tt123
09-05-2013, 10:36 AM
Hi everyone,
I took my new Savage 110 to the range for the first time today. As you may have read on my other thread, it's an F series (pre 1995) that has been sitting at a gun shop (or perhaps the importer's) for many years, and until today was brand new and unfired.
I took a couple of other my rifles with me as I had to zero one of them (my Krico .308) and one of my buddies wanted to try out the other one (a Midland in 6.5x55). He's taking his hunting test later this month, and is hoping to get his own rifle shortly afterwards.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr252/Tartan_Terrier/3d31dffd-2a01-4301-ba95-287cf08ffa39_zps06e2962b.jpg (http://s489.photobucket.com/user/Tartan_Terrier/media/3d31dffd-2a01-4301-ba95-287cf08ffa39_zps06e2962b.jpg.html)
Anyway, I was quite impressed with the Savage, though I will need to adjust the trigger. Compared to my Krico it was very heavy indeed, but dry firing it before today I had thought it not too bad. Perhaps it was a bad idea having more than one rifle with me, as I probably wouldn't have thought so much about it if I hadn't had something to compare it to.
One minor niggle that I hadn't noticed before I got to the range was that the scope was canted! I should have checked, but I had assumed that they'd have mounted the scope properly at the shop!
My first shot was with the cross hairs level, and the next two were with the rifle held properly. This gave a bit of a spread, as is only to be expected, so I loosened the rings and levelled the scope before I shot the next group.
Much better! Five shots with the cheap (ish) S&B FMJ 147 grains gave a group of 1.7". Not too bad I thought! I got the scope adjusted in and am now shooting about an inch high at 100m with both the S&B and Hornady 150gr BTSP.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr252/Tartan_Terrier/P1020664_zps14875e49.jpg (http://s489.photobucket.com/user/Tartan_Terrier/media/P1020664_zps14875e49.jpg.html)
I'm planning on putting a safari ching sling on it, and having another trip or two to the range to try out some other loads before the roe deer season (the most plentiful deer in Denmark) starts on October 1st.
Cheers
Jeff
I took my new Savage 110 to the range for the first time today. As you may have read on my other thread, it's an F series (pre 1995) that has been sitting at a gun shop (or perhaps the importer's) for many years, and until today was brand new and unfired.
I took a couple of other my rifles with me as I had to zero one of them (my Krico .308) and one of my buddies wanted to try out the other one (a Midland in 6.5x55). He's taking his hunting test later this month, and is hoping to get his own rifle shortly afterwards.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr252/Tartan_Terrier/3d31dffd-2a01-4301-ba95-287cf08ffa39_zps06e2962b.jpg (http://s489.photobucket.com/user/Tartan_Terrier/media/3d31dffd-2a01-4301-ba95-287cf08ffa39_zps06e2962b.jpg.html)
Anyway, I was quite impressed with the Savage, though I will need to adjust the trigger. Compared to my Krico it was very heavy indeed, but dry firing it before today I had thought it not too bad. Perhaps it was a bad idea having more than one rifle with me, as I probably wouldn't have thought so much about it if I hadn't had something to compare it to.
One minor niggle that I hadn't noticed before I got to the range was that the scope was canted! I should have checked, but I had assumed that they'd have mounted the scope properly at the shop!
My first shot was with the cross hairs level, and the next two were with the rifle held properly. This gave a bit of a spread, as is only to be expected, so I loosened the rings and levelled the scope before I shot the next group.
Much better! Five shots with the cheap (ish) S&B FMJ 147 grains gave a group of 1.7". Not too bad I thought! I got the scope adjusted in and am now shooting about an inch high at 100m with both the S&B and Hornady 150gr BTSP.
http://i489.photobucket.com/albums/rr252/Tartan_Terrier/P1020664_zps14875e49.jpg (http://s489.photobucket.com/user/Tartan_Terrier/media/P1020664_zps14875e49.jpg.html)
I'm planning on putting a safari ching sling on it, and having another trip or two to the range to try out some other loads before the roe deer season (the most plentiful deer in Denmark) starts on October 1st.
Cheers
Jeff