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If you handload, or take up handloading, I have a couple of pet loads that do quite well.
I have found the Federal Premium shoots almost as well as my handloads with the same bullet, the Sierra 85-grain HPBT...
If I was starting to tune a rifle, I'd begin with the bedding of the fore-end of the stock. I like to free-float the barrel, and use a wax-paper shim out at the tip. The thickness of several layers should be such that it takes about a five-pound pull to give enough room to get it in place. (I just cut a 3/4" strip of kitchen wax paper, and fold it back and forth, until it's thick enough.) Then, several fast shots and the wax melts just enough to hold...
I'm getting 1/2" groups with 70-grain Hornady bullets, and 1/2" to 5/8" with the 85-grain Sierras.
Regards, Art
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