iron buck Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 When all is said and done. Looking at push feed actions & controlled round feed actions. Which action is the best to base a rifle on for accuracy when it comes to long range Big game hunting & as a seperate rifle, varmint hunting? When I say long range hunting I am talking about 300-500 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Accuracy potential-Push feed vs. CRF Not to say that CF guns can not be made into very accurate guns, but I have never seen a benchrest winner with one. I have an FN commercial Mauser 98 that I made into a long range varminter. It shoots very respectable groups (1/2") at 200 yards, but it is designed to shoot 500+ yards. With a CF gun you can get into the .2xx" (~1/4") group range with a good gunsmith. Push feed guns on the other hand can be made into super accurate guns capable of shooting very small groups. You can get sub 1/4" groups with a good gunsmith and a quality PF action. To go below that, it takes a premium quality barrel, a blue printed action, sometimes a sleeve depending on the action used, a quality stock, quality optics, and a very good shooter that knows how to read the wind. You can get a decent quality varmint gun with a Rem 700 action. For a 300-500 yard varmint gun, I would want 1/2" groups at 100 yards on average for 5 different 5 shot groups. This is realistic and achievable. For a big game gun, a gun that will average MOA will be fine. The kill area is a lot bigger on big game so the gun can be more of a production type gun. I would want the gun to average MOA out to 500 yards for big game. This takes as much shooter talent as it does a quality built gun. I would use handloads for all shooting past 300 yards. Things start to get critical out past 300 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Bob Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Accuracy potential-Push feed vs. CRF I don't think those Savage 99's are either control or push feed !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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