Don Fischer
New member
You ask 5 different shooters what's the "most accurate" rifle you will get 6 different opinions. I belong to a gun club with 1800+ members and I have to listen to every range bragger how their rifle "shoots 3/8" groups all day long". Yet oddly when i'm observing their 1.5" group shots at 100 yds through my spotting scope they immediately claim "rifle doesn't like this ammo". Fact of the matter is that ANY rifle will shoot accurately occasionally. What sets apart the master precision shooters from the range commando braggers is handloading and the expert ability to control and identify daily shooting variables. The guys that can shoot consistent MOA or better are the ones that have spent countless range trips fine tuning loads and shooter mechanics to help maintain consistency. I have days when my Savage 12 FTR will shoot a .250" 3 shot group at 200 meters, then 3 weeks later same load shoots a 1.75" group . Still a good group but why not like the previous .250" group ? Because i'm not able to control the variables. I'm just an amatuer precision shooter, and I don't brag I just shoot, shoot, log my data and try to improve each session. My R700 Varmint rifles box stock with handloads are MOA shooters with handloading. My Savage 12 FTR is definately a frequent sub moa rifle with my handloads , but again it takes a lot of expertise to pull sub moa outcomes EVERY range trip and i'm not at that level yet.
Not so sure this is quite right. Rifle's do what rifle's do for the most part. A guy might have a rifle that hoot's great,,,now and then. Actually it probably does it more than we think but the shooter is the weak link.