What is the most accurate bolt action rifle that YOU own??

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hi all,

just seeing what people are liking in their arsenal these days.

what is the most accurate bolt action that you own? assume shooting from a comfortable and stable bench type position or prone. what caliber is it? and what loads do you like? what kind of groups are you able to produce at what distances. is the rifle factory stock, custom built, tinkered with, etc? post pics if you have em.

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mine is a custom built rem 700 from accuracy systems in 300 win mag. i can usually get dimes at 100 IF i do my part correctly. i use federal hotcore speer 180 grain.

also my cheap savage axis (factory rifle - no improvements) in 22-250 is usually just barely beating sub moa with 5 shot groups. i use hornady 55 grain vmax.
 
My Benchrest rifle, followed by my Sako BOFORS steel heavy barrel in .222 Mag.
 
plain old savage 243, model 111 I believe. Shoots three shots touching at 100 with consistency. shoots as good as custom rifles I have. I think it has something to do with the cartridge. every 243 I have ever owned shoots 50% better than many other cartridges in the same rifles. I shoot sierra varminters in the 80-90 gr weight ranges ahead of 38-40 gr varget, just depending on the bullet. and barnes tsx 85 gr ahead of 43gr hybrid 100v
 
A stock CZ-527 American .223 with handloads.

One-hole groups at 100 yards, and dead coyotes as far as a .223 will kill them.

rc
 
220 Swift bull barrel is the most accurate at closer distances. Just gave my son the 308 bull 700. At 330 yds last week they put three rounds in a quarter sized group. Believe he missed his calling-lol. Have another Savage bull in 223 that puts 'em where you aim. Just do not like the smaller calibers and in the market for something bigger and just as good.
 
I have a Winchester 670 in .243 with a 4x Tasco scope. This was a budget, push-feed, model made in the mid sixties with a press checkered birch stock. It was inexpensive when I bought it at 15 to use for deer. I got older and figured I needed better than that old used budget gun, so I moved on to others and relegated the 670 to being my back-up gun.

Then I got a little older and started reading about this MOA stuff and started being more serious about shooting. I was happy with how my other rifles shot, but two years ago, I got the 670 out of the safe to take it for some more serious shooting to see what it would do on paper at 100 yards.

The first group had two impacts overlapping and the other a bit off. The second group was the best I've shot at that range. So, the first rifle I ever bought, for less than any other of my centerfires, is my most accurate. Go figure.
 
Armalite AR-50.

In normal gun category, Remington 700 LVSF in .17 Rem. Averages .67 MOA 5-shot groups @ 100 yards benched; Bests are well under .5 MOA.
 
Still would have to be my 22 CHeetah, when using sandbags, a solid bench, and using the trigger techniques from the Houston Warehouse it will shoot 1/4 inch at 100 yards on a still day. Not benchrest standards by any means but still pretty good for a skinny barrel varmint gun. As a happy bonus it is also the best looking rifle I own....

I will add this is with segregated brass, segregated bullets, single loading...everything done for the best possible accuracy. I rarely go to that much effort as I have found coyotes don't seem to mind if the bullet is a half inch or so off from where I aimed...

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Rem .308 5R rebedded with Badger Mag bottom metal , Jewell trigger, Badger mounts and rings and M1 Leupold 16x . With 155grain Sencar ammo loaded very carefully it will do 1/4 MOA at 200 yards if I pull the trigger correctly in 5 shot strings 10 minutes apart cooling time with the bolt open a little less time to cool. It does 1/2 MOA at 200 yards with 168 grain Federal Match .
 
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Many of my bolt action rifles are now getting old/warn down, and aren't quite what they use to be. BUT, i'd bet my 240 Wby. mag., 26" Ackley bbl., Rem. 700 action probably is the most accurate bolt gun i own.

I also have some bbls that haven't been shot enough to know just how good they are, but the above 240 has quite a few rounds through it, and it has always easily shot well under i MOA, with 1/2 MOA or better a common occurrence.

Back in the day, i won several bench rest "belted magnum" class matches with it.

DM
 
Right now I would say my Tikka T-3 in 30-06, I am amazed at how accurate it is, will know more after elk season in Colorado. The Tikka will do anything I ask it to do, and most likely much more. It is one of those rifles that provides a great value for the cost............
 
Right now is a Kimber 82g. I've sold my accurate centerfires for rimfires as I get far more opportunity to shoot them than I do the centerfires. Plus, there's no handloading to worry about so I don't have to spend all the extra time loading things up. Seems there might be a decent local range that goes out to 600 yards and if that's the case I'm going to be looking at a new toy before too long.
 
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Mine is a Remington Model 700 in .270 Win. It will shoot sub MOA for 3 shots for 5 it tends to shoot MOA. I thinks it because the barrel heats up??? Or maybe it's the shoot LOL!
 
My Remington 700 BDL 25 06, handloads of Nosler BT 100 gr prints dime size at 100 yds. Scoped.
Marlin xs 7 in 7mm 08, 1 moa at 100 yds with Winchester 139 gr BT Supreme . Scoped.
K 31 1955 dated . 1 1/4 inch grp at 100 yds with GP 11 surplus. Open sights.
 
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