Most accurate 223 rifle?

[stash]

Looking for a out of the box great accuracy .223 rifle
I have been looking at Savage model 12, CZ527 and Tikka T3. Any comments is welcomed.

I am partial to Stainless and wood, I know this narrows it down a little to Savage and CZ, but Tikka is still a contender.

$800.00 Tops

My style of shooting:
Target only, no hunting
100 yard max.
Scope to be used-Nikon 3x9x40 Buckmaster

 

[jhansman]

I can recommend the Howa 1500. I have the model with the thumbhole stock and stainless bull barrel, and it is consistently shooting sub-MOA at 100 yds. Mind you, this is with a load I've worked up myself; the only factory ammo it's seen is what I broke in the barrel with. Excellent rifle, about $700 or so if you can find one. It's heavy (about 10 lbs.) so it's definitely more suited to the range than the field.

 

[45crittergitter]

I can only speak for the Tikka, and it is outstanding.

 

[Harley Rider 55]

The Savage Model 12 with the accustock and 26" barrel is perfect right out of the box.

 

[twestbrook10]

After researching it extensively I went with the Tikka and it has exceeded my already high expectations

 

[Maverick223]

Just about any rifle will do well only 100yds., but I would still go with a Savage. I don't particularly care for any of their stocks, so I would concentrate on one with accutrigger, my desired length (I like a long bbl, but at 100yds. anything will work) in a heavy barrel/varmint contour, and accustock (plan to replace the recoil pad). Something like the Model 12FCV, would be about right.

 

[janobles14]

i have a CZ 527 in .223 and with the set trigger its about as accurate as a rifle can get with 55 grain projectiles under 26 gr of varget.

 

[Red Cent]

Howa 223 NIB
1500 Varminter Laminated thumbhole
Blue and nutmeg
Never fired, box and papers
$500.00 + shipping or Glock 34
e-mail if interested

 

[ifit]

i recommend taking a look at the cz527 varmint kevlar,
1. 24" hammer forged free floatting barrel chrome lined
2. 1:9 rate of twist
3. kevlar reinforced fiberglass stock
4. ss trigger
5. aluminum bedding block

for less than $800 bucks and accurate
my best 5 shot groups when i had the cz

 

[sta500rdr]

+1 to the Tikka T3. They are one of the few that will guarantee sub moa out of the box. I have the T3 lite in stainless 30-06, its amazing. I recommend it to anyone and everyone. I can only imagine that in the smaller calibers its equally as impressive.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

Stevens 200 for less than $300, get rid of the stock, for another $150 or so get a nice wood stock and got lots of money left over for really good optics, mine is dog ugly in its synthetic stock but shoots dime groups at 100 yards regular. got a buckmasters 3x9x50 onit.

 

[vaupet]

Anschutz 1770 for me

 

[o0ben0o]

My Tikka Varmint model 223 shoots 6 shot one hole groups with premium factory ammo. (measured at .6 inch)

 

[beeenbag]

thompson center pro hunter.... super sweet. Fluted barrel and any combo ya want as far as stock and barrel. They have a new one out too... the predator, its all camo and looks good.

 

[NCdrummer]

All good choices, but the Savage gets the edge. I have a 12 Varmint in .223 and it really does shoot 3/4 MOA with handloads. Very nice rifle, my first Savage, won't be my last. Price is good, too.

 

[recurry]

Hi Stash,

If you're not loading your own ammunition, I would strongly suggest you take a look at the Remington 700 LTR. You can get them for $800, they have an H.S. Precision fiberglass stock, and they're about as close to a laser as you can get with factory ammunition.

I shoot the cheap Ultramax stuff, $24 for a box of 50, and the LTR I bought last year consistently puts them into .25 (or much, much better) inch groups at 100 yards.

If you're going to go the more inexpensive route, IMHO you can't do better than the Savages. The only reason I don't have a Savage is my wife thinks they look too cheap and refuses to let me own one - they may look cheap, but everyone I know who has one swears by them, I have no doubt they're just as accurate as my LTR is any day of the week.

Someone mentioned Howa as well - I think they're kind of a mixed bag. Some people have great experiences, other people have horrible ones. I bought a Weatherby Vanguard (Howa 1500) on a whim one afternoon (.22-250) and took it to the range with six different boxes of factory ammunition. about 120 rounds later I decided the safest place to be, with respect to that particular rifle, is right in front of it, since that was the least likely place the rounds were going to go

Cheers.

 

[rangerruck]

the savage will be , unless you get the cz varminter model.
Your choice of scopes is weak though, if you are truly going to target shoot at 100 yds, I would up that scope by at least 18x, if not that, then a 24x, or a 32 or 36x fixed. Look at Weaver for the fixed hi powers; good scopes, for not a ton of money. If nikon does an 18x, I wouldn't be averse to that either.

 

[Maverick223]

I disagree, rangerruck; I think a lower powered scope is called for, unless it is for benchrest competition or the like (which means a costly custom rifle would be best). The additional magnification will not be all that useful at 100yds. and make it very difficult to find and stay on target due to the small FOV. I wouldn't go with anything higher than an 18x variable, and I find 12-14x to be more than adequate.

 

[glshop20]

Savage

Any of the new Svage bolt guns with the aluminum block bedding and acu-trigger are hard to beat. The price is right also. They offer a heavy barreled target/varmint single shot for way less then a Thousand diollars and it will shoot pretty close to custom built rifles. I know not as good but pretty close.

 

[rattletrap1970]

I have a Savage BTCSS in .223
Replaced recoil lug with ground lug.
Re-headspaced the rifle to 1/8 turn away from touching fired round.
Millett LRS-1 Scope
Harris Benchrest Bipod
I made my own pillars and bedded the rifle with Devcon 10110

I ain't saying it's the BEST, but, it's pretty OK.

10 Meter Airgun Target, 5 shot group at 200 Yards.