ijimmy - The accubond is not a Remington bullet, Nosler I believe. I was shooting plain jane core-lokt and my dad was shooting the ultra core-lokt. The groups with the Remington core-lokt were just under 1/2" and the Federal Speer bullets were just a touch over 1/2". These were off the shelf loadsfrom of an out of the box gun sans the minor trigger adjustment that took all of 60 seconds. I want to get a box of Accubonds for my next range visit because of their accuracy reputation and downrange performance. That is the flattest shooting, best penetrating bullet I have seen for the 300WM. If I re-loaded I would make up a batch of max loads pushing 200 gr Accubonds. That would be good for about 3900+ ft/lbs at the muzzle and almost 2000 ft/lbs at 500 yds. I like to shoot one gun for everything and shoot it well. This load would take down everything from deer to moose to all but the biggest bears.

Another surprise is how tame the recoil is on this gun. I shot a full box withjust my t-shirt between the gun and my shoulder withno problem.The guncame with a medium weight 26" barrel, between a sporter and a varmint contour. The whole combo weighs 9 lbs which really makes it comfortable to shoot. Hey quiksilver, that would probably feel light to you. I love the varmint setup but it doesn't quite fit my style of hunting. I am waytoo busy to enjoy the winter varmint season here, unfortunately.

If anyone is looking for a low budget rig, I bet the new Stevens with a decent scope and some quailty mounts would keep the freezer full for decades to come. If I didn't have so many rifles already I would be all over that.