Originally Posted by
Bbj270
I read from outdoorlife don't remember which month but they did a review on the winchester low wall and it was not accurate for what the rifle was. They also stated that the Bmag they used was not that accurate either. The person I talked to had a savage and got ride of it because it shoot real bad compared to his savage 17 hmr. He had no feeding problem with the mag.
I assumed that this article would be one that you were referencing...
The "poor accuracy" of the 17WSM in the 1885 Low wall was this:
"Accuracy at 100 yards with the 25 grain bullet was a bit over an inch"... "Average 5-shot group at 100 yards with Winchester’s 25-grain load was 1.197 in.; the smallest group was .942 in."...
Pretty hard to complain about a ~1MOA RIMFIRE RIFLE, especially considering that the B-mag is still south of $400 for a stainless model.
They don't state how poorly the 20grn load shoots, but if they're complaining about 1MOA at 100yrds, I'll take it.
It is, however, one of the uglier rifles I've seen, even for a Savage. Right up there with a BLR in my book.