You know you asked about the 223, which by the way is my second favorite caliber but I bought my brother a 204 Remington BDL 700 for 397 dollar a few months ago. Well, I sighted it in. No breakin cause he said he didn't care much about that. And if he don't care, I don't.

And thats the best little shooting gun I have seen. I was getting .75MOA accuracy and its flatter than a 22-250 I noticed. I was 1.2" high at 100 and was hitting almost dead on at 200.

Only issue is feeding. The shells have to be in just right.