Quote Originally Posted by dranrab View Post
I did the look through the bore boresighting method and fired a shot at 50 yards. I made an adjustment and fired again. It needed one more adjustment. I made that one then fired two more shots. Together they made a single hole that you had to look hard to see where two bullets hit. Then I backed off to 100 yards. I fired a group that went about an inch. The groups started opening up a little after that. I suspect it needed cleaning. I shot factory Hornady GMX stuff. I finished that box off. From here on out it's handloads.
If your accuracy is still off a bit then try cleaning out the copper. Some of the Savage (and any other mfg) barrels will accumulate some copper as the barrel breaks in. Some may even need to have some bore paste used on them to smooth out the machining marks.

Savage shows a break in procedure on their website FAQ.