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<blockquote data-quote="victor" data-source="post: 79956" data-attributes="member: 3361"><p>.243Win Mountain Rifle Report</p><p></p><p>This little rifle is the most accurate rifle I have owned. Its kilt more deer than any of my other rifles. Mostly CA deer since that's a local tag for me and the deer are about the size of a Doberman Pincsher.</p><p></p><p>It has shot 1/4" groups when it was new. Now its starting to open up a little. It must have thousands of rounds thru it. I don't really keep track. This rifle has a thin littl 22" long barrel and weighs about 6.5lbs. Its killed Couse deer in AZ, Mule Deer in CA, and Antelope in WY. Since it is so light and compact it is my go to gun for any kind of rough country. For this reason the rifle has had a rough life. It has experienced the unpleasant reality of gravity on more than one occasion. Like the time that I decided to jump off a 30 foot embankment and sink my heels into the soft earth half way down and decelerate before I touched bottom. Do you guys know how dry CA is. Well the soft embankment turned out to be hard as cement and my heels simply bounced off and went flying out in thin air. I braced myself with my hands behind me and when I did, the butt stock of the rifle snapped like a twig when it made contact with the so called soft earth bank. </p><p>When I got home I epoxied it together and its killed lots more deer since then. Its been in a few other unfortunate accidents, but its managed to keep killin pretty regularly. </p><p></p><p>Lately though, it groups seem to be widening as shown by the pics below.</p><p> [image]<a href="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317037&amp;c=544&amp;z=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/img/317037.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/image] </p><p></p><p>Action and cracks</p><p> [image]<a href="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317041&amp;c=500&amp;z=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/img/317041.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/image] </p><p></p><p> Groups when New</p><p>[image]http://<a href="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317042&amp;c=500&amp;z=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/img/317042.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/image]</p><p></p><p> Starting to open up</p><p>[image]<a href="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317043&amp;c=500&amp;z=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/img/317043.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/image]</p><p></p><p> Opening more</p><p>[image]<a href="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317045&amp;c=500&amp;z=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.hunt101.com/img/317045.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>[/image]</p><p></p><p>All in all this is a fantastic little rifle. Remington does not chamber their mountain rifle in .243Win any more from what I can tell. That's too bad as this rifle looks very handsome in the wood stock and is great for packing in rugged country. </p><p>Since the barrel is starting to lose its accracy, I plan to re-barrel it soon. I have two other projects in front of this one. However, I think this little gun is deserving of a new stock. Anybody out there have a light weight composite stock that would fit a thin barreled short action Remington, please let me know if you would be interested in selling. I think some maintenance is in order.</p><p></p><p>End of Report.</p><p>Victor, out</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="victor, post: 79956, member: 3361"] .243Win Mountain Rifle Report This little rifle is the most accurate rifle I have owned. Its kilt more deer than any of my other rifles. Mostly CA deer since that's a local tag for me and the deer are about the size of a Doberman Pincsher. It has shot 1/4" groups when it was new. Now its starting to open up a little. It must have thousands of rounds thru it. I don't really keep track. This rifle has a thin littl 22" long barrel and weighs about 6.5lbs. Its killed Couse deer in AZ, Mule Deer in CA, and Antelope in WY. Since it is so light and compact it is my go to gun for any kind of rough country. For this reason the rifle has had a rough life. It has experienced the unpleasant reality of gravity on more than one occasion. Like the time that I decided to jump off a 30 foot embankment and sink my heels into the soft earth half way down and decelerate before I touched bottom. Do you guys know how dry CA is. Well the soft embankment turned out to be hard as cement and my heels simply bounced off and went flying out in thin air. I braced myself with my hands behind me and when I did, the butt stock of the rifle snapped like a twig when it made contact with the so called soft earth bank. When I got home I epoxied it together and its killed lots more deer since then. Its been in a few other unfortunate accidents, but its managed to keep killin pretty regularly. Lately though, it groups seem to be widening as shown by the pics below. [image][url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317037&c=544&z=1"][img]http://www.hunt101.com/img/317037.jpg[/img][/url][/image] Action and cracks [image][url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317041&c=500&z=1"][img]http://www.hunt101.com/img/317041.jpg[/img][/url][/image] Groups when New [image]http://[url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317042&c=500&z=1"][img]http://www.hunt101.com/img/317042.jpg[/img][/url][/image] Starting to open up [image][url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317043&c=500&z=1"][img]http://www.hunt101.com/img/317043.jpg[/img][/url][/image] Opening more [image][url="http://www.hunt101.com/?p=317045&c=500&z=1"][img]http://www.hunt101.com/img/317045.jpg[/img][/url][/image] All in all this is a fantastic little rifle. Remington does not chamber their mountain rifle in .243Win any more from what I can tell. That's too bad as this rifle looks very handsome in the wood stock and is great for packing in rugged country. Since the barrel is starting to lose its accracy, I plan to re-barrel it soon. I have two other projects in front of this one. However, I think this little gun is deserving of a new stock. Anybody out there have a light weight composite stock that would fit a thin barreled short action Remington, please let me know if you would be interested in selling. I think some maintenance is in order. End of Report. Victor, out [/QUOTE]
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