Better than a cooper (to me) i took my tikka t3 223 stainless and had a shilen 17rem barrel installed. It shoots everything into less than 3/8 inch and total package is 925$ installed. Several coyotes and an unlucky crow @ 300 yards for last years tally and cant be happier, although now I'm working on an AR upper in 117rem for this next season ( too many triples called in).