Originally Posted by
Pilotpip
I have had great success with a Savage Model 110. It's not the prettiest, it's not the most expensive. It's not a good gun to take to the range and fire a lot of rounds through. However it's a great hunting rifle. So good, that between my father and I, we have three. He shoots a .30-06 and I have a .270s. With that gun, I've dropped deer at 20 yards, and one at 230 yards.
Second all that; I had a 110 FVS (heavy barrel) in .22-250 that I used exclusively for range (bench) shooting. Very flat shooting and accurate - I reloaded at the time, and could get batches yielding 1.75" 5-shot groups consistently at 300 yards (under perfect no-wind condition, of course). Nothing special about the rounds other than I made sure all components were the exact same mass within the tolerances of my equipment. Some sort of boat-tail bullet...maybe a 60-grain Hornady. Anyway - the gun was a great bargain for something that shoots so nice right out of the box. Heavier calibers would let you shoot like that out well past 500 yards, I'd expect.