robctwo
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Got the Savage 10 FP a few weeks ago. I must say that I was disappointed with the groups. Someone suggested that I get a different stock, and I saw the Bell & carlson DuraMaxx available through Midway.
I decided to go with the Natural Gear pattern. It arrived and I installed it. some minor scraping and sanding was required, and I'm not done yet.
Here's what it looks like:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/robctwo/
PICT2077.jpg
I took it out to the range this afternoon with some new Hornady 60 gr V-Max bullets over 24 gr of Varget @ 2.2 OAL.
Very nice. I liked the trigger on this gun right off, but didn't think 2" groups were all that great. Today the norm was all four rounds touching. I wanted to bring the targets home to photograph, but we had an honest to goodness thunderstorm and they disintegrated. We've had no rain in the Willamette Valley for a long time, so some rain was good. The lightening on the hill in back of the target stand was pretty cool as well.
I was curious if it was the new loads or the stock or both. Ran a bunch of the other loads that were not grouping well and they were all tighter. Not as tight as the V-Max, but much better with the new stock.
I've still got a slight bind somewhere. My trigger is frozen after chambering a new load on a regular basis. I need to cycle the action to get it loose. Not every round, but often enough to be a drag. I think I'll do a bit of sanding in the area where the trigger assembly goes through the stock in the morning.
I was really regretting not gettin the CZ with the Kevlar stock. It was @ Sportsman's Warehouse for $659. The Savage was $495 from a local guy. With the $135 + stock I'm about the same on price. If the Savage hadn't tightened up I was going to be pissed. As it is I'm pretty good.
I decided to go with the Natural Gear pattern. It arrived and I installed it. some minor scraping and sanding was required, and I'm not done yet.
Here's what it looks like:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e186/robctwo/
PICT2077.jpg
I took it out to the range this afternoon with some new Hornady 60 gr V-Max bullets over 24 gr of Varget @ 2.2 OAL.
Very nice. I liked the trigger on this gun right off, but didn't think 2" groups were all that great. Today the norm was all four rounds touching. I wanted to bring the targets home to photograph, but we had an honest to goodness thunderstorm and they disintegrated. We've had no rain in the Willamette Valley for a long time, so some rain was good. The lightening on the hill in back of the target stand was pretty cool as well.
I was curious if it was the new loads or the stock or both. Ran a bunch of the other loads that were not grouping well and they were all tighter. Not as tight as the V-Max, but much better with the new stock.
I've still got a slight bind somewhere. My trigger is frozen after chambering a new load on a regular basis. I need to cycle the action to get it loose. Not every round, but often enough to be a drag. I think I'll do a bit of sanding in the area where the trigger assembly goes through the stock in the morning.
I was really regretting not gettin the CZ with the Kevlar stock. It was @ Sportsman's Warehouse for $659. The Savage was $495 from a local guy. With the $135 + stock I'm about the same on price. If the Savage hadn't tightened up I was going to be pissed. As it is I'm pretty good.