TwoEyedJack
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One of my friends asked me to sight in a Savage A17 today. Conditions were perfect, no wind and not too cold. I was shooting at 100 yards off a lead sled (I was also trying out some full-house loads for my .338 win mag) and shot several 5-shot groups similar to this one.
The ammo was CCI A17, which they claim is optimized for this rifle. This is about twice as large a group as I have gotten with the other 17s in the family, all Savage heavy barrel bolt actions.
One thing I noticed is that the barrel does not sit in the middle of the fore end channel. It is not touching, but much closer on the right side than the left. If my friend were to glass bed the thing, do you think it would tighten up the vertical dispersion?
I shot 25 rounds in total, and there were no malfunctions at all. The rotary clip is a little harder to load than the Ruger 10-22's. Trigger was nice. Bolt doesn't stay open on the last round.
The ammo was CCI A17, which they claim is optimized for this rifle. This is about twice as large a group as I have gotten with the other 17s in the family, all Savage heavy barrel bolt actions.
One thing I noticed is that the barrel does not sit in the middle of the fore end channel. It is not touching, but much closer on the right side than the left. If my friend were to glass bed the thing, do you think it would tighten up the vertical dispersion?
I shot 25 rounds in total, and there were no malfunctions at all. The rotary clip is a little harder to load than the Ruger 10-22's. Trigger was nice. Bolt doesn't stay open on the last round.