Most accurate Hunting rifle out of the box?
07-27-2010, 05:05 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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07-27-2010, 05:07 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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Originally Posted by bugsNbows
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That must be true cause I read it here. I just can't get past the fugliness of Savages. I believe I'll go with Sako here.
That must be true cause I read it here. I just can't get past the fugliness of Savages. I believe I'll go with Sako here.
07-27-2010, 05:22 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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I'd go with the T/C Icon. The main reasons are the 5R rifling and a scope base that's machined into the receiver, the interlok aluminum bedding system looks pretty good also. I've chambered and machined hundreds of sniper rifle barrels from blanks that were made by Boots Obermeyer, who is the inventor of canted land 5R rifling. I'm sure that T/C doesn't hand lap every barrels like Boots does, but the design is there. Also having the scope base machined into the receiver might not seem like a big deal, but it is one less thing to go wrong and by being machined you know that it's in line with the bore.
07-27-2010, 05:23 AM
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Typical Buck
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Savage just won the F-Class world championship shooting stock Savage target rifles. So if I had to make a bet I would pick a Savage. The new Long Range Hunter models in particular have recently had some posts that claimed they shot very accurately.
07-27-2010, 09:48 AM
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I'm getting ready to pick up a T/C Icon in 308 Win and can only hope it is as accurate as my Browning X-Bolt in 270 has been. So far I have teseted 3 different bullet weights and 4 different brands of ammo. The worst group was 1.25" and the best has been all 3 bullet holes touching.
07-27-2010, 11:44 AM
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One MOA for five shots. While that’s not spectacular, few other major gun companies (Cooper being the notable exception) provide accuracy guarantees for their hunting rifles. SAKO claims that “Each rifle must place five shots within one inch at 100 yards or it doesn’t ship.
One MOA for five shots. While that’s not spectacular, few other major gun companies (Cooper being the notable exception) provide accuracy guarantees for their hunting rifles. SAKO claims that “Each rifle must place five shots within one inch at 100 yards or it doesn’t ship.
07-27-2010, 12:08 PM
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One MOA for five shots. While that’s not spectacular, few other major gun companies (Cooper being the notable exception) provide accuracy guarantees for their hunting rifles. SAKO claims that “Each rifle must place five shots within one inch at 100 yards or it doesn’t ship.
One MOA for five shots. While that’s not spectacular, few other major gun companies (Cooper being the notable exception) provide accuracy guarantees for their hunting rifles. SAKO claims that “Each rifle must place five shots within one inch at 100 yards or it doesn’t ship.
07-27-2010, 12:34 PM
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