17 Remington Groundhog Rifle Build & Accuracy Test
17 Remington Groundhog Rifle Build & Accuracy Test. Complete 17 Remington build on Weather Bee Model 307 action with McGowan barrel, Toric optic, and Rifle Basics trigger. Field test at 100 and 290 yards. { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel#person", "name": "AP2020 Outdoors", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/nontypnito_channel", "description": "AP2020 Outdoors is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/fdc542ca-5021-498d-82f3-3599d940a8b6.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-groundhog-rifle-build-test#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-groundhog-rifle-build-test" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/17-remington-groundhog-rifle-build-test", "headline": "17 Remington Groundhog Rifle Build & Accuracy Test", "name": "17 Remington Groundhog Rifle Build & Accuracy Test", "description": "Complete 17 Remington build on Weather Bee Model 307 action with McGowan barrel, Toric optic, and Rifle Basics trigger. Field test at 100 and 290 yards.", "articleSection": "Gunsmithing & Builds", "articleBody": "The 17 Remington groundhog rifle that AP2020 Outdoors just finished is a ground-up custom build: a Weatherby Model 307 Builder's Action, a 24-inch McGowen Precision barrel in a 1:8.5 twist, a Rifle Basics LV-1K trigger averaging 10.6 ounces, and a Tract Toric UHD 4.5-30x on top. First range session produced a 3,958.6 fps average with 25-grain Bergers and first-round impacts on a prairie dog silhouette at 290 yards. This is the kind of build video that's getting squeezed off mainstream platforms — a guy walking you through component choices, trigger-pull methodology, chronograph data, and live-fire results with nothing sanded off. On Greyhive, the whole thing stays up. Below is the full breakdown of the rifle, the handload, and what it actually did on target. The host — who runs the AP2020 Outdoors range and channel — built this one specifically for groundhog and varmint work, where a flat-shooting, low-recoil 17 caliber earns its keep. The stock has history, too: it came off his 22-250 Ackley Improved before getting a new life under the 307. Key Takeaways Core build: Weatherby Model 307 Builder's Action, 24-inch McGowen Precision barrel, 1:8.5 twist, 17 caliber, Cerakote Burnt Bronze finish. Rifle Basics LV-1K trigger averaged 10.6 ounces out of the rifle across six pulls, and roughly 12.5 ounces once reassembled — safety function verified after install. Handload: 25…