My First rifle project coming together

My own custom built savage 10 :
Savage 10 receiver I took off of a pawn shop .243
I did the accutrigger work myself making a set screw to adjust tension
I cerakoted the parts myself
Ptg bolt and handle
Installed a new Shilen select match barrel; 24” target bull, chambered in .260 Remington VLD, wet sanded and polished to mirror finish
Stock is Bobby Hart long range stock, clear coated
I bedded the entire action with accuglass and floated the barrel
Mounts are DNZ one piece
Scope is Sightron Siii 6-24- 50mm First Focal

I have finished bedding the action and mounted the scope this morning. I test fired it to check the headspace with comparator, I like what I see. Brand new Lapua brass measuring 1.620” and my fired case is 1.622” . I will make some rounds soon and see what she will do. I already have Imr 4350 so I’ll start with that. I bought Hornady 140 eld match, and Barnes 140 matchburners to try. I sure hope it shoots well!

Looking like 100 plus degrees next couple of days here so it may be later this week before I go shoot groups. On the other hand, it’s worrying me how it will shoot , so it may get the best of me and try despite the heat!! Thanks for the compliments, I do like how it turned out, and spent a lot of time making everything fit as perfect as I could get it without special tools. I will say this, the picture of this stock does it no justice, in person it is a thing of beauty! Hats off to Revolution stocks, it’s a nice, well built stock for $260.

Couldn’t stand it , worked up a load to try!! Worked up to 44.1 grains of imr 4350 and 2700 fps. I took 5 brand new cases straight out the box , passed a chamfering tool on the necks , and loaded them up. Shot the 5 back to back in the blazing heat, .75” at 100. I’m pleased!! I felt like I pulled the one to the right, not used to the gun. So I think I have something that will work here. Lots of fun doing it yourself!!

When this heat wave breaks , I will work on tuning up this load. I need to see if this Imr 4350 is going to be temp sensitive as some say it is.

I made a quick ladder test yesterday after work and shot it at 300 yds. I’m thinking of making a few at 44.8 grains to try/

After shooting around 60 Barnes 140 matchburners and testing many combos at 300 yds., my average 5 shot groups were running around 3.5”. I felt the rifle can do better so I moved on to Hornady eld match 140s. What a difference! I shot a ladder test with them and had 3 different powder charges group together at 300 yds at .75”.. I made 2 batches of 5 to try at 2 different powder weights. Shot them at 300 and one group came in at 2.1” and he other at 2.2”. Both running about a 1.75” vertical. I shot the 10 pretty quick so the barrel got VERY hot, and still put those groups for me. It’s looking like this will be my load, I will make 20 and test them at 600. For a home built rifle I am pleased. The pic is the ladder test on the eld match bullets. The little cluster on top is a .9 change in Imr 4350.