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RL22 42-43gr or IMR 4350 41-42gr depending on the length of barrel or let the rifle choose.

I carry a m70 with #7 Krieger 24" over 10lbs. Balanced great and shoots better. Would rather have a stout built rifle that shoots bug holes consistently than a light weight pencil barrel rifle any day.

Nosler 165 BT, Berger 168 VLD, and Speer 165 BTSP. Settled on RL 15 only.

Get a 70gr+ bullet in a 1-8 barrel, place your shots, and you will serve pork.

My Kimber likes the SWC 200 seated at 1.26 except for the short nose lswb's with the longer shank. They have to be 1.19.

Sako 10 twist loves 150 sp's but with RL 22.

I use Hornady 60gr SP over RL 15 in Icon with 1-12. Works great.

Have good luck with Hornady 60gr SP and RL-15.

The best rifles for your money would be he Tikka Varmint or the Thompson Icon. Both very accurate out of the box.

After shooting and loading a number of different calibers, I have found that a rifle that shoots good with a 22" barrel would have shot great with a 24-26 barrel. Of course we're not talking about the light weight pencil barreled rifles on the shelf today. If you can't carry a decent weight...

Sierra Pro Hunter, better accuracy than GK, better penetration than GK, same great price.

Only have experience with the Tikka Tactical but it looks close to the varmint model. I have a 24" barrel, threaded on the end, and it shoots lights out in 308, very well balanced.

Sounds like a classic poor seating of primers. If you used a hand primer, go back and use the press to finish them off. I think you will find the little added seating depth will solve your problem. Some rifles have no tolerance for raised primers.

A 13 year old would appreciate the 308 with the Remington Managed Recoil 125gr loads. Used them on hogs with great success to 200 yds. Would give your son hours of enjoyable trigger time and practice in preparation for full house loads. And enable him to get comfortable with a rifle that would...

A Sako with a scratched stock and worn barrel has a lot more going for it than a new Savage. There is a lot of reasons it could quit grouping other than the barrel, but even if it is the barrel you can build a first class rifle on that action. Of course there are a lot of shops that would love...

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Hope that writer doesn't write a check for the rifle, he won't get any service out of Savage. I guess if you get them cheap enough you can always hire a gunsmith but you'll loose your mind trying to talk to the robots at savage. The day after you buy, you're on your own. As I said, there's much...

Don't waste your money on a Savage. Stick with a company that stands behind their product. The 308 would be a good jump from 243 and a lot more enjoyable to shoot at the range. Get a decent used rifle, before they used plastic, and have it rebarreled. Your in business.

Don't forget the twist requirements are related to bullet length and not weight. Your all copper bullets and some long range pointed bullets are going to require a faster twist than the same weight standard jacketed bullet. On the other hand, sometimes you can get by with a slower twist if you...

First rifle, remington 700, 308, good scope. You can use reduced recoil loads for practice (very accurate) and still be prepared for most any game. I agree with the 243 in the hands of an experienced shooter, but not a first rifle.