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Well, I own four of them. In fact, they are my ONLY Remingtons. Tell ya anything?
I got my first 308 at a gun show for $135 with a cheap scope. Picked up three more over the years for under $250 each, but those days are gone.
I put cheap Ram-Line plastic stocks on all of them. Not the best, but usable and indestructible. I have the 308 and another 308 that I customized to my 25-308, a pretty well gunsmith-refined 223 and an unmodified (except for the stock) 223.
The worst shooting of the lot is the original 308, which will stay inside two inches with any ammo, but will crowd inside an inch with some.
The 25-308 stays about a half-inch, as does the tricked-out PD gun. The coyote gun will too, but only with 55 or 60-gr bullets, which is odd, but not a problem as a dog gun.
The PD gun has shot groups as small as .2" and the 25-308 has gone into just over .3" but those aren't averages.
One disadvantage to the design are the nine rear locking lugs, which allow the bolt body to compress a bit on firing. This means that the guns in 308-size bolts won't take hot loads. In fact, mine tops out with loads in the middle of most charge weight spreads. The smaller head diameter of .223 rounds has less bolt thrust, and isn't a problem.
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