Hey All, Here is my first "totally by me" build. Savage 110 7MM Rem Mag, Choate Stock, Large Bolt Handle, Shilen Match grade bull barrel 26", 20 MOA scope Bases, Vortex HS Scope.
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I had originally worked over the factory trigger, and when I went out for barrel break-in, I realized that I had just made a horrible trigger bad, so I ordered and installed a Rifle Basix Sav-1 trigger. I also realized that the stock was in need of bedding, so back to the bench it went. Initial load development showed a couple of loads that showed promise, so I loaded up a few more and a few max loads to try as well, and back out to re-check groups. Here is the winning group. These were just confirming earlier groups, so it was only a 3 shot.
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I ran the last two through the chrono to get a speed which was 2910fps. I was hoping to get just over 3000fps, but with that group, I think I can sacrifice a few fps. I was shooting prone off of bags. I originally paid $130 for the rifle WITH 4 boxes of ammo.