.
Ruger M77 Mk II All Weather in .270 Win with the boat paddle stock. Freaky accurate (sub .5 MOA) with several different factory loads, including blue-box Federals, and handloads. One ragged hole groups with Hornady 150 gr SST's and H4350.
Just about same accuracy with a CZ 550 in .270 Win. Sold this one to Mule Deer.
First year of production (1963) Sako Finnbear L61R Magnum in .300 H&H Mag - shoots consistent 0.3 to 0.5 MOA with 180 gr Swift Scirocco II's and Mag Pro powder (at least with the lot numbers I have now). Can stay below 0.75 MOA with several other loads using bullets 180 gr and up.
A Browning BAR II Safari Grade in .30-06 (without BOSS) that would shoot sub-MOA with several different factory loads with 150 to 165 gr bullets, and a couple of those got below 0.75 MOA.
About a dozen and a half Browning A-Bolts in .270 Win that I sighted in for friends and customers back in the 80's and 90's. Almost every one of them was able to shoot sub-MOA with at least one commonly available factory load, and some shot better than that.
Bring enough gun and know how to use it.
Know that it is not the knowing, nor the talking, nor the reading man, but the doing man, that at last will be found the happiest man. - Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
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