110 Ultralite Camo in 6.5 PRC - receiver screw holes not 8 40
I just picked up the rifle today and started to install the picatinny rail I bought from Murphy Precision it comes with 8 40 screws .. welll they wouldn't fit in the holes drilled in the receiver (too big) ... so I got out my trusty caliper and measured the diameter of the holes in the receiver .. the best I could come up with was .1345 - .1350 ... the screws supplied by Murphy Precision measured .16 and that is the diameter for 8 40 screws ... it appears to me that Savage drilled the receiver for 6 48 screws instead of the advertised 8 40 .. has anyone else run into this problem ... I'm going to pick up some 6 48 screws tomorrow to verify my belief and then we'll proceed from there.