I had a SS pro-hunter in .223 for varmint hunting and sold it this spring, only reason was that it was a pain in the *ss, (follow up shots) getting up to break it open to reload. But it shot well, under .4" My dad has a blued encore with a walnut stock in .308 win, he likes it alot. He bought a varmint contour 24" barrel and it groups under a 1" and is way shorter and is lighter than his bolt gun, even with the heavy barrel on it.