My parents just surprised me with my graduation/18th birday present: a Browning A-Bolt Varmint Stalker chambered in .223 WSSM. I'm putting a Leupold Vari X III 4.5-14x50mm on it. We're going to sight it in tomorrow morning along with testing the new bullets for my .300 WSM (bought some 180 gr. Barnes TSX) for Namibia next year. Then, I graduate tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow's also my 18th birthday! What a weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to test the .223 at the lease next weekend on some coyotes and jackrabbits.

Eland Slayer
Great preseent, I wish my parent still gave me rifles.
If you like velocity and accuracy your going to love the 223 wssm. I have a Win 70 with a 26" Pac-Nor barrel. We are getting 4406 fps and .3 moa, with 40gr BT and 46 gr of varget.
DrB