Can anyone report on the accuracy? Running 55 grain 223's to be specific? Looking to pickup one of these one day.
Thanks in advance.
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very tempting, but...
would prefer 1:7 or 1:8 twist for .223
and 20" barrel for .308 - isn't 16.5" barrel on a short side?
For me I actually prefer the 1:9 twist, since it's optimized for 55 grain bullets. (I plan to buy cheap ammo and reload with cheap bullets). From what I remember on top of my head, everything other than the Savage Axis, Remington 783, and Mossberg MVP would come in 1:7 or 1:8.
As for the 16.5" barrel, it doesn't bother me too much since I care more about accuracy than muzzle velocity. 20" vs 16.5" barrels have less than 5% difference.
Has anyone tested the 783 Heavy Barrel? There seems to be no information online.
Also curious. Considering dropping it into a chassis as a cheap target rifle. Not much online, only found 1 video. Nothing on Instagram either. Don’t own any bolt actions yet, gotta change that lol
Looking down the barrel, of 1984...
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Was at the range today zeroing my 783 Heavy Barrel at 100 metres. Buddy has the same rifle and we both had another friend who does long distance shooting do the zeroing for us. He had both rifles placed in his metal sled. Both rifles using .223 55 gr produced 3 inch groups. Some hit bullseye followed by the next couple of rounds 3 inches away. All three of us shot and couldn't tighten the groups any better.
Open to suggestions on how to improve. Shall I try a heavier bullet? It's a 1 in 9 twist with a 16.5" barrel. Thanks.
Interesting... What ammo did you use? My AR doesn't like Rem bucket or XM855, but shoots 55 gr Prvi Partisan like a laser
Oh wow, that does not sound like a good group with any 223 ammo/rifle setup. Was the barrel free floated while you were shooting? I was shooting off a bipod (not a sled) with my Savage B22, but I noticed that as I was moving the butt stock of the rifle, the front part of the stock would be touching the barrel. That alone threw my groups from 1-1.5" at 100M to 2-3" groups.
Thanks a lot for the post, and keep us posted.