ORIGINAL: biscuit jake

Last summer I bought a 700 BDL in 223 Remington that I had hopes for, and Leupy 3x9 VXII. We had problems. It would barely chamber a round so they did some work on the extractor. It would still hang up 15% of the time, but if I backed the bolt out a bit and re-rammed it, it would at least chamber. I have tried different weights but the best I could do was 1 &1/4 inches at 100 with a 52 grainer. Soooo, had to decide whether to smith it or trade it. Kept the scope and I went for Sako Varminter with a heavy barrel. ($ouch) I just got back from some barrel break in, and I was so pleasantly surprised that it chambered and ejected so flawlessly. Anyway, this new one has a 1 in 8 twist so I hope to put some Federal Premium 69 grain matchkings downrange tommorrow. You know, 1 & 1/4 inch would do for yotes, but I like to pop cottontail heads at 200 yards. Must be my bad side.