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<blockquote data-quote="Bigeclipse" data-source="post: 1018560" data-attributes="member: 52437"><p>Honestly the rifle is fine for what it is BUT I do wish it shot better. It is a remington 700 mountain SS model in 3006. It cost $1100 new and in my opinion does not shoot like an 1100$ rifle should shoot. With my hand loads, the best group I have achieved is ~1MOA. This was tested with 3 different bullets and 3 different powders. This is my carry hunting rifle and most often I am under 200 yards from what I will be shooting so 1MOA is perfectly fine, BUT we do have 1 field that is 500 yards. If I purposely sit on this field, I bring my 7mm rem mag savage that is shooting amazingly. If I am doing more stalking style hunting I will bring my remington. This year I was stalking and made my way towards that field. At the end of the field there was a doe. Had it been a nice buck I would have set up and taken a shot. Knowing my rifle is only shooting 1MOA that would mean a 5 inch group (at best) at 500 yards. That is a scary thought knowing I could wound the animal or miss an opportunity on a trophy buck with some added buck fever or wind miscalculation. This got me thinking maybe I should have a more accurate rifle for stalking, yes 99% of my shots do not nheed it but what if that once in a life time buck had been on the 500 yard field...I hate the idea of selling the rifle as I really do like it, I also installed a timney trigger on it which is so crisp and set at 2.5pounds. I figured id start saving up for a rebarrel job. Am I certain it is the barrel causing the issue...no I am not. I have checked action screw torque and that the barrel is free floating. The action is not bedded but it is in an aluminum bedding block. yes I know this is not as good as actual bedding withg epoxy but I do think it is the very thin barrel causing a barrel whipping affect on the shots. I would hate to pay 150+ dollars to bed the rifle only to not have it be anymore accurate, and then decide I need to rebarrel it AND have it REBEDDED with the new barrel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigeclipse, post: 1018560, member: 52437"] Honestly the rifle is fine for what it is BUT I do wish it shot better. It is a remington 700 mountain SS model in 3006. It cost $1100 new and in my opinion does not shoot like an 1100$ rifle should shoot. With my hand loads, the best group I have achieved is ~1MOA. This was tested with 3 different bullets and 3 different powders. This is my carry hunting rifle and most often I am under 200 yards from what I will be shooting so 1MOA is perfectly fine, BUT we do have 1 field that is 500 yards. If I purposely sit on this field, I bring my 7mm rem mag savage that is shooting amazingly. If I am doing more stalking style hunting I will bring my remington. This year I was stalking and made my way towards that field. At the end of the field there was a doe. Had it been a nice buck I would have set up and taken a shot. Knowing my rifle is only shooting 1MOA that would mean a 5 inch group (at best) at 500 yards. That is a scary thought knowing I could wound the animal or miss an opportunity on a trophy buck with some added buck fever or wind miscalculation. This got me thinking maybe I should have a more accurate rifle for stalking, yes 99% of my shots do not nheed it but what if that once in a life time buck had been on the 500 yard field...I hate the idea of selling the rifle as I really do like it, I also installed a timney trigger on it which is so crisp and set at 2.5pounds. I figured id start saving up for a rebarrel job. Am I certain it is the barrel causing the issue...no I am not. I have checked action screw torque and that the barrel is free floating. The action is not bedded but it is in an aluminum bedding block. yes I know this is not as good as actual bedding withg epoxy but I do think it is the very thin barrel causing a barrel whipping affect on the shots. I would hate to pay 150+ dollars to bed the rifle only to not have it be anymore accurate, and then decide I need to rebarrel it AND have it REBEDDED with the new barrel. [/QUOTE]
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