Was a little bored so I thought I would build a rifle to shoot a specific projectile, rather then build a rifle and work thru different ammo to find what shoots best.
This is what happens when you have to much time on your hands.
So, the projectile is a 60gr Nosler Varmint oal 0.851" BC 0.270...
I just got hold of a new in box Ruger M77 Hawkeye RFP SS .223 ( one piece bolt) minus it's 22" SS barrel and having a Krieger 4 groove match grade Rem Var contour 26" SS in 1:9" twist in .222 barrel fitted.
By having the .223 bolt action I can load longer projectiles on the .222 brass of which...