.223 Handi Rifle accuracy

farm boy

I mounted a new scope on my .223 Handi Rifle recently and today was the first chance I had to sight it in before deer season. I put half a dozen rounds of Remington 55gr FMJ to get the scope sighted in, best group I got was about an 1.5". This is about the best I have ever done with this rifle. My next step was shoot Federal Fusion 62gr as this was the ammo I am wanting to use for deer season. This is what I got.

This group was shot off a bipod and a rear bag laying prone in the bed of my pickup range was a lasered 100 yards. I am blown away by this, I had no idea my rifle was capable of this.

NN

That is good, better than good.

coolgunguy

Nice!:worthy:

Zee

That'll work!

woodsrunner

Exceptional! You need to concentrate on putting a round through the eye.....left or right, depending on which way the deer is facing! My hat's off to you!

Six-Gun

This is not the first time I've seen evidence of exceptionally accurate Handi-Rifles. That's beyond just a "good group" - that's downright excellent, especially with a hunting load.

jbohio

Nice shootin!!!

farm boy

I thought I had missed the target altogether because I had mounted the bipod between the initial sight in and shooting the Federal Fusion. I thought maybe it had jacked with the barrel harmonics or something and sent my rounds all over creation. My POA was the red dot with my cross hairs lined up on the lines on the target. After those three shots I looked all over the target with my scope no holes anywhere around POA. I never even looked AT my POA.

farm boy

Thank you all. I am going to stop at Wal-Mart tomorrow and buy every box they have... Or at least all of them I can afford.

Jermanator

Meh. You are a whole 1/8" low!









That is some outstanding shooting! Awesome!!!

MileHighShooter

WOW! Great shooting! Take some credit for that, it wasn't all the rifles doing

Sporter barrel or heavy barrel?

Razorbacker

There's no better confidence builder for a hunt than a group like that. Outstanding.

farm boy

MileHighShooter wrote: »

WOW! Great shooting! Take some credit for that, it wasn't all the rifles doing

Sporter barrel or heavy barrel?

All I did was hold the rifle still. I would call it a heavy sporter barrel, it measures right at 5/8" at the muzzle. Here she is.

Razorbacker

farm boy wrote:
"All I did was hold the rifle still. "

Don't sell yourself short dude. That was an outstanding group. Not fired in a test barrel locked in a vice, YOU did that.

farm boy

cpj wrote: »

Nice shooting!
Sadly, i have not seen the WWB .223 ammo in years. That was good, inexpensive varmint ammo that shot great groups in just about every HR I have seen. It had a crimped hollow point bullet that grenaded on impact. They still sell it in 22-250 though. If yoh can find some, which I doubt, grab it!

I haven't seen any of that either. I have a couple of partial boxes in the cabinet. The Fiocchi loaded with VMAXs is good stuff too.

robert38-55

Six-Gun wrote: »

This is not the first time I've seen evidence of exceptionally accurate Handi-Rifles. That's beyond just a "good group" - that's downright excellent, especially with a hunting load.

:that::agree:

Big Chief

Great shooting, indeed. What's the twist rate in your Handi-rifle?

snake284-1

What ever ammo you said you used, you best remember it and hope they don't quit making it, because it was born for your rifle. and you did that with a factory rifle with a factory trigger from the back of a truck? Come show me how to shoot!!! That was fantastic shooting! That is bench rest competition good. Congrats!!!

robert38-55

snake284-1 wrote: »

What ever ammo you said you used, you best remember it and hope they don't quit making it, because it was born for your rifle. and you did that with a factory rifle with a factory trigger from the back of a truck? Come show me how to shoot!!! That was fantastic shooting! That is bench rest competition good. Congrats!!!

Looks like I could use a few lessons on shooting too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:that::agree:

snake284-1

Yeah Robert, he can teach this ol' dog any time he wants to. It jist don't get no better n that!!! No way no how!!!

DanChamberlain

I'd go back to the 55 grain load so you have an excuse!

farm boy

Chief I don't know what the twist rate is for sure, in light of this recent group I would guess 1:9.
Snake, Robert old saying. Ill take being lucky over good any day. I'm not this good a shot most days.
Dan the only excuse I ever offer up is that, "It's me, not you, I swear." spoken to the rifle of course.

Gene L

Nice group! Keep us updated on how the rifle shoots from now on!

ThatMattGuy

I have one of these with a big Leupold scop on it. I have never shot it or sighted it in. I was considering selling it but after seeing this maybe I will giver it a try.....at some point in the next decade. I have had this thing almost 4 years and never shot it! haha

BigDanS

I'm just eyeballing that target, but it appears to be sub 1/4 MOA.

Do you know what Pegasus just spent to build a rifle that is sub 1/4 MOA for bench rest?

Outstanding!

Gene L

BigDanS wrote: »

I'm just eyeballing that target, but it appears to be sub 1/4 MOA.

Do you know what Pegasus just spent to build a rifle that is sub 1/4 MOA for bench rest?

Outstanding!

That's why I'm looking for follow-up groups. Peg's rifle should continue to shoot small groups, and if the Handi Rifle does, it's a miracle.

tennmike

Good shooting! I have one of the Handi rifles in .223 with the heavy bull barrel. It is capable of more accuracy than I can attain.

bullsi1911

My Handi-Rifle in .308 is an MOA shooter with off the shelf hunting ammo. The last deer I shot with it was an Axis doe at 230 yards off of sticks. It is a real "always" rifle. It's always ready and always makes the shot.

BTW, mine's accuracy wen to hell when I put a bi-pod on it. Started vertically stringing the shots... I think the extra weight on the front changed the tightness of the lockup under recoil. If yours shoots like that with the bi-pod on it- KEEP IT THERE.

DanChamberlain

I've only had one Handi and it was a .22lr. I can say with all honesty, it killed every squirrel I ever shot with it.

bisley

I'm betting the bipod made the difference, because it put the rest position over the forearm screw. My HandiRifle strings the shots if I vary the rest position, but shoots MOA if I keep it exactly over the screw.

Excellent shooting, made more amazing to me because I know firsthand how badly the trigger sucks!

cappy54

Buddy I've had one in 270 for my daughter and it shoots all day long like that great gun a deers target area is much more than 1/4 to 1/2 moa that worries many here oopppssss i didn't just say that :bang: