“What’s that chambered in?” Lol, as the kids say.
When people ask me about the 30-06, I tell them, “With today’s bullets, it’s made the 300 H&H obsolete.”
I get a lot of nods and vacuous looks.
Best round ever.
Your loads seem consistent with the Hodgdon data, and you cleaned the barrel. Good starting places. Did your cleaning include a good de-coppering? Otherwise, you might have to start looking at the crown or the rifling.
If your main concern is bench accuracy, get the Bergara. If you're looking for a decently lightweight hunting rifle, get the Winchester. I'm not familiar with all the Bergara variants, but the ones I've picked up in the store were pretty hefty. Same for the Vanguard, at least the .243 Win...
If you make both work, basically you'll be faced with two mostly unusable systems. I understand the attraction of what you're after, but I think I would do something on the order of the Talley rear peep
https://www.talleymanufacturing.com/product/peep-site/
that fits on their bases, and then...
If you have a cleaning rod with a rotating handle and a bore brush, you can check it pretty quick (but you may know that already)
You should post a picture though.
I think my favorite statement in this thread is something on the order of people who use the word "shotty" sound like "mall ninjas."
We all have a lexicon; probably shouldn't worry about it too much.
(But I get it)
So, I have five Winchester M70's. This in no way makes me any type of expert, but I've used the heck out that action. As long as I fully retract the bolt on my rifles, they operate great.
Your conundrum is this, as I see it: you have one bullet type/ammo that just doesn't work. Sounds like...
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