Thanks for the suggestions. I have had , and still have several Rem 700s. All of them have been fine shooters. This one does no better that 2.5 MOA with any of the factory loads I have tried. I bought it used or should I say stole it ($150). The previous owner did not take care of it. I found mud all in the barrel. Trigger felt like sand paper. My plans were to toy with it and try to get the groups a bit tighter.

I also have a 700 Mountain Rilfe LSS that I bought about a month ago. I have not had a chance to toy with it yet, I sure hope it's a shooter. That pencil thin barrel has me worried.

Maybe I'm just too picky. If a gun will not shoot 1 MOA I will not keep it ,or have it worked on until it does. I know a sub MOA is not required for big game hunting, but that's my standard. When I'm hunting, I don't want to look down at my gun and think to myself "Wow I settled for less".