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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2047956" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Here is my suggestion:</p><p></p><p>This is a Ruger M77 MKII, SA, .223, 9 twist, McGowen #4 barrel.</p><p></p><p>Not cheap but probably much less money than many rifles featured in this forum. It has a laminated (plywood) stock from Richards Micro Fit that I cut down fore & aft, Pachmayr light weight pad with no steel liner and epoxy bedded and finished with 8 coats of Minwax Poly Rub. Bolt lugs lapped in & receiver ring squared up.</p><p></p><p>The .223 is a real inexpensive round to shoot, easy to find brass, small powder charges, long barrel life, and a wide variety of bullets work in the 9 twist. We shoot 69's & 53 VMax's with all sorts of powders, CFE223, IMR8208, BenchMark, PPVarmint, RS TAC, & VV140. The rifle has a black rubber slip-on pad for when the big man uses it to shoot rodents with the 53 VMax's.</p><p></p><p>Wifey does not hunt and thinks there should be feeding stations for the animals and veterinary care (MediVet) to fix the sick & wounded. The little .223 is a terror on 300 to 500 yard steel with 69 grain Sierra MK's. She shot up this 300 yard 3 inch steel.</p><p>[ATTACH]232783[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232784[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2047956, member: 115658"] Here is my suggestion: This is a Ruger M77 MKII, SA, .223, 9 twist, McGowen #4 barrel. Not cheap but probably much less money than many rifles featured in this forum. It has a laminated (plywood) stock from Richards Micro Fit that I cut down fore & aft, Pachmayr light weight pad with no steel liner and epoxy bedded and finished with 8 coats of Minwax Poly Rub. Bolt lugs lapped in & receiver ring squared up. The .223 is a real inexpensive round to shoot, easy to find brass, small powder charges, long barrel life, and a wide variety of bullets work in the 9 twist. We shoot 69's & 53 VMax's with all sorts of powders, CFE223, IMR8208, BenchMark, PPVarmint, RS TAC, & VV140. The rifle has a black rubber slip-on pad for when the big man uses it to shoot rodents with the 53 VMax's. Wifey does not hunt and thinks there should be feeding stations for the animals and veterinary care (MediVet) to fix the sick & wounded. The little .223 is a terror on 300 to 500 yard steel with 69 grain Sierra MK's. She shot up this 300 yard 3 inch steel. [ATTACH alt="IMG_1351.JPG"]232783[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="IMG_1338 (1).JPG"]232784[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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