What’s the most accurate rifle you have ever owned?
Granted I’m not the lifelong purveyor of fine firearms like some of you. Until recently most of mine were good but not great as far as accuracy goes.
But, now I have 2 that are as accurate as anything else out there.
The Tikka T1x 22LR and….get ready for this bombshell….the FX Crown 22 pcp airgun. Both are so consistently on target, it doesn’t get interesting until 75 yards or more.
What about you folks? Got a tack driver in your former or present arsenal?
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I've got a pre-war Savage .22 that you could shoot the private parts off of a fly off at 50 yards.
I swear you almost don't even have to aim it. 😉
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Rem 700 22/250 with H.D. barrel and a Leupold VX II 1-4X19 scope.
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Mossberg 340BD 22 s--l--lr AC KRO GRUV barrel. Cheap won't win any beauty contest. Does not matter what you feed it. Use to like Eley for dessert. Will out shoot my Win 52D or Match 54 Anshultz any day of the week.--------------------Ray
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In the 22 caliber a Remington bone stock 541S, just lights totally out. Centerfire a stock Sako Forester in 243 caliber.
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My most accurate is a Remington 700ADL in 243. It belonged to my late uncle. Its never been out of the stock. Probably a rust bucket under the wood line. But right from the factory it puts 5 shots under a dime at 100yards. This is a 1970's vintage rifle. My other rifle is a Ruger 77 in 280rem its a tack drive. I won that a a NRA banquet long ago.
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Mr. Perfect: 30118743348763/comments/-1
The last time I even attempted it was with my Crosman 760. I'd just gotten done flame polishing the lands on the rifling inside the barrel, and was anxious to test it out.
Target was 756 yards with a 30 mph crosswind and I was shooting off hand under an open shelter. I yelled Hey 35 Whelen, hold my beer!. He took it and took a swill. Damn buzzard always backwashes.
Anyway, I put the first .177 pellet right on the bull, off center by less than 0.001".
"Damn! I missed it a bit," I said
"Looks like a good hit to me -burp- see if you can correct a bit with the next shot!" 35 Whelen yelled back.
It had started hailing by that point and the target was getting fuzzy.
I leveled the ol' iron sights at the target and donned my spectacles.
It was just starting to get a bit hazy.
I adjusted my aim for the wind and elevation drop, when I remembered I needed to pump the air chamber.
"Damnit!"
10 and exactly 1 half pumps later, I was back on target. Thankfully, by now I had the occasional lightning bolt to illuminate the target as it was gettin' on towards twilight.
"Hurry up!" 35 Whelen yelled, "We're outta beer in the cooler!"
I squeezed that trigger ever so slightly, cursing the damn creep of it, when it touched off the air sear and I watched the round sail off toward the x-ring.
"You missed it!" 35 yells out.
"The hell I did!" I said.
We then proceeded to make the trek to retrieve the target.
As we idled up to it, we both stood cockeyed there for a moment and soaking wet.
There it was: just the one hole, oblonged a bit -ever so slightly- to the left.
"Gonna have to correct the ol' sights, I guess" 35 Whelen said.
"I suppose so." I said.
Damn the luck of it.Mr. Perfect: 30118743348763/comments/-1
You have come to the right forum. I have been honing and tuning my Crosman 760 for many years now. I can get one hole with three bbs at 500 yards. It would be deadly on hogs out to 200 yards.
You'd have to switch to specially coated bbs though. I've been using a hexagonal boron nitride compound impregnated into tungsten over glass copper (it's a carbon fiber strengthened copper).
It's a fun gun/ammo combination to shoot. I highly recommend it for your hunt.6 -
In the late 1980's I bought myself a new Rem 40XB-BR HV in 222Rem, and put a Lewy 36XAO BR scope on it. The factory test target was about 0.4" c-t-c for five shots.......and I've managed to shoot a few groups less than 0.25" over the years........plus a few pds.🙂
As for rimfire........my Anschutz 54.18MS, with a Leupold 6.5-20XAO Target and barrel tuner, would be the most accurate.
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I have three. All customs on Remington actions. .220 swift on a 40 XB, a .243 on a tuned 700 action, and a 6 x 284 on a 40 XB action. Deadly accurate if someone can do their part.
Have some Winchester 52's and a Remington 40 XBR, never shot them enough to know their full potential. Side note, I have several bricks of that old federal blue and white box stuff that ought to be shot through them.
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I have several that shoot pretty darn good. One is an 03 Springfield that I had rebarreled in the early 80's to 257 Roberts. My most consistently accurate factory guns are a tie between a Weatherby Super Varmint in 22/250 and one of my Winchester Coyote's in 243. 22's are represented by several, like an Anschutz metallic silhouette rifle, Sako, Kimber, and even that 10/22 I built and previously posted the target from it's first trip to the range.
Other than a couple of guns that I have sentimental reasons for keeping, most of my modest collection is capable of shooting better than I can. Bob
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Savage / stevens 87A .22 rifle . I used it to shoot mistletoe out of trees and would shoot walnuts out of trees just for fun . Center fire is my Howa1500 synthetic stocked 308 . 1/2" to 3/4 groups with my handloads
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My most accurate is a Remington 700ADL in 243. It belonged to my late uncle. Its never been out of the stock. Probably a rust bucket under the wood line. But right from the factory it puts 5 shots under a dime at 100yards. This is a 1970's vintage rifle. My other rifle is a Ruger 77 in 280rem its a tack drive. I won that a a NRA banquet long ago.
A good 243 is one that I want but I’ve heard they’re barrel burners so I’ve opted for other rifles. Maybe someday….
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Remington model 600 that someone rebarreled with a 358 Winchester barrel for centerfire and a ruger 77/22 in 22.
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.243 is no more a barrel burner than most any other caliber.
What you do with it is what burns the barrel.
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700 Remington BDL varmint special 22-250. 53 gr. HP match with 38 grains H380. 7/16 inch MOA at 200 yards. Leupold fixed 10 power scope.
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.264 Win Mag on a winchester model 70. With worked up loads 3 shots touching each other at 400 yards.
Also a .225 on a winchester that blew up squirrels at 100 to 150 yards.
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Winchester Mod 52 made in 1933 for rimfire and T/C Contender in 7MM TCU for CF
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A Mossberg Patriot in .270 and a Ruger American Target in .22 Mag.
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The cheapest one that I have a Thompson Center Venture 30-06
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My coyote gun. Tikka T3 lite .223.
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Rifle: BAT action BR rifle in 6 PPC one hole at 200 yards
22: Hall action built rifle. Guy whom I brought it from won many matches with it and a distinguished shooter award.
Factory rifle: Rem 722 in 222,
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i have a K31 that will shoot with just about anything
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Had a marlin model 60 that was a great little .22
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Tie between a Steyr ProHunter,A Tikka T3,both 308 and a Savage 110 in 243 that cost $125.00 on sale after deer season in 1988.
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Bolt action Savage 110e in .243 Winchester. Bought it in the late 1980's, it had the ugliest birch stock imaginable, which I replaced with one from Boyd's. With my handloads it'll shoot sub MOA all day; it shoots better than I can hold. The rifle was just under $200.00 and I can't remember what I paid for that stock. Not much back then.
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Austrian Voere in 22LR. I hated to let that one go when I had my inventory reduction sale a couple of years ago. Currently is Zastava Mauser purchased a a complete receiver in the white 20+ years ago. Sent to E. R. Shaw in PA to be chambered in 25.06, 26" fluted barrel installed, and blued. Sent to TX to have a Richard's laminated stock glass bedded stock installed w/ a beautiful oiled finish. Finally, I installed a Leupold VX-3 scope. Now if I could just afford more ammo.
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My Tikka Tx-1 is very accurate by most standards, it loves ELEY tenx ammo, I have won a lot of factory matches with it. However my Turbo right bolt, left port benchrest rifle with a Shilen ratchet barrel in a Randy Owens stock, Jewell trigger, Harrell tuner and Nightforce 15X55 Competition scope can and does put many bullets into a group about the size of a 30 caliber hole at 50 yards time after time, match after match. It is reading the wind that determines where the bullet will land, not the rifle. Read the wind correctly and do well, miss the wind call and suffer greatly.
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Savage .22LR bolt action. Out of the box. Deadly accurate out to 100 yds, not at all fussy about ammunition,.
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Remington 700 CDL 257 Roberts is my most accurate, BDL 22-250 and 223.
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Bought a Savage 110 in .243 a couple years ago. Not fired too much but seems crazy accurate. I spent more time sanding down a .30 cal M die so I could reload. Die has been unavailable, for years AFAIK. I Like my Winny 69-A, it shoot tiny groups at 50 yds.
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All this talk about accurate rifles........and no pictures?????🙄
Come'on fellas......and gals.....
I'll start with a nice Sako single-shot L461 in 17-222.......that I put together some years ago. With a Leupold 6.5-20XAO Target scope.....and a 26" Pac-Nor 3 groove 9" twist barrel.......it will shoot 25VMax and 27gr Gold bullets at about 3900fps.
Later.....I installed a Canjar single-set trigger.
Pds hate it......😎
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