This thread is in response to the multitude of rifle and varmint threads in which folks ask the following:
1) which rifle make…
2) which rifle model…
3) which caliber…
4) which projectile…
5) which etc, etc…
It also is in response to the tendency that most of us have, that being to suggest folks buy what we have. It’s simple enough, really, we buy rifles that we trust. We keep those rifles that are accurate enough. Because we do or don’t we trust them, it becomes the basis of our opinion.
The following picture shows the tests for handloads for 4 of my varmint rifles set-up as deployed. I didn’t try to determine a statistically significant difference between the four rifles’ accuracy, because the local varmint community already had a generated formula before I arrived to the farm: 1POA+1POI=M-F/DOA. Given their calculations of probable impact and survivability, they determined it frugal to hunker-down for the day. It didn’t matter which rifle I had on the bench, the varmints stayed clear to well over 500 yards.
Geno
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Here are the details:
Top Left: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Winchester M70 Stealth .308 Win
Bell & Carlson stock w/ alum bedding block
Factory trigger at 3.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 0 MOA picatinny rail
Nightforce 30 MM rings
Nightforce 3.5-15X56 Zero Stop scope
Winchester brass
Varget powder 47 Gr.
Speer 168 HP match
Winchester primer
Bottom Left: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Remington M700 Police .308 Win
Bell & Carlson Adjust Tactical stock w/ alum bedding block
Timney Tactical trigger at 4 ounce
Ken Farrell 20 MOA G-Force picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
Nightforce 12-42X56 scope
Winchester brass
Varget powder 47 Gr.
Speer 168 HP match
Winchester primer
Bottom right: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Remington M700 Varmint .223 Rem
HS Precision stock w/ Alum bedding block
Timney trigger at 1.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 20 MOA G-Force picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
Nightforce 5.5-22X56
Lapua brass
Varget powder 27 Gr.
Sierra 55 Gr Blitzking
Winchester primer
Top right: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Weatherby Vanguard Varmint Special .223 Rem
Factory stock
Timney trigger at 1.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 20 MOA picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
SWFA 10X scope
Lapua brass
Varget powder 27 Gr.
Sierra 55 Gr Blitzking
Winchester primer
For fun: 10-shot group @ 101 yards
Savage Mark II
Factory stock
Factory trigger
Leaupold 4X scope
Eley Sport Ammo 40 Gr.
1) which rifle make…
2) which rifle model…
3) which caliber…
4) which projectile…
5) which etc, etc…
It also is in response to the tendency that most of us have, that being to suggest folks buy what we have. It’s simple enough, really, we buy rifles that we trust. We keep those rifles that are accurate enough. Because we do or don’t we trust them, it becomes the basis of our opinion.
The following picture shows the tests for handloads for 4 of my varmint rifles set-up as deployed. I didn’t try to determine a statistically significant difference between the four rifles’ accuracy, because the local varmint community already had a generated formula before I arrived to the farm: 1POA+1POI=M-F/DOA. Given their calculations of probable impact and survivability, they determined it frugal to hunker-down for the day. It didn’t matter which rifle I had on the bench, the varmints stayed clear to well over 500 yards.
Geno
View attachment 498873
View attachment 498874
Here are the details:
Top Left: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Winchester M70 Stealth .308 Win
Bell & Carlson stock w/ alum bedding block
Factory trigger at 3.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 0 MOA picatinny rail
Nightforce 30 MM rings
Nightforce 3.5-15X56 Zero Stop scope
Winchester brass
Varget powder 47 Gr.
Speer 168 HP match
Winchester primer
Bottom Left: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Remington M700 Police .308 Win
Bell & Carlson Adjust Tactical stock w/ alum bedding block
Timney Tactical trigger at 4 ounce
Ken Farrell 20 MOA G-Force picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
Nightforce 12-42X56 scope
Winchester brass
Varget powder 47 Gr.
Speer 168 HP match
Winchester primer
Bottom right: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Remington M700 Varmint .223 Rem
HS Precision stock w/ Alum bedding block
Timney trigger at 1.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 20 MOA G-Force picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
Nightforce 5.5-22X56
Lapua brass
Varget powder 27 Gr.
Sierra 55 Gr Blitzking
Winchester primer
Top right: 3-shot group @ 300 yards
Weatherby Vanguard Varmint Special .223 Rem
Factory stock
Timney trigger at 1.5 pounds
Ken Farrell 20 MOA picatinny rail
Leupold 30 MM rings
SWFA 10X scope
Lapua brass
Varget powder 27 Gr.
Sierra 55 Gr Blitzking
Winchester primer
For fun: 10-shot group @ 101 yards
Savage Mark II
Factory stock
Factory trigger
Leaupold 4X scope
Eley Sport Ammo 40 Gr.