Just looking for opinions on this rifle, since I'm considering to purchase one in .308 Win

Any feedback is welcomed!

Searching through old posts and found yours.
I have one in 22250. I use it as a working rifle taking long shots from the farm ute.

My rifle shoots very well as do most I have come across. The trigger doesn't take very long to get used to and have found it very predictable and doesn't happer my shooting at all. It is too heavy for a walk around rifle although I do use it regularily for that also.

For the money I paid compared to Sako and remington I cannot fault it and have no intention of upgrading it.

Very pleased with mine can't see why you wouldn't be with yours.

Oh just rembered had to get a gunsmith to clean up the chamber as it was leaving a dent in the sholder of my cases. He put it down to a Friday arvo rifle and poor workmanship.

This didn't affect the accuracy that I could detect but thought it should be included in the review of my rifle.

It had skipped my mind but I would still recommend the rifle. Maybe fire a shot first or inspect the rifles chamber before buying??

My Mk II VT in .22-250 shot great, right out of the box but unfortunately the bbl. was gone in 1300 shots. I then rebarrelled it with a Lothar Walther SS .308 and it now averages .2 MOA for 5 shots.

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Originally posted by Andre Mertens:
My Mk II VT in .22-250 shot great, right out of the box but unfortunately the bbl. was gone in 1300 shots. I then rebarrelled it with a Lothar Walther SS .308 and it now averages .2 MOA for 5 shots.

Please, can you tell us more about how the accuracy was degrading before you changed the barrel?? It's interesting to know how the pattern was.

tks for all posts!

First, the original bbl. was only shot at the range and never overheated (true, the rifle shot best with max loads). After about 1000 shots, unexplained flyers appeared and then groups started to open to double the original size (.3 to .5 MOA). I then started chasing the lands as long as possible but at 1300 shots I had lost 3 mm (.1") of rifling. I thought about cutting back and rechambering (the bore still looked new to the naked eye) but a bore scope revealed much more damage for about an inch. This was enough to disgust me of the .22-250 and I opted for the more barrel-friendly .308.

André,

Thanks for your detailed explanation...I guess the way to go is .308Win

Have you seen the following barrel-life study by Browning ?? Interestingly, reveals the same as your experience.

http://www.browning.com/products/features/detail.asp?id=79

Would be nice to hear from other fellows their barrel-life expectancy with these calibers.

I have a Ruger Mark II in .308. It shoots very well.In fact when I get bored at the shooting range ,I start picking off the lizards on the target boards at 200 yards. This is always good for a laugh and a few odd or confused looks from curious target peepers.

Mark II will almost always shoot good with a lot of different ammunition and sometimes great with one or two loads.IMHO

Another rifle to consider would be the cz 550 Varmint in .308 apparently people who own them have good results, I am considering one myself.

I know this study, Gustavo (actually, I'm free lance consulting for FN-Browning) and have experienced myself, the hard way, that there's a price to pay for high velocity.