A local Walmart is clearing out some Savage Axis and Remington 700 rifles. They have the 700 with a scope rings etc. for $290. I am thinking of getting one since my only high powered rifles are an old 98 Mauser and a 96 Swedish Mauser.
I was leaning toward the .223 but read an article which said it has a one in 12 twist rate. OK for most loads but not the heavy bullets. I might finally get the .243. Just can’t seem to pull the trigger.
I have a Savage axis in 223, I bought in a black friday deal a couple of years ago for $250 with a $100 mail in rebate. using my handloads it is a 1moa rifle with a vortex viper 6-20x50 scope on it.
Not claiming to be an expert on this but I think only my oldest AR15 has a 1 in 12 twist rate. I've read that this means that the 55 grain bullets are stabilized but perhaps not the 62 grain that is quite common.
That rifle was built out of surplus M16 parts and in appearance differs little from the rifle I trained with in 1968.
As far as I know just about everything else that is available in .223 has, I think, a twist rate of 1 in 9. You might want to check this out. I picked the .223 because it is such a common round.
Oops. I may have misunderstood your post. Evidently Remington has sold .223 rifles with 1 in 12 rifling. Wise of you to have recognized that. I googled the topic and found some people who were unsatisfied with their Remington 700s for that reason.
You might be able to shoot up to a 63 grain bullet with the 1:12 twist, but I’m thinking the barrel will probably need to be at least 24 inches.
http://accurateshooter.net/Downloads/sierra223rembolt.pdf