Walked down to my little shooting range in the blueberry fields today to shoot my Rem 700ADL, .223 Rem to check the zero. Weather was beautiful, but had a few wind gusts that caused me to hold off several times. The dirt road was still soft in places, so had to walk-in about a 10th of a mile.
Nonetheless, I fired a couple of pretty nice groups with some Sierra 55 grain bullets, the best one-3 shot slot measuring 0.2" between centers of the farthest. The other one, after the wind came up a bit, was 3-shot group in 0.65". Cases were new Starline and bullets Sierra 50 grain spitzers. Powder was a mild charge of Varget.
The rifle was bought new-in-box a couple of years ago at Marden's, a discount salvage company located across Maine, but the one visited was in Waterville, ME...only about 15 miles from my home. I pillar-bedded the receiver and free-floated the barrel. Not bad for a bargain rifle for about $260.
I'd recently been looking at after-market stocks, but don't think I'll bother spending more for a stock than I did for this rifle, which is only my third-best .223 bolt rifle.
Nonetheless, I fired a couple of pretty nice groups with some Sierra 55 grain bullets, the best one-3 shot slot measuring 0.2" between centers of the farthest. The other one, after the wind came up a bit, was 3-shot group in 0.65". Cases were new Starline and bullets Sierra 50 grain spitzers. Powder was a mild charge of Varget.
The rifle was bought new-in-box a couple of years ago at Marden's, a discount salvage company located across Maine, but the one visited was in Waterville, ME...only about 15 miles from my home. I pillar-bedded the receiver and free-floated the barrel. Not bad for a bargain rifle for about $260.
I'd recently been looking at after-market stocks, but don't think I'll bother spending more for a stock than I did for this rifle, which is only my third-best .223 bolt rifle.
Just pullin' your leg.