Ruger .223 Question

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Slammr

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Hi all.

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a very lightly used (at least to my untrained eye) Ruger Mk.II KM77VT .223 rifle. They call this their "Target" rifle. It's a very handsome gun, with a laminated hardwood stock and a satin-finish SS 26" heavy barrel. I put a Leupold Vari-X III 4.5-14X50mm scope on it.

What I wanted when I bought this gun was an accurate rifle that was fairly inexpensive to shoot. So far, I haven't been all that impressed. I've tried several different brands of factory ammo; the gun seems to like the Winchester Super-X 55-grain PSP and the Winchester USA 45-grain JHP the best so far.

I use sandbags under the forend and rabbit ears under the stock, so I have a pretty stable rest. But my best shooting so far has been 5-shot groups at around the MOA level.

Shouldn't this rifle shoot well under MOA? Like on the order of .5 MOA?

I haven't ruled out pilot error, but I've always been a pretty decent shot. I also haven't found anyone else to shoot this rifle yet who I *know* is an expert shot.

I'm just wondering if this particular gun is an example of the occasional excursions in QC that most major manufacturers experience.

Any and all advice/help greatly appreciated!
 
Ruger VT 223

Hello
I have one of the Rugers , its sub MOA for sure , I dont shoot factory loads but handloads , Sierra 52 grn match 25.5 H335
shoots alittle over 5/16 group with my loads. it has one of the best factory trigger that i have used 2 1/4 lbs. if you dont handload
try some Blackhills ammo . or keep searching you will find a factory load that will go sub moa (maybe) . try some of those 40-45 grns varmit bullets Walmart sells them . my scope is a late 70s Bushnell 5x20 x40 target scope also . the Ruger mounts should be med you can mount up to a 44 mm bell with them ,and they are solid mounts too.

GrandPa
 
FWIW, my buddy the AR guru claims to get 1/2 MOA with his handloads in his pet AR, but can get "only" MOA with any commercial ammo he tries.

Maybe it just doesn't like the factory recipes.
 
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