Rifle! Which one?

fiver

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iirc Dick was jamming long bullets into the rifling and running shots off at a pretty quick pace.
he knew he was gonna burn that barrel out quickly before even buying it.
 
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STIHL

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Yea it is going to be good. Recoil isn’t bad at all. Matter of fact i shot a few reduced recoil hornadys to get 0 and they were running around 2650. They were really nice to shoot, could have shot it all day with them. The 100 trainers were running around 2900 they had a little thump to them but nothing terrible. Nothing like my model 70 it kicks like a mule.
 

Edward R Southgate

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I own 3 .243's and a .243 WSSM and have never noticed that they even had any recoil let alone noticeable recoil . I got my load from the 1970 Lyman manual , it's the 100 grain accuracy load they listed that year . I shoot everything with it . I have some lighter bullets but have never got around to using any of them . I use a premium 100 gr bullet for deer and the Privi bulk 100 gr bullets for lighter stuff . Ain't got no small varmints around here except a few whistle pigs and the light jacket Privi bullet does fine for them even with the lighter dose of 4320 that I shoot . For a better bullet I always liked the FB Nosler bullet in 100 grain . My .243's would be the last to go if I had to get rid of my bolt guns in all but one caliber .
 

Ole_270

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I think I posted a picture of the bore in a Remington 700 ADL 243 my son picked up a year or so ago. About half an inch ahead of the chamber there was a ring around the bore, deeper than the grooves and about .05 or so across. All the way around the bore. Just about the time they declared bankruptcy
 

Edward R Southgate

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I think I posted a picture of the bore in a Remington 700 ADL 243 my son picked up a year or so ago. About half an inch ahead of the chamber there was a ring around the bore, deeper than the grooves and about .05 or so across. All the way around the bore. Just about the time they declared bankruptcy
Other than a couple of pump guns and a 40X , my 788 is the only Remington I ever kept very long . The older guns were pretty good but the newer stuff that I have owned has all been junk . Have owned three older 700's and sent them all down the road and replaced them with better guns in the same calibers .
 
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Ian

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You're right Fiver, Dick was seeing what could be done and had the cash and a gunsmith on tap to support his experiments. Pretty impressive stuff he did with it at really long ranges, things most wouldn't think possible.

Model 70 Featherweight rifles kick like a mule. Even standard weights aren't pleasant compared to other rifles with slightly different stock designs. I'll put the Sako rifles in that group too. Savage and Remington sporter stocks have been a little more comfortable for me, but I like Winchesters and Savages for other reasons, so that's what I tend to keep.