.223 with 21 inch or less barrel??

[Bobbyv8]

what are my options? looking to spend around $1000.

thanks

 

[hutchster]

remington 700 sps youth model for $600ish

remington 700 sps tactical with 20" heavy barrel for $650-750ish, and pick up a decent hs precision stock in the EE for 2-300 and you basically have an LTR

 

[2bad4u2]

Or just buy anything you happen to like and have the barrel cut and re-crowned if it's not already under 21". For the kind of money you're looking to spend, there's a lot of decent choices.

I'd like to try a Tikka T3 Varmint at some point. They make a .223 version with a 1:8 twist that sounds interesting. A number of guys have T3's and claim to like them.

The SPS Tactical and Savage Precision Carbine are other rifles worth considering. I'd recommend a LTR but they're over your budget. The SPS Tactical is the most "bang for the buck" for your criteria.

 

[icedragonmx]

Savage Precision Carbine gets my vote. Mine in 308 is sub 1/2 moa with factory ammo and the best group was .238moa at 100yards. Dont need to change a thing on it and just put some quality glass on top.

 

[Cummins4x4]

16.5" barrel, 9" twist, under $1k

 

[2bad4u2]

16.5" barrel, 9" twist, under $1k

Not exactly what I'd have in mind considering this is the "Precision Rifles" forum.

 

[Winnipeg Toymaker]

Nice looking gun Cummins....Precision is gained by practice and confidence in your gun. I shoot a Mossberg 144lsb( $200 dollar gun)and scored very highly with some of the Anchutz etc rifles that I have competed against. No high dollars necessary to "gain precision" for your own satisfaction. I have seen some pretty rough examples of rifles shoot exceptional as well as some weird (to me) rifle conformations. main thing is to enjoy what you have, and paper is not the only way to enjoy.

 

[2bad4u2]

Nice looking gun Cummins....Precision is gained by practice and confidence in your gun. I shoot a Mossberg 144lsb( $200 dollar gun)and scored very highly with some of the Anchutz etc rifles that I have competed against. No high dollars necessary to "gain precision" for your own satisfaction. I have seen some pretty rough examples of rifles shoot exceptional as well as some weird (to me) rifle conformations. main thing is to enjoy what you have, and paper is not the only way to enjoy.

Some might consider the above rifle a "precision rifle" but I'm willing to bet they'd be in the minority. For what the OP is looking to spend, I wouldn't say we're talking about large sums of money here.

 

[BigUglyMan]

16.5" barrel, 9" twist, under $1k

MOA stands for Minute of Angle, not Minute of Acreage!

 

[Suputin]

Savage 10FP in 223 with the barrel cut back to 20", B&C stock. Total cost without optics and mounts $1000.

 

[Clint E.]

Since you said around $1000.

Remington 700 XCR Compact Tactical has a 20 Inch Barrel and go for $1270 to $1320.
http://www.remington.com/products/f...-tactical/model-700-xcr-compact-tactical.aspx

And as already mentioned the Remington 700 LTR is also 20 inch, and Frontier Firearms has them listed on their site at just over $1000.

Clint