What's your most accurate hunting rifle?

[EastHumboldt]

Stock Tikka T3L in 7mm-08. 22-1/2” barrel. Weighs 7.5 lbs with scope, sling, and a full 5 round magazine. Haven’t killed anything with it yet…. But when the time comes., I’m sure it’ll work just fine.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

So I'm curious how price plays into accuracy. My assumption is that its minor relevance.

The rifle should be of the hunting class, say less than 12lbs.

So I my most accurate is probably my tikka 22-250, I haven't taken the thermal off it to shoot a groups with it, but sighting in, she's sub 1/2 moa.

What's your go to tack driver?

Ps, second choice might possibly be my ruger american g2

Who the hell hunts with a 10lb rifle? Lol

 

[VernAK]

Accuracy is down the list of requirements for my hunting rifles as long as it has a reasonable degree of accuracy that can be relied on to hit big game in the kill zone.

I put reliability first along with ruggedness. I next want that rifle to fit and carry like a fine bird gun. Reliability means it's a type that has withstood the test of time ala Mauser type action.

 

[coyotekilla]

Who the hell hunts with a 10lb rifle? Lol

Me... take a tikka t3x varmit. They are what 8.6 lbs. Add a thermal scope, another 2, add a supressor, 1/2 a pound. Now your pushing 12lbs, and 54" long.

 

[Live_weighT34]

I can print 3-5 shot sub MOA groups on paper all day with my 6mm creedmoor with factory ammo and it’s been an elk killer this year but my confidence is still in my tikka 300 win mag. It’s great having a gun you just grab out of the safe and know it’s going to hit where you want it. (Not an excuse to not practice, I shoot that gun quite a bit)

 

[Swampcruiser]

My Browning 7 PRC and Trijicon, kinda fell into it and shot it some. Fell in love. It used to be a Win model 70 .300 win mag but this is so much more accurate and fun to shoot.

 

[Mtank79]

Christensen Arms Ridgeline 7mm PRC.

What ammo? Mine loves Barnes 160 lrx’s

 

[Michael95]

Tikka 6.5 cm

 

[WMelbgator]

My BOTW 7mm Rem Mag with the Huskemaw 5X20. It shoots like a dream, but she is heavy!

 

[PredatorSlayer]

Mine is a bergara premier approach in 6mm CM with a nightforce NXS 5.5-22x56. Target is at 1000 yards

 

[Oddfellow]

Tikka T3X CTR 20” .260 Remington
The second and fourth are five shot groups, and the first and third are three shot groups on two different days at a ranged 100 yards.
Shot using the Sig Elite ammunition with the 130 grain Sierra Tipped Gameking that, unfortunately, is no longer in production. Once I saw how good it grouped, I did manage to buy several rounds though.

 

[MattiG]

The several comments in this thread regarding letting barrels cool and not wanting to shoot a hunting gun like a bench rest gun are interesting to me. If I'm taking my 300wm (Tikka action with proof carbon sendero barrel) to the range, I'm shooting at least 2 boxes of ammo without giving any thought to cooling. I've never noticed a POI shift or groups opening up.

In fact, I took my son out to make sure he was accurate with it before elk season and he ended up getting a bit overzealous, putting 3 boxes downrange in a matter of 20 minutes. This was his first time shooting anything bigger than a .22 and these were the last 3 shots. (Zero instruction other than me giving him a few pointers in the truck on the way there, and essentially zero shooting experience apart from an air gun around the farm).

These were my first 3 shots before hunting season. Cold bore. 20-30 seconds total.

100 yards.





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[Mish-pop]

My most accurate rifle is a Tikka T3 lite in 30-06 with 150 gr federal fusions. It shoots terminal acscents in 175 gr well also.

 

[THellURider]

My Blaser R8 in .270 and my Sig Cross in 6.5CM will do 10 shot groups in significantly less than an inch all day long. They are remarkable.

 

[Fritz D]

My most accurate hunting rifle I ever owned was a CZ-550 in 9.3x62 would you believe? A load with Lapua brass, RL-15 and a 286gr Nosler Partition would shoot clover-leafs all day long?
I’ve had dedicated varmint rigs that weren’t as accurate?

 

[Hunter270Win]

1996 Browning A Bolt II Stalker w boss .270 Win. Went head to head against a Cooper, Christensen, and a Forbes, and came out on top and went to BC with me last year for my stone sheep hunt:
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What bullet?

 

[SwiftShot]

Christensen Arms Ridgeline in 300 RUM. It loves 212 Hornady ELDX bullets.
100 yards.

 

[Doc Holliday]

What bullet?

140 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip

 

[pacoalcracker]

Mark Bansner Ultimate One, full custom build in 300wsm. Shoots one-holers with Federal Premium 185gr Berger Hybrid Hunter ammo. Yeah, and with a Leupold VX5 2-10x42 in vertical split Talley steel rings/bases. Not many build a superior quality, more accurate hunting rifle than Mark.