cprstn54
02-23-2021, 04:32 PM
Just bought a 110 Tactical Desert LH in 6.5CM, my fourth Savage rifle. 100% satisfied with prior stuff.
Out of the box, the iron bolt handle base had a thru-crack. A new one was sent under warranty.
Bolt lift was brutal, so I added a lift kit.
Then I went to adjust the accufit buttstock. My rifle rifle came with the biggest (around 1") pull spacer installed, requiring the provided #10, 2", pan head sheet metal screws. Instructions say use only one spacer, but I needed 1-3/4" to get a correct pull, which I reduced to 1-1/2" due to what screw lengths were on hand at Home Depot. Now I have to worry about maybe too much leverage on what looks to me to be a dubious arrangement. Anyone with some experience?
The buttstock is hollow and held together with the aforesaid two sheet metal screws that thread into molded-in thin plastic tubes attached to the shell interior. I have seen this construction on consumer items and toys, but never on a gun. This rifle is so barrel-heavy they could have made the buttstock sold plastic and you wouldn't have noticed, or beefed up the plastic and used captive metal nuts and machine screws.
There is a chunk of rigid foam jammed into the hollow. My guess is it prevents oil-canning. Anyone know for sure?
Lastly, I do not see any provision to keep water out of the hollow interior. Anyone know if it can migrate to other parts of the rifle?
On the positive side, the gun is accurate.
Ken
Out of the box, the iron bolt handle base had a thru-crack. A new one was sent under warranty.
Bolt lift was brutal, so I added a lift kit.
Then I went to adjust the accufit buttstock. My rifle rifle came with the biggest (around 1") pull spacer installed, requiring the provided #10, 2", pan head sheet metal screws. Instructions say use only one spacer, but I needed 1-3/4" to get a correct pull, which I reduced to 1-1/2" due to what screw lengths were on hand at Home Depot. Now I have to worry about maybe too much leverage on what looks to me to be a dubious arrangement. Anyone with some experience?
The buttstock is hollow and held together with the aforesaid two sheet metal screws that thread into molded-in thin plastic tubes attached to the shell interior. I have seen this construction on consumer items and toys, but never on a gun. This rifle is so barrel-heavy they could have made the buttstock sold plastic and you wouldn't have noticed, or beefed up the plastic and used captive metal nuts and machine screws.
There is a chunk of rigid foam jammed into the hollow. My guess is it prevents oil-canning. Anyone know for sure?
Lastly, I do not see any provision to keep water out of the hollow interior. Anyone know if it can migrate to other parts of the rifle?
On the positive side, the gun is accurate.
Ken