I have one in .30-06. It too averaged about 1.5MOA with the loads I made for it. Have not shot it in a while, but it is begging to be taken out in the woods this year. My biggest complaint is the way it was treated before I got it in a trade, not the gun's fault, though. Recoil was not bad at all. Finally figured out how to disassemble the bolt, my gripe about the gun at first.