Most Accurate Rifle Out-of-the-Box

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The most accurate out of the box rifle is a Kelbly's period, no contest, no question. Even the best customs don't beat them very often.

Jack



Hey Jack, I have never even heard of a Kelbly. Should I have? Gimme some info, where can I look at these?

Thanks
Chupa
 
Well....I'll probably be the only person here to admit it, but probably every new rifle I've ever owned (with the possible exception of my old Winchester 94 30-30) were probably more accurate than I. Since I got out of the army I simply have not put in enough trigger time to shoot a rifle up to its capabilities. And while I'm sure most folks here don't fall into my sorry category, I suspect that less than 10% of rifle owners are capable of shooting their rifles up to the rifle's ability. In most cases the shooters trigger and breath control has more impact on how well a rifle shoots than does the rifle's inherant capabilities.

Just my $.02
 
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They are in Ohio and the "Super Shoot" is held at their range. A search should turn up lots of info.

Jack



Thanks Jack, those look like the Bee's Knees alright. I don't think I would throw them into the "Box Gun" category though, those are finely tuned instruments fo sho.

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Chupa
 
I have many of the different makes of rifles. I know that the one that stood out and surprised me was not the most accurate, but the least. I bought a Kimber. I don't remember the model, but it was a 22-250 with a fluted stainless barrel and a beautiful grey laminated stock. I could not get it to shoot better than about a 3/4 inch at 100 yards, and I tried all kinds of ammo.

So. . . .put that in your pipe and smoke it
 
I have three Tikkas, two Savages and two CZs and would rate them in that order, but all are very good. Had to float the barrels on both CZs to get them to shoot, but they sure are pretty.

SteveH
 
Tikkas are nothing but a poor mans Sako. Anything a Tikka will do, a Sako will do better.

Saying which makes/models is most accurate out-of-the-box is a waste of time. It's like asking someone what's their favorite color. I have sampled 90% of the rifles mentioned here, plus many not mentioned, and have seen both good and bad examples of each.

I base my purchases more upon the quality/design of the actions rather than whether or not I think it is the most accurate rifle out of the box or not. Cost cutter designs like the Tikka or abominations like the A-bolt simply do not make the list, whether they will shoot well or not.

FWIW, the Howa 1500/Vanguard action is the best for the money IMO, and the A-bolt the worst.......
 
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Tikkas are nothing but a poor mans Sako. Anything a Tikka will do, a Sako will do better. FWIW, the Howa 1500/Vanguard action is the best for the money IMO, and the A-bolt the worst.......



Can't argue with you regarding the Sako, but I will say that I'm glad that Tikka is there for us poor men. I hope to own a Sako someday, but first I have to sell a couple of Howa 1500s with sloppy actions. Doesn't Tikka and Sako use the same action? Notice that I didn't mention the Howas in my previous post?
 
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I have several rifle's, and the most acccurate, "Out of the box" shooter is my Savage 10-FP Tactical in .223

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i don't know about everything else but the most accurate i own is a old 788 remington.
i've had 700 bdl's, model 7, 788, in remington
m77 rugers 3 of them and a mini 14.
670 winchester and a model 70 and i can't think of what my 223 short mag was.
weatherby vanguard,
i had a remington 22 lr when i was a kid that would be #2 i use to shoot 22 casings at 100 yrds to show off at the range or shoot maraboro's 5 times before i reached the filter.
 
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Tikkas are nothing but a poor mans Sako. Anything a Tikka will do, a Sako will do better.

Saying which makes/models is most accurate out-of-the-box is a waste of time. It's like asking someone what's their favorite color. I have sampled 90% of the rifles mentioned here, plus many not mentioned, and have seen both good and bad examples of each.

I base my purchases more upon the quality/design of the actions rather than whether or not I think it is the most accurate rifle out of the box or not. Cost cutter designs like the Tikka or abominations like the A-bolt simply do not make the list, whether they will shoot well or not.

FWIW, the Howa 1500/Vanguard action is the best for the money IMO, and the A-bolt the worst.......



I have two Tikka abominations that are lights out shooters and I guarantee they will shoot with any factory gun YOU own. Some of you are way over thinking this whole thing. I really took the original posters question to mean, "who is having the most luck out of the box with what"? Alot of people seem to have good luck with Tikkas for being an Abomination. Working on a gun counter that sells "all of the above mentioned", I have to say I have heard the least amount of complaints (about getting a poor shooter or having warranty issues) with the Tikka and the Savage. The A-bolts are not even close to the worst in that catagory either. Remington wins that one hands down. I will conceed that Remingtons usually go out at a higher volume which may skew the numbers a tad.
 
Rimfire-CZ wins hands-down /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif Centerfire w/ factory ammo (custom handloading changes everything /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif) Ruger M77Varmint. No, thats not a misprint I said RUGER /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-006.gif
That being said I've only had 1 bolt-gun that was left as "out of the box". And that was a Ruger, it shot too good to mess with. I own 4 788s and all are very accurate, but all required bedding and trigger-work. Same with all the Savages that I own and have owned.
 
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My Steyr punch almost hole in hole at 100 yards when shooting from bench with Norma .308 FMJ factory load, but it´s as someone said before it´s abit like wich your favourite color is......
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(Not my gun pic, from web mine has for now an Aimpoit 9000)

///Fredrik /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
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