Be interested how it shoots having bought a std barrel 223 last year. Mine will shoot 68gr right at MOA @ 100yds. It HATES 55gr shoots them 4-6" right of bull. Plastic stock was a problem until I stiffened it, bedded it and added weight and expanding foam the the butt end. With the original stock I could drastically change POI by moving my front bag. Trigger was a $15 spring and polish job. Pulled and sold the KRAPska scope, throw away the rings, bought a extended base to correct eye relief issues and put a mid range Redfield 4-14 (? from memory) scope on it. Not a bad rifle NOW.
Oh one other original problem that it seems like others had...could not correct for windage - max'd out and elevation was close to max'd out. I finally figured out itcame from the factory with one ring base clamp on UPSIDE DOWN. Looking at the clamp it is asymmetrical and was hitting the barrel.
