Quote Originally Posted by Pawatch View Post
will keep that in mind.

Went to the range today to try the 3 brands of ammo I bought...5 shots @ 100yds
1. The Hornady Superformance varmint 53gr shot the tightest group. Top of bullseye slightly to left.
2. Federal Premium 69gr Sierra BTHP. Clover leaf 3 shots. That shot about 1" low of the bull.
3. Winchester match 69 gr. shot 3 in bullseye and 3 outside of bull.

Right now I would say it is liking the bullets with the grains in the 50's better .
That is the same thing I was finding but the flat base seem to shoot better than the boat tails in the 55 gr bullet selections that I've tried but in saying that I haven't shot over 150 yards yet. The one thing I would advise you is to not clean out the copper fouling too much. I hear that the savage barrels really don't need exhaustive cleaning and, in fact, seem to shoot better when slightly copper fouled. Apparently it fills in any imperfections in the barrel. The copper fouling advice was given to me here at this forum, I just passed it forward trying to help out.