RE: Good Walkabout Varmint Rifle
I have a gun for just that occasion. I use a stevens 200 made by savage in .223. the stock is flimsy tupperware, but MAN does this thing shoot! They can easily group sub MOA stock. I'm doing that with 45gr Winny white box JHP ammo. 12 bucks for a box of 40! Of course, I payed 285 for the rifle and spent the rest on weaver mounts, burriz sig-zee rings, and a nikon monarch UCC 4-12x40AO. This thing does anything i need it to do and in a heartbeat!
if you don't like the thought of the stock, that's up to you. you could go weather warrior in a savage and take the synthetic home. little better stock.
Outperform that remington for half the price!