Savage Scope Mount Bolt PROBLEM

[EGW1]

The Tactical mounts include hex screws and a wrench with the mount packaging all for 39.99. They are machined from 6061 extruded T6 alunimum and anodized.

The HD mounts are Machined from solid, include torx screws and wrench, are a little lower and hard coat anodized for 69.99.

All our mounts extend past the receiver typically 5/8 of an inch or more.

Thank you
geo

www.egwguns.com

[Boba Debt]

I ended up taking my rifle back to the shop I bought it from.

They tapped the holes, provided new Torx bolts and mounted it for $10.

Not a bad deal considering the cost if a tap and screws would have exceeded $10.

[bodywerks]

Glad you got it worked out. I wish I would have taken a picture of mine. the holes were clearly off, and it didn't appear to be the EGW base. Regardless, I got it sorted out...now, if only I can get better than 12 inch groups at 200 yards with this FCP-k ??? ???

[axaviere]

if thats the group size you are getting i would call savage for some warranty work or somewhere i recall reading a guy had to take his action out and found that a screw was too long and was hitting his barre i think? there is a specific way to re-assemble the action and i am sure someone will post that link. but after he ground a screw down and put it all back together, his groups dropped to what they should have been. i read way too much stuff to recall the specifics and i dont have an accustock so i dont commit as much data regarding the accustock to memory. i would not think ammo would cause that big of a group, but i could be wrong. anyway taking the action out is free and a good place to start. maybe it was a sling stud screw?

[bodywerks]

Turned out it was the ammo, not the gun. Turns out that, while my PMC 223 ammo works great, considering the price, their .308 stuff is useless. Don't know if 147 grain bullets are too light for the barrel twist or what.
Took the gun back to the range and warmed up the barrel with about 15 rounds of PMC for a 3-4" group at 100 yards, then switched to Hornady 168g match ammo. What a difference!!! Shot 5 groups, one 5 round, the rest 3-round. The first 3 round group was almost 1MOA, two more were sub-MOA, and one was close to 1/2MOA! The 5 round group woulda been a 1 MOA had it not been for that one flier, but I was shooting off a bench with a bipod up front and just my left hand for elevation. Gimme a some sandbags and some padding on my cheek rest to absorb some of the displacement from my heartbeat and I could probably shoot sub-moa all day long - Love this gun!

[slurpin dog]

Nice presentation Axeman

hope this helps. i went thru several allen head screws before i bought a tap. savage does nothing to protect the threads when they coat the model 10s


if you have a model 10 you may have this stuff in the holes...

here it is before. notice the holes are dark, the threads are loaded with the coating they use on the rifle

[img width=600 height=400]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4387744217_0c15bbed65_b.jpg[/img]

so i run the tap thru and as you can see, there is quite a bit of schmootz in there. very few if any metal flakes came thru

[img width=600 height=400]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4387747743_ce6c540a7a_b.jpg[/img]

plenty of stuff still on the tap after taking it out.

[img width=600 height=400]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4388507550_ab7b12daf6_b.jpg[/img]

notice the threads are now bright and shiney, all cleaned up

[img width=600 height=400]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4388531512_3df8312e1a_b.jpg[/img]

i dont worry so much about a certain torque setting going in. the nice thing about all that gunk in the threads is you never needed loctite. now i may use purple on it

[axaviere]

thanks, anytime i can combine two or more hobbies i jump at the chance. plus if i can save one person the hassle i went thru. how much would the 4 screws cost savage to keep the holes clean?? i let them know how i felt about dropping that much coin on something i had to buy a tap to clean up