Remington 700 XCR 300WSM problem
Hello, I had my heart set on a Tikka T3 Lite SS in 300 WSM. Unfortunately Bass Pro ran out of these rifles during Christmas and they did not have a clue when they will receive new stock. I checked all the local shops and nothing. So, my next choice was the Remington 700 XCR in 300 WSM. I purchased one from Turners. Next i purchased a Leupold VXII 3-9 x 40 for it and a short action single piece mount. My first problem with the rifle was when i could not start the third screw for the mount. I checked the hole centers from the second and third holes and I came up with 3.628" on the rifle and 3.646" on the Leupold scope. I checked a few more mounts in the store and came up with the same measurement. This difference is enough to keep the screw from starting. So I abandoned the one piece mount Idea and purchased a two piece mount. I took it out to the range and the best group that I got was 3.5" from the bench at 100 yards with 180 gr Federal factory ammo. What i noticed at first that there was a lot of carbon on half of the cartridge neck after the cartridge was ejected. I know this is not good, but anyone can tell me what would be a reasonable factory MOA for a hunting rifle. I'm just a little disappointed with the performance of this rifle. I have a 1.25 MOA out of my century old 1917 W. Enfield.
