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nickE10mm · March 8, 2007, 09:18 PM

FirstFreedom,

Thanks. I pretty much use the 55gr Win NBT's for varminting, even though I haven't had much chance to do any lately. The rifle prints about .7" groups @ 100y with that ammunition from the bench. According to the info I've read, the 700 VLS 26" bbl's turn rate is optimized for the lighter rounds in .243 as opposed to the heavy ones. Also, I took my first deer with this rifle... 95gr Win NBT at about 70 yards...rested on a low branch of a conifer.

I sure love her. Accurate, rugged and .... did I mention accurate? (Although you have to be in good shape to lug that thing up and down the hills of Mark Twain Nat'l Forest in the Ozarks. HA!

March 8, 2007, 09:18 PM	#34
nickE10mm Member Join Date: October 9, 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 91	FirstFreedom, Thanks. I pretty much use the 55gr Win NBT's for varminting, even though I haven't had much chance to do any lately. The rifle prints about .7" groups @ 100y with that ammunition from the bench. According to the info I've read, the 700 VLS 26" bbl's turn rate is optimized for the lighter rounds in .243 as opposed to the heavy ones. Also, I took my first deer with this rifle... 95gr Win NBT at about 70 yards...rested on a low branch of a conifer. I sure love her. Accurate, rugged and .... did I mention accurate? (Although you have to be in good shape to lug that thing up and down the hills of Mark Twain Nat'l Forest in the Ozarks. HA!