My son bought a couple 700 ADL rifles in the Walmart clearance sale, gave 199 apiece for a 223 and a 243. I glass bedded them and changed out the scope for something decent, New bases and mounts coming. Both shot decent with loads worked up for other rifles, haven't gotten serious with them yet. This morning I ran the Teslong borescope down the barrels to see how much copper was left after a quick cleaning. The 223 looked pretty good, the 243 was clean, but found a gouged ring about 3/4" ahead of the chamber that ran the whole circumference of the barrel. No way this should of made it out of the door.
Mostly I had shot 85 Sierra hp GK slowed down to 2500 fps for my younger grandson to use. It shot 1-1 1/4" groups which I didn't worry about too much considering the reduced load. Now I'm wondering how well this one will do with normal loads and how long it will last.
Mostly I had shot 85 Sierra hp GK slowed down to 2500 fps for my younger grandson to use. It shot 1-1 1/4" groups which I didn't worry about too much considering the reduced load. Now I'm wondering how well this one will do with normal loads and how long it will last.