Hi guys,
Work and family obligations kept me away from the range and I still have not shoot my new rifle... There is a remedy for this next week...
So tonight I was "playing" with it... I got a pdf file from Savage with all technical specifications of the 11VT (please guide me how to upload it) and the stated weight (including scope) is 11.2lbs. I checked with my scales and found to be 9.8lbs... Mine is a 308. So my guess is that the rifle without scope rings and base will be around 8lbs.
I took it apart and I felt that the action screws were well below the 30-35 lbs/in that Savage recommends... I torque both at 32lbs/in (the third/rear trigger guard screw does not need torque; just finger tight). The stock stock weighs 2 lbs aprox. The font part has an inner recess that can be filled with epoxy I suppose to make it stiffer. So the difference with an aftermarket stock (Manners T4... yeah.. ) will be 0.5 to 1 lb.
I plan to cut the barrel from 24'' to 20'' when the stock comes so I guess the 1 lbs difference from the stock will be even with the barrel cut. I want to cut the barrel for two reasons, weight and maneuverability (rifle will double act as hunting and target rifle). Any thoughts/suggestions are welcome.
I called 5 different local smiths for the barrel cut job and 4 of them are charging $125 and the last guy $60... I thought that cutting and recrowing a barrel will not be more than $50... Any thoughts on that?
Photos on my next post...
Shoot true.
Bill
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