No joke, last week I shot clover leaves @ 100 yards with my (out of the box) Remington 700 XCR in .30-06. Best part about it was that I was using $11.00 a box Remington Powershock ammo in 150 gr. No extra work was done except for breaking in the barrel using instructions from Remington. Trigger is at 4 lbs. from the factory.