Anyone have any experience with one of these? I want a left handed walking varminter. I have left hand Savages. They shoot good, but are big, boxy and ugly. Any other suggestions on a left hand .223 bolt gun for this purpose?

Hello Mike,

I have a Browning Micro-medallion in .308Win. They only came in .308 and .223 the year I purchased mine. Mine was a lot of heartache that you may well avoid. It's a cutsey little bugger, but at 6lbs. with a thin 20" barrel mine kicked like a mule. The forend looks like I used it for fungo practice from jumping out of the cradle so many times.
Finally I had a gunsmith glass bed the action, float the barrel and install a Pachmyer Decelerator pad on it. Now it's a pleasure to own, will put 5 shots in under an inch at 100yds. I'm still miffed at Browning though. We shouldn't have to pay that much extra to make a gun shoot accurately. Browning is no worse than the others though.
Maybe they should be advertised as "rifle kits." Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

Groundhog devistator. Not quite sure how you got it from my original post, but I'm not looking for a pretty gun. I have a heavy bbl. Cooper that covers that area (it shoots better than it looks). The Savages shoot well too, regardless of looks. I want a light, left handed .223 that will keep the first three shots under an inch. I don't mind re-bedding and cleaning up the trigger. I'm going to use it for coyote calling so I'll camo paint the, "pretty piece of wood" as well as shoot marmonts with it. So once more, anyone have a micro in .223? Thanks.

Mike in Reedley, "They shoot good"......ok, what the hell are we looking for? (your post about the Savage). I'd rather have a heavy, ugly POS, nobody else would want it gun that will do the job at hand than a "oh, what a pretty peice of wood, great wood to metal fit, (you oughta try to screw the barrel off of one of the POS) "great name" gun that I have no confidence in!! I buy them to shoot.....not look at!!! I actually sold a Browning in .260 one time that would shoot but I knew that somebody would want that "pretty peice of wood" worse than me! Replaced it with a darned ole peice of Remington plastic and have never looked back! Too hell with looks!! It's the terminal end of the round fired that matters!!! GHD

I can sorta help. Out of a mix of about a dozen Micro Medallions and the plainer Micro Hunters only one I know of has proven a poor shooter and it is a Medallion in 22-250. I really don't think caliber makes a difference; most of them shoot well regardless. Mine is a Micro Hunter 22 Hornet and shoots 3/4" all day whether 3 shot group or 10.