Rem700WY
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I bought a Savage Axis XP SS for a prairie dog chambered in .223. I took it to the range after breaking in the barrel to see how it would shoot. First I fired some factory Remington White box 45 grain rounds looked like a shotgun pattern. Tried again with 50 and 55 grain Remington factory loads no improvement. I tried some Black Hills 77 grain match ammo and the results were the same. The twist rate is 1:9 so I know the 77 grainers were a stretch. Has anybody else had problems with there Axis? Any ideas I haven't thought of to try?