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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3746711" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Now some here are looking for a decent bolt gun in .223.</p><p>Savage Axis II was mentioned but I feel that may get laughed at based on what some of the </p><p>guys here were looking for.</p><p></p><p>I tossed stones at that .223 or 5.56 for years as I was in the 30cal heavies group and thought the .223 was just not adequate for killing the deer here.</p><p>Boy was I wrong.</p><p>My Savage Axis is one of my most fun guns to shoot and only accurate guns are fun to shoot in my book.</p><p></p><p>My first outing with my Axis with 3-9 x 50 Tasco sscope.</p><p></p><p>Loaded a ladder test with Varget... 6 rounds</p><p>24.5. TO 26.0 gr in .3gr steps. CCI 550 primers. Lee dies, Federal cases</p><p></p><p>.795" center to center group At 100 yards 1.5gr difference in charge weight.</p><p>Shot all 6 back to back single loading them.. one front bag no rear bag.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]260073[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Here is another 100 yard target working loads with that 60 gr. v-max and LC 13 cases and Varget.</p><p>3 shot groups as fast as I could get back on target.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]260088[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]260093[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>100 yards with the Vmax vs the PSP 55gr bullets.</p><p></p><p>This is a pencil barrel gun I paid $150 for and I have shot 3 shot group at 300 under 1".</p><p>With that 55gr V-max.</p><p>Those Axis rifles are very accurate and inexpensive.</p><p>I love mine and have no desire to try and find something more accurate as this gets it done.</p><p></p><p>But I do not shoot competition just hunting and plinking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3746711, member: 15054"] Now some here are looking for a decent bolt gun in .223. Savage Axis II was mentioned but I feel that may get laughed at based on what some of the guys here were looking for. I tossed stones at that .223 or 5.56 for years as I was in the 30cal heavies group and thought the .223 was just not adequate for killing the deer here. Boy was I wrong. My Savage Axis is one of my most fun guns to shoot and only accurate guns are fun to shoot in my book. My first outing with my Axis with 3-9 x 50 Tasco sscope. Loaded a ladder test with Varget... 6 rounds 24.5. TO 26.0 gr in .3gr steps. CCI 550 primers. Lee dies, Federal cases .795" center to center group At 100 yards 1.5gr difference in charge weight. Shot all 6 back to back single loading them.. one front bag no rear bag. [ATTACH type="full"]260073[/ATTACH] Here is another 100 yard target working loads with that 60 gr. v-max and LC 13 cases and Varget. 3 shot groups as fast as I could get back on target. [ATTACH type="full"]260088[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]260093[/ATTACH] 100 yards with the Vmax vs the PSP 55gr bullets. This is a pencil barrel gun I paid $150 for and I have shot 3 shot group at 300 under 1". With that 55gr V-max. Those Axis rifles are very accurate and inexpensive. I love mine and have no desire to try and find something more accurate as this gets it done. But I do not shoot competition just hunting and plinking. [/QUOTE]
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