Buckhunter, I have a little .223 H&R that I just bought. I sighted in at 100 and moved it up 1 1/2 inches. I can shoot 5 shot groups under an inch from a bench at 100 yards. Better than 3" that you want.
-Ost

TxTechsan:
I looked at their website but it said that the 710 only came in the 3006 and the 270. Is the 243 a newer caliber they came out with for that model. thanks.
ryan

The singel 223 is a good price. Just something to remember. The barrels are interchangeable. So that one rifle can be many with a barrel change. Just thought I'd add. I bought my savage 223 scope an all for 350.00 and love it. Good luck with your choice <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

BlackLab's right. If you want a repeater, Savage makes a quility gun for a decent price.

check out the savage 110

pabuckhunter,yes, the M-16 uses the .223 or as we call it the 5.56mm NATO. As far as shooting it 400 yards, that is not a coyote sized target, and it has lost most of its energy by then. When shooting an enemy, we don't care if we make a clean kill or not, we just want them down. As far as the .243 being used on M1 tanks, nope. The .243 Win is an off-shoot of the .308 Win, which was a military cartridge used in the M1A1 and M14 rifles. The 243 has never been used by the U.S. military, at least on the books. I wish we would go to it instead of the 223.

I would agree with the majority of the guys. I use a ruger .223 (m77) With a good scope and a bi-pod I'm sighted in 2&quot; above bulls @ 100yds. and can smoke half inch groups @ 200yds. & have taken critters @ 300yds. with no problem. maybe it's the shells I'm using but I had little if any bullet drop at 300yds. It's a great gun and ammo is cheap, cheap, cheap!!!!!!
My buddie just bought a savage .243 bolt for a pretty reasonable price and it shoots nice and flat also. I don't know how he is at 200+ but I do know that he had 1/2&quot; groups at 100yds using a bench.
Now my brother uses a 25-06 with a tacticle scope (nice!). I think I might pick a scope up like it. I think he paid $140 for the scope but, it has a range finder built in and a bullet drop compensator that you dial in according to the distance. Pretty slick! It has diff. dial rings for a whole list of ammos depending on what you use.
Many, many choices!
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<font size=5>Don't buy a 710</font id=size5> i know 2 people that already have sold theirs. And my local gunshop owner has a couple used ones on his shelf. I looked at them when they came out, and I think Remington goofed on this one. There are much better rifles in the same price range. Savage, Win. Black Shadow, ect.....

Edited by - fight4yourguns on 02/10/2002 10:08:54

I would have to agree with .223 as a good choice of caliber. I have a remington model 788 in .223 that I just love.

Save the sport. Take a kid hunting twice and hook them for life!!!

buckhunter12,

If you're still in the market for a gun, check out the savage package guns at walmart. If you get lucky, like I did, you may be able to find &quot;last year's model&quot; on clearance for around $300. It's the exact same gun as &quot;this year's model&quot; except they knocked 60 bucks off to get it out of inventory.

Outside of the single shot guns, you'll be hard pressed to find a better deal than a Savage for an accurate new gun.

Check out www.savagearms.com for more info.

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