Savage 110 Overhaul initial range testing
I finally got a chance to shoot my new Savage 110 rebuild. It will only get better from here. It was a great, sunny and cool day at the range! I took it to the 200 yard line and got on paper with some Winchester white box 7.62 NATO ammo and broke in the barrel. After break-in, I went to the 175gr FGMM and let the action settle into the stock and I dialed in the scope. My last two groups of the day are the upper left corner and the center right.
I've never shot a 0.670" 5-shot group for 0.320 MOA at 200 with any rifle. Today I did. The next group opened up to 1.840" for 0.878 MOA
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Today was just a warm-up and break-in. I still have to re-bed the action to the stock. I've got very slight contact on the right side of the barrel with the end of the forearm. I originally bed this action with a sporter barrel. Re-bedding this will remedy that. I also noticed that my thread protector shot slightly loose. I will remove it before doing any more accuracy testing from now on. I also still need to do a proper action screw torque procedure (whatever that is...)
Empty, this rifle weighs 11lbs, 15oz. It was a joy to shoot this rifle. It was very light on recoil and I could shoot it all day.
This has been a 6-year project and I'm very happy with it. Now I just need a better scope. The Zeiss will do, but I'm tempted to pull my Leupold MK4 ER/T off my M25 for a while.
Tony.
