Quiksilver,
Thanks for speaking out. I believe you with your Savage. I have two of them.
My most accurate rifle is my Bushmaster V-match, .223 Rem.,with a varmint barrel. With my pet handloads shooting a 50 grain Nosler Ballistic- tip, I can put 3 shots off of sandbags at 100 yds, into a hole small enough to cover with a dime. I can do this 4 out of 5 groups. I never use to believe in groups that small until I shot them myself. (That's when I thought you had to have a Remington because I thought name was everything.

) Now I know better.
Considering my Bushmaster, it's a thousand dollar rifle, so it SHOULD shoot these groups.[&:]
Happy shooting, Kev