Ulrick,



I had one in .223. It shot ok. I really liked the trigger. The stock was too big and clubby for my uses, so I sold that. A friend had the same rifle in a 6mm PPC. They made those for a couple years; his shot pretty decent.



If you like the feel of the stock and the trigger, you might want to buy a used one. If it shoots well - great! If not, have a good gunsmith screw on a Lija, Krieger, Lothar Walther, or Border barrel, and you are off and running.



You might be happier with a Sako.



JCN

i have one of the ruger target varmint rifles in 6 ppc it will shoot 1/2 MOA and under with a 65 grn vmax

I disagree, I think the Ruger Mark II VT s just fine. I bought one in .308, and liked it so well, I bought another in .243. My gunsmith has one in .223. I have seen many out at the local gun range and NONE of them shoot larger then 1 MOA at 100 - 300 m ranges. My .308 shoots a .375 MOA at 200 yds. The load is 168 SMK, Nickel brass, Moly coat, CCI BR primer, about 41.5 g 3031. Very sweet. The .243 likes 75 and 65 g Hornady V-max. About .65 MOA.

My gunsmith's .223 is even better. IF you do have a VT model that shoots large groups, check out the lug screw hole in the laminate stock. some oif the laminate may have voids and will pull loose ahead of the magazine where the angled lug screw is. IF your VT shoots erratically, this is most l;ikely the problem.

Of all the VT's, I have yet to see one not shoot extremely well. Ruger got this one right! The money you can save, will allow you to put good glass on the rifle.

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