Lohman....Looks like you got the Daily Double!
I suppose a lot of this hinges on what we call a sub-moa rifle. Is it a rifle that will shoot sub-moa even if you run steel cased wolf through it? I wonder if a benchrest rifle would shoot Tula steel case at sub-moa? Or is it one that will do so with its preferred ammo (be it factory or handloaded) ? I sort of subscribe to the latter much more than the former as accuracy takes in several components...the ammo, the rifle barrel, the chamber, headspace, action, bedding, stock, and of course the shooter themselves. I also say that as the rifle is shooting cheap factory ammo very well rather than shooting 3 MOA with everything other than meticulously prepared handloads.
Basically with the walmart grade, 100 grain federal soft point $15 ammo I got groups between 1 to 1.75". Some 58 grain varmint loads, again factory winchester stuff, shot about 0.9 to 1.25". There was also the winchester 100 grain soft points which were 1.25 to 1.75". Finally the Fusion ammo 95 grain was between .75 to 1.25". I didn't have nor does walmart or any of my LGS sell match ammo like the Nosler stuff.
I would like to say that with handloads it could be improved and if I only shot said handloads that I'd reliabily get 1 MOA almost every time.
As for the rifle itself, the magazine doesn't scream longevity, the action is a little clunky though it might just be from it being a new rifle or my being totally new to bolt guns, and it won't win any beauty contests to say the least. The barrel heated up fairly quickly too which is another big change to me coming from shooting mil-spec auto loaders for a long time.
I didn't use any special break in procedures and before shooting I simply ran the bore snake through it once with copper solvent remove and hoppes #9 oil. Otherwise that was it.
I shot at a pace of about 3 shots every 5 minutes. Admittedly I mounted the scope, which came with the rifle, pretty quickly and didn't really bother to level it beyond eyeballing the alignment. I'm sure at longer ranges this would be evident but for 100 yards from the bench at my range, which is sadly the longest distance they have, it proved to be more than enough.
The recoil was more than any of my AR/AK's but still very mild. My standard point of comparison is having shot 3", 1600 FPS slugs out of a 6 pound 12 gauge from the bench (again, thanks to club rules not my preference!), and by that measure the recoil was like a light breeze
I shot off a couple of old bags that the range which helped immensely so don't take this as though I shot MOA groups offhand from my weak side in a 45 mph gale on one leg....all day...
Out of the box. ..
At the range. ..