Heavy barrel bmag thread

[rona]

Shows what can be expected. I wonder if the so-called fliers are due to light barrel getting to hot after 3 rounds. Doesn't seem logical but evidently the heavy barrel doesn't have this problem.

[bremereric]

Boyd's has the stocks ready for the heavy barrel B-Mags.

[Lonewulf]

Great, I ordered a regular b-mag stock and it came yesterday, was gonna open the channel up myself :( and cannot send it back, got the custom high gloss finish

[Lonewulf]

don't think Boyds will take it back, but gonna call them tomorrow and ask. the only extra option I got was the high gloss finish, or it may be listed cheap in the for sale in the member classifieds :)
Thumbhole with the high gloss finish, looks sharp in the box :) sad thing is I ordered a carbide 3/4 round nose wood burr to run in my Router to get it close on the opening, and then sand the rest out

guess I have made worse $150 decisions in my life LOL it really isn't funny though

[bremereric]

don't think Boyds will take it back, but gonna call them tomorrow and ask. the only extra option I got was the high gloss finish, or it may be listed cheap in the for sale in the member classifieds :)
Thumbhole with the high gloss finish, looks sharp in the box :) sad thing is I ordered a carbide 3/4 round nose wood burr to run in my Router to get it close on the opening, and then sand the rest out

guess I have made worse $150 decisions in my life LOL it really isn't funny thoughDon't beat yourself up so bad.

[Rainorshine]

Don't beat yourself up so bad.
Yeh! I think all of you deserve medals for all the efforts you have put in trying to make shooters out of your B Mags. Savage should feel fortunate to have such dedicated customers.

[bremereric]

Ordered my heavy barrel stock from Boyd's today. $108.00 to the door. Will post pics for sure when it arrives.

[n4ue]

One 'good' thing about the skinny bbl bMags is the abundance of factory stocks (for cheap) on the aftermarket. I have several to epoxy up, paint, etc and not worry about the resale value of the original bMag (whatever that might be!).
To me, it's all about having fun and my new SS bMag is a fantastic shooter, so, it allows me to play with the first model.....

Ya gotta have fun and remember in 100 years it ain't gonna matter ONE bit!


ron

[Lonewulf]

got it opened up and mounted :) about a half hour

used a 3/4 wooden dowel rod with 80 grit sticky back body shop file board paper stuck and stapled to the dowel
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[bremereric]

Good job and you saved some money.

[Oregonboy]

Yeh! I think all of you deserve medals for all the efforts you have put in trying to make shooters out of your B Mags. Savage should feel fortunate to have such dedicated customers.

I'll second you on that Rainorshine. I bailed out till later, but these guys have really hung in there and what you said about Savage is 100 %

[Rainorshine]

Good job and you saved some money.
Ditto!!! Now you have a rifle that looks great and I hope shoots as good as it looks for many years to come.

[sparky123321]

I just got home from the range where I shot the original and SS Heavy Barrel Bmags side by side. Both rifles are in Boyd's stocks with the barrels completely free floating and I was using 25gr ammo. Honestly, at 100 yards, you wouldn't be able to guess which group came from which gun. Both guns shot 5-shot groups >2" at 100 yards off bipods and rear bags. Not very impressive. If I had to choose I'd probably say the original shot a little better, but it also has more rounds thru it. I really feel the problem with the Bmag accuracy is ammo related. I have shot better groups with the original Bmag in the past(+or- 1" at 100 yards) and now I wish I kept track of the ammo lot numbers. I for one surely hope the .17 WSM isn't being produced on the same equipment as the nail gun charges. I'll get my hands on some 20gr ammo and do the same side by side comparison when time permits.

I do have to throw in one disclaimer though. A little hung over today and not my best day of shooting, but I was still able to shoot 1/2 MOA with my .223 LRPV with a Shilen barrel with factory Lapua ammo.

[bremereric]

Got mine mated to the Boyd's heavy barrel stock. Still leans to the left side a bit and I had to sand the front of the magazine to get it to fit good. Waiting to shoot it next weekend.

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[Lonewulf]

when I sanded out my thumbhole stock it also was slightly to the left and had to sand more on that side just like the sporter was.. I would have hoped Boyd's would have gotten that corrected by now
other that that all is good ( I hope ) off all next week and gonna do some shooting. hoping to see how the SS HB does at 100,200,300+ yards :) my BIL has 100 acres out his back door so I have some room

[Desertwolf]

So I just picked up my HB bmag today and did some range testing with it and was able ti shoot 5 shot groups that were under the size of a dime consistently if I did my part. This is stock HB bmag in a POS savage synthetic stock, off a bipod. Good enough for mehttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/22/5e3avypa.jpg

[Desertwolf]

Here is one that I pulled the last shot onhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/22/udevyjyz.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/22/e3upagy7.jpg

[Lonewulf]

sending my HB B-mag to savage Tuesday for them to look at, it is throwing ammo everywhere. could barely hit a 4x4 piece of cardboard at 50 yards and it was all key holed, tried ammo from 3 different boxes and it was all the same. shot some of the same ammo in my original B-mag and it was a 1 to 1-1/2 in group at 100
not happy right now

[bremereric]

sending my HB B-mag to savage Tuesday for them to look at, it is throwing ammo everywhere. could barely hit a 4x4 piece of cardboard at 50 yards and it was all key holed, tried ammo from 3 different boxes and it was all the same. shot some of the same ammo in my original B-mag and it was a 1 to 1-1/2 in group at 100
not happy right nowWow?

[Rainorshine]

Sorry to hear this! From what I could tell from the photos you did a great job of fitting the stock. I love the way the stainless looks against the wood! But these things need to shoot! Please keep us posted.