Most accurate out of the box gun

In my experience "fun to shoot all day" and magnum don't go together. I had a .300 win mag and after 17 rounds I couldn't pick up a coke.

Also, don't know if you ever plan on putting a new barrel or stock on your rifle... But if you do, weatherby is not the way to go. I have a weatherby vanguard in .308 win and its the reason I got a savage. You have to cut the old barrel to get it off, and there's just not the after market support there that you have for remingtons and savages. Plus vanguard barrels arn't free floated, and to free float the origional stock you have to do some cutting, and then bed the entire fore arm to give it the support it needs to hold up its own weight. With that being said, my vanguard was a 1.5 MOA rifle out of the box.
 
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Most rifles today are very accurate. Probably due to the CNC machining processes. Of those, Savage seems to have he best reputation for OTB accuracy.

If you want a competition grade target rifle, it will have to be built.
 
no gurantees no matter what you buy. Ive had 200 dollar mossberg atrs that would shoot sub moa and 800-1000 dollar rems and savages that wouldnt. Bottom line is if you dont reload keep the rifle you have and buy a reloading setup. thats a much surer way of getting moa out of a gun then luck of the draw when buying a new one. As to what brand. Ive had excellent guns from sav, rem and win, and like i said its more luck of the draw then it is to just pin it down to one brand. Ive never really bragged on ruger much for accuracy but even there new hawkeyes can be real shooters. I have one buddy who after he gets it down to what caliber and what manufacture he wants buys two of the identical guns works up loads for both and keeps the more accurate one and sells the other. He has more money then me though!
 
If you want to customize, Savage or Remington.
With Savage you can do barrel/caliber swaps yourself- including easily building your own from an action, barrel and stock of your choice for far less than a custom build...and you end up with a custom build for the cost of a stock rifle.

Caliber, pick your flavor. The 6.5's are great, as is the .270...and I like the 7mm-.08...

Whether or not you handload is a big deal here, as availability of match-grade ammo for target shooting at mid-range varies greatly.

If you don't handload, I'd go with the .308.

By far the greatest availability and variety of factory ammo...
 
Winchester Model 70 Sporter, you can get one for around 800 bucks.
Also get a nice Ruger Hawkeye for that too. Either is very accurate, and dead nuts dependable.
But there are alot of good rifles you can get for 1000 or less, enjoy your shopping experince.
 
I grew up around Remington 700's and have seen them shoot dime size groups to 1 moa so many different times with good factory ammo that it would be a no brainer for me if I decided to buy another bolt rifle. I would search out a good used 700 BDL and buy new glass for it.
 
I would have to say Savage. I have a 2-1/2 y.o. Mod. 116 FHSAK in .30-06 (AccuStock & AccuTrigger). I took it, and my Win M70 EW, also in -06, to the range today for the first time in months. Using my standard match loads of 47.0gr of IMR 4895 under a 168gr SMK bullet and over a CCI BR2 primer in 2x fired R-P brass, I put three rounds in a slightly enlarged single hole. No mods to rifle, shooting off a bipod with rear bag. The Winnie produced a 0.66" group and my Remmies are also sub-MOA, but I'll still have to think Savage.

I was debating between a Sako TRG 22 and a FNH SPR A5...now I'm back to thinking I'll save the bucks and buy another Savage in .260 Rem or maybe even 6.5x284 Norma. I have a Ruger No. 1A in 6.5x55 SE and love the 6.5mm bullet.

Damn...decisions are tough.

:D

FH
 
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