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Offline mannyrock

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Maybe the answer is none?
« on: September 15, 2011, 07:42:08 AM »
 
   I am thinking about getting a single shot in .223 (but not a bolt).  So, here is the question: What is the most accurate "out of the box" single shot rifle, in .223, assuming factory ammo only, for under $1,000?
 
  Maybe the answer is "none"?   
 
  I don't want to buy a "project".  I don't want to fool with rebedding, or adjusting hangers, or installing tension screws, or installing shims, or bore lapping, or  handloading or anything else.  I just want a rifle that will do 1 inch to 1.5 inch MOA right out of the box.
 
  Any ideas?  Or, is it all "luck of the draw"?  (I have never been lucky.)
 
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Re: Maybe the answer is none?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2011, 08:13:10 AM »
 I have a bullbarreled handirifle that's going on 20 years old, it will shoot moa or less with ammo that it likes, has done that since it was new and still does it today. Never did anything to it other than mount the scope.
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Re: Maybe the answer is none?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2011, 03:59:11 AM »
Good sugestion Ranch13,

And it's going to cost way under $1000 even with a scope and a case of ammo.... ;)

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Re: Maybe the answer is none?
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 08:05:28 AM »
Everyone will have their own likes on what is their very best out of the box, for me any way and I have a TCR 83 and 87 in 223 but my favorite is the Mossberg SSi one in 223 cal, it has a 1-9 twist and will shoot the heavier bullets and is well made with nice walnut wook and is set up for barrel changing.
They look alot like the Ruger 1 but are a break open rifle, very hard to find but do show up on some of the auction sights from time to time and like the handies are way under a grand and leaves you money for a scope, (they come with a factory installed weaver type base) and as Byron said a case of ammo :)
 
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Re: Maybe the answer is none?
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2011, 08:36:58 PM »
I have a Browning Low Wall in .22 Hornet that shoots just under a inch with Win. white box ammo and less than that with handloads..
The Low Wall that Winchester is selling now is made by Miroku in Japan, the same company that made my Low Wall..
They are chambered in .223 along with a few other calibers..
There is a "buy now" price of $800.00 for one on GunBroker right now..
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Re: Maybe the answer is none?
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2011, 12:42:37 PM »
Where production (versus custom) guns are concerned the price doesn't necessarily equate to accuracy.  While the odds of getting a very accurate rifle may favor the higher priced guns there are still individual specimens that can turn out to be "lemons" - somewhat akin to buying a car.
 
Some of the H&R's are phenomally accurate right out of the box, some require various amounts of tinkering to make them accurate.  That said, if you shop carefully you could buy a used one, try it out, and if it didn't meet your criteria, sell it for about what you paid for it and then try another one.
 
A little tedious I admit, but also low risk financially.  Used .223 H&R's seem to be fairly common in the used gunracks and at gunshows (owners moved up to AR's???).
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