I've been a tc icon fan ever since my wife got one chambered in .243 win. It is very accurate, and very easy to shoot well. It has considerable heft, but it is well balanced and easy to shoot offhand. This last deer season, she was able to harvest two very large does at 250 yards OFFHAND. This rifle is amazing. One question though, where did you find one with iron sights, i've never seen one with them except the one that you tested?
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I'm kind of suprised not to see any Savages on here. My .243 put the first 2 rounds in the bullseye and the third a 1/2 low right out of the box. I've never seen a gun that accurate out of the box.

I own 2 sub-moa vanguards (.30-06 and .338). I absolutely love them. The california style stock really helps with the recoil from the .338 win mag.

kvlazer22 -- The vanguard (made by Howa) is cheaper than most of the rifles listed on this blog. Mark V's are the ones that will cost you mucho dinero.

Herbie -- Savage was number 2 on this blog.

I just started hunting in '08 and didn't want to spend big $$$ on my first deer rifle. I bought the Marlin XL7 30.06 and was unsure of its quality as I paid about $350 for the rifle and $300 for the scope!

It took me less than 5 shots to range this at 100 yrds and I was on paper in the 9" area at 200 yrds. Marlin allows you to adjust the trigger as well. Remember, I never fired a deer rifle before, so I was very impressed with how lightweight this weapon was and how easy it was to clean up.

When deer finally came my way I was able to harvest two button bucks at 120 & 130 yrds! I initially thought I'd eventually trade this weapon in for a higher quality deer rifle, however after my experiences with this rifle; I've since changed my mind and will stay with it.

How much are these guns?

I absolutly love my Savage. It looks strange sitting in the safe surrounded by all those Browning and Remingtons but it will shoot 5 shot groups better than some of them will shoot 2.

I am constantly amazed at how the quality of production rifles has improved since back in the late sixties, seventies, and eighties. Insofar as Devil_Dog's comment on the removable clip, I know many people adore this feature. I have found that more likely someone will lose the magazine and not have a spare twenty miles into the mountains. Thus they are stuck with a single shot that is not the easiest to reload quickly. So for this reason alone I prefer a internal magazine well with an opening floorplate.

I also appreciate the Sub MOA Weatherbys I have a "regular" Vangard that only shoots .5-.75" groups. :)

I own a SUB MOA in 300WSM. Almost a perfect rifle IMHO. Shoots amazing with my 190 Hornady reloads in front of Reloader powder at over 3000 FPS. That is serious NA game medicine. My sister, bless her heart, bought this rifle for me at a Sportsman's Warehouse in Mesa three years ago. I put a Timney trigger in the rifle almost as soon as I got it, and really do not know if MR. Petzal is correct in his assessment of the Weatherby offering. I like Timney triggers, have them in a number of my hunting rifles, and trust them to perform and upgrade the standard issue. My groups at 100 and 200 yards are so predictable with this rifle and loads. Highly confident with this rifle out ot 400 yards. I have it sighted at 275, and with the Leupold factory customized reticle (mil Dot) European Scope 3-9 x 50 I use the first dot above the cross hairs for 100 yards dead center and the first dot below the croos hair junction for dead center 400 yeards. I would not sell this fine shoter for any amount, maybe.

Won an X Bolt at an RMEF event in December.338 Win Mag with a dura max camo stock. The rifle shoots good. I handload Sierra pro hunters at 250 grains with Hogdon powder and the rifle performed really well. I was pleasantly surpised the rifle's felt recoil was similar to my 300 Win mag. The barrel is 26 inches long, not what I would have ordered for stalking purposes, but helps performance and it is surprisingly more accurate than my 25 year old Sako in the same caliber that had a glass bed job, muzzle brake, and "action tuned" by a highly respected gunsmith company from Tx. II mounted on the X Bolt a Bushnell made Browning Scope with a 30 MM tube and 3-9 x 40 MM, Euro post reticle scope on the rifle with Leupold QR mounts. The back up scope is a Weaver Grand Slam 4.75 fixed power. The Browning rifle will shoot less than MOA with my handloads, but did not do near as well with Remington or Winchester factory loads. They were adequate for hunting purposes, 2" groups at 100 yards but not what I know to expect from my hunting rigs and ammo selections. It is a good looking rig and sgets a lot of admirers at the range. I am reloading some more Pro hunters and will try to tighten the groups next month.

Excellent pictures......What's the price range on this rifle?

It's nice to be in the company of fellow hunters who know a lot about shooting, but I have to wonder why no one has questioned the accuracy of the "most accurate rifle" test? I'm astounded. Maybe I missed it, but I have to spend at least $250 to test enough DIFFERENT loads to find the most acurate bullet FOR ANY ONE RIFLE. Where is all the ammo tested? What about differences between shooters? Was this a lab setting? Sorry, but unless I missed something, this entire test is suspect. The ranking you see may just reflect the ranking in number of hunting trips donated to the Field & Stream staff. Don't kid, that's how it works.

The Vanguard 300 Weatherby I shot before the days of being tagged Sub-Moa was performing well Sub-MOA. To this day the only more accurate was a $6K silenced SAKO .308 I recently had the pleasure to try at a range (3 in one hole, 5 group all touching). The Vanguard was about $5300 cheaper, kicks like heck, and loud enough to make you ears bleed.

The Savage is hard to beat for out of the box accuracy. I have a Model 12 BVSS in 22-250 .. accuracy is very good + I was shooting factory loads. But my Bushmaster Predator out shoots every gun I have. 1-8 twist, 77 grain Sierra Match King bullets "Amazing" I won't tell you the group size cause no one would believe it.

I have been looking for the most accurate guns and this ones here is a great one to get the right rifle that I may use on my hunting trips on our local hunting spot. I got some hidden spot where I took big game trophy.
Want to know these guys' experiences here.

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My Browning A-Bolt 2 (B.O.S.S.) in 22-250 will put them inside a dime all day everyday