Very nice shooting.
I have a couple of rifles used for hunting as well. They are dedicated to that purpose.
I only shoot them to be familiar enough to be able to bring them to battery in the positions I'm likely to shoot.
It's the reason I do my personal use, custom builds on Mauser 98s, Remington 700s, and Winchester mod 70s.
My single shot, centerfire rifles are Martinis, or Ruger No1s.
I like them, I trust them, and I'm very comfortable with them, especially when they fit properly.
I have two almost identical 98s chambered for the 8x57js. They both have surplus NOS barrels, from the same batch.
They both shoot sub moa, depending on the operator.
One has over a thousand rounds on it, and the other maybe 200. The cartridges I load are interchangeable, and it's impossible to tell which fired case came from which rifle.
For me, this is an ideal set up, but not everyone can afford it, nor has the tools to build the rifles.
We all do what is best for us at the time.
Most 8x57js rifles will shoot very well with select hand loads. I find most north american manufactured ammo extremely inconsistent, both velocity and accuracy wise.
I've had some excellent RWS and Norma commercial loads, and I would use them again if I had to resort to commercial ammo.
I was given a full case, 200 rounds, of Privi Partisan, loaded with boat tail, spire point, 170 grain bullets.
The very best I could get my rifles to shoot those rounds was 4.5 moa at 100yds, off the bench, on a rest, and a rear bag for support.
I shot about half of them and gave the rest to a friend to shoot, and he had similar results in his Tikka T3, so it wasn't just my rifles or me.
Nice Sauer, 101? . Have ogled a CZ Lux in 8x57, also very nice, nearly dropped the cash but realized it couldn't be ready for our hunt
