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The Basics, Starting Out
Want to buy a rifle in .243 caliber
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<blockquote data-quote="ShootnMathews" data-source="post: 986414" data-attributes="member: 59915"><p>I'm going to stray from the rest of the group here. I have a Marlin XS7 243. They are made very similar to the savages. Everything is stock on it. Hand loading Nosler 95 BT with a max load of Varget I get 3/8- 5/8" groups at 100 and 2 - 2.5" groups at 500 yards. And the rifle cost me a whopping $319 at my local gun store brand new. Only bad thing I can says out it, is the stock for end comes with two little pads the barrel rests on. On this 243 and a 7mm-08 that I have , both had to be freefloated on the fore end to group well. Take a little work with some sandpaper but they are accurate guns. The 243 is very tight chambered as well. Which saves brass life some. I have to cam over tight on my sizing die to bump the shoulder a few thousandths. </p><p></p><p>The 7-08 shoots 1" groups with factory superformance ammo. I do not load for it....yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShootnMathews, post: 986414, member: 59915"] I'm going to stray from the rest of the group here. I have a Marlin XS7 243. They are made very similar to the savages. Everything is stock on it. Hand loading Nosler 95 BT with a max load of Varget I get 3/8- 5/8" groups at 100 and 2 - 2.5" groups at 500 yards. And the rifle cost me a whopping $319 at my local gun store brand new. Only bad thing I can says out it, is the stock for end comes with two little pads the barrel rests on. On this 243 and a 7mm-08 that I have , both had to be freefloated on the fore end to group well. Take a little work with some sandpaper but they are accurate guns. The 243 is very tight chambered as well. Which saves brass life some. I have to cam over tight on my sizing die to bump the shoulder a few thousandths. The 7-08 shoots 1" groups with factory superformance ammo. I do not load for it....yet. [/QUOTE]
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