I've started to get this rifle dialed in. I've adjusted the trigger, glass-bedded the fore-end, free-floated the fore-end, adjusted the screws, and bought cheap Caldwell bags to shoot off of. What I haven't done is spend much money on the setup. The rifle is a basic M77 MkII 6.5 Swedish, wood and blue steel. The scope is a cheap but effective new Weaver 4X K-4. The result is the most accurate rifle I've ever fired - much more accurate than I am capable of holding consistently.
I've attached a photo of two successive five-shot groups I shot Saturday 19 June 04 using 46 grains of RL-22 and 140 grain Hornady A-Max bullets. On paper, all of the A-Max groups I fired averaged 0.80 inches, but as you see, that raw number doesn't really tell the story; the groups should be much better than that. In the first group, four A-Max bullets went into 0.26 inches. In the second four A-Max bullets went into 0.31 inches - a called shot opened the group to the average for all of the groups. Though I haven't posted the pics, the groups (Hornady Interlocks) averaged 1.03 inches - probably adequate for a Virginia Whitetail...
It's hard to express how pleased I am with this setup. I will replace the cheap 4X with a Leupold VX-III 2.5X-8X to see if I can shrink these groups down to a more reasonable 0.20 inches...
Jaywalker
I've attached a photo of two successive five-shot groups I shot Saturday 19 June 04 using 46 grains of RL-22 and 140 grain Hornady A-Max bullets. On paper, all of the A-Max groups I fired averaged 0.80 inches, but as you see, that raw number doesn't really tell the story; the groups should be much better than that. In the first group, four A-Max bullets went into 0.26 inches. In the second four A-Max bullets went into 0.31 inches - a called shot opened the group to the average for all of the groups. Though I haven't posted the pics, the groups (Hornady Interlocks) averaged 1.03 inches - probably adequate for a Virginia Whitetail...
It's hard to express how pleased I am with this setup. I will replace the cheap 4X with a Leupold VX-III 2.5X-8X to see if I can shrink these groups down to a more reasonable 0.20 inches...
Jaywalker
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