A pair of 22LR mainstays shot against each other. Savage FvSR vs Ruger 10/22T

[R.W.Dale]

In the past few years I have been casually dabbling in local rimfire benchrest competitions. Well today in the course of testing a couple of mods I made to my 10/22 my ruger and Savage FVSR ended up in an impromptu shoot off.

Both have stock barrels. Both are pillar bedded into Richards Microfit stocks. The ruger is modified for a rear cross pin anchor. Otherwise both are stock mechanically. The savage has a ziess 3x8x40 and the ruger a sightron 36x

A little breezy today for tiny bug holes but consistent across all 5 shot groups. Ammo is SK rifle match from the same box. Both rifles favorite. Both rifles were around 25 rounds from a through bore clean when the groups started

I hadn’t shot the savage in a few years and honestly it’s impressed me enough that I might buy a little more scope for it. The The ruger factory bbl just isn’t inspiring me. It also seems to slightly wander POI

Average of 5 50 yard 5 shot groups
Savage .748
Ruger 1.0

 

[Spats McGee]

That looks like a well-spent afternoon!

 

[R.W.Dale]

That looks like a well-spent afternoon!

Especially for a day that started calling into work.

 

[ms6852]

What ammo were you using?

 

[R.W.Dale]

What ammo were you using?

sk rifle match

 

[horsemen61]

Nice looking rifles

 

[jmorris]

I was a few yards further back but had similar results with the Ruger factory barrel.

Side by side 597, 10/22, Model 60

The recent thread got me thinking that I had never had all three at the same place at the same time. The 597 I have is as it came from Remington and is my "farm" .22 so I always have something down there, brought it back yesterday. The Model 60 is my "shop" rifle and normally is without optics...

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As well as a good showing from a savage.

Side by side, Ruger 77/22, American, CZ 455 and Savage 22B

I was going to attempt a more comprehensive test but I didn’t get the hay put up until late and the rain came early. I gathered the 4 out and did a little testing at 50 yards before I had to put up. Using CCI blazer I shot 3 fowlers the proceeded with 3, 5 shot groups, round robin style vs...

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You have me wondering why you're not using that 40X?

 

[Howland937]

Especially for a day that started calling into work.

Shooting while you're supposed to be working?
Only way that gets any better is if you're getting paid to shoot.