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<blockquote data-quote="RonS" data-source="post: 1072264" data-attributes="member: 68613"><p>By everybody's standard. That standard is out of the box MOA. I have not been able to get any Remington to shoot better than 1 MOA out of the box. Most are worse than that. I sent a Remington 700 back to the factory after replacing the stock, trigger, bedding the action, lapping the barrel and recrowning the barrel. It would shoot 3/4 to 1 MOA occasionally with some loads after 6 months of development of the rifle and the loads. Not good enough for F Class competition. They sent it back with a sample target and a note saying that they'd lapped the barrel (again). The sample target was 1.5 MOA. Within their spec. That rifle went down the road the day I got it back.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile I picked up a used Savage LRP in 6.5 Creedmoor. With factory ammo it shot 1/3 MOA. After a little load development I've got it down to 1/4 MOA. I was so impressed that I picked up another used Savage. A BVSS in 223 for mid-range F Class (300-600 yards). That rifle is shooting 1/2 MOA or less on a good day and I haven't finished load development. I've been so impressed with their accuracy that I then picked up a BA-110 in 338 Lapua. Again, another 1/2 MOA rifle. </p><p></p><p>Granted, you could drop 1500-2000 into a Remington (new stock, trued and bedded action, trigger replacement, custom barrel...) and it will shoot with the Savage but why? At half the price you can get that out of the box.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonS, post: 1072264, member: 68613"] By everybody's standard. That standard is out of the box MOA. I have not been able to get any Remington to shoot better than 1 MOA out of the box. Most are worse than that. I sent a Remington 700 back to the factory after replacing the stock, trigger, bedding the action, lapping the barrel and recrowning the barrel. It would shoot 3/4 to 1 MOA occasionally with some loads after 6 months of development of the rifle and the loads. Not good enough for F Class competition. They sent it back with a sample target and a note saying that they'd lapped the barrel (again). The sample target was 1.5 MOA. Within their spec. That rifle went down the road the day I got it back. Meanwhile I picked up a used Savage LRP in 6.5 Creedmoor. With factory ammo it shot 1/3 MOA. After a little load development I've got it down to 1/4 MOA. I was so impressed that I picked up another used Savage. A BVSS in 223 for mid-range F Class (300-600 yards). That rifle is shooting 1/2 MOA or less on a good day and I haven't finished load development. I've been so impressed with their accuracy that I then picked up a BA-110 in 338 Lapua. Again, another 1/2 MOA rifle. Granted, you could drop 1500-2000 into a Remington (new stock, trued and bedded action, trigger replacement, custom barrel...) and it will shoot with the Savage but why? At half the price you can get that out of the box. [/QUOTE]
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