They're Weaver style bases. You can get a one piece picatinny rail, with or without 20MOA of cant. Think mine are EGW.I have a question about the Savage Mk 2 BTV for those of you that have one or are familiar with them.
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I can’t find a photo that shows the top of the receiver. They sure look like Picatinny rail sections but I would like confirmation.
Thank you
They're Weaver style bases. You can get a one piece picatinny rail, with or without 20MOA of cant. Think mine are EGW.
Thank you both.The Savage rifles come with Weaver style bases. You have two choices when it comes to a one piece picatinny rail; EGW or DIP.
EGW offers 0 MOA or 20 MOA bases: https://egwguns.com/scope-mounts-rings/standard-rifle-scope-mounts/savage/?model=637
DIP Inc offers 0 MOA or 25 MOA bases: https://www.diproductsinc.com/Products.aspx?CAT=9431
I have the DIP 0 MOA and 25 MOA bases on my Savage MkII rifles. I went with DIP because they had the left hand version in stock at the time. DIP and EGW bases are both good to go.
I am not familiar with the use of 20 or 25 MOA rails and actually wondered why one would need one.
The canted rails allow enough adjustment for you to get the crosshairs on target at extended ranges but aren't so much that you can't get a zero under 100yds. Back in the old days, we just had to hold over and that gets to be difficult at 300yds with plain ole duplex reticles.Using a 20MOA rail do you Zero at 100yds? This graph shows a 50 yard Zero.
I truly appreciate all the information I am getting here. Since I really don’t know a lot about accurate Rimfires this is all good info.
I have shot military grade rifles, shot tactical handgun matches, Bullseye matches, Cowboy Action Shooting, hunting, general target shooting and plinking. This is my first foray into rimfire accuracy, besides some plinking rifles and some revolvers.
I just received my Viridian Serac 6-24x50 scope from FedEx.
HOLY COW what a surprise! That thing is a big scope.
Makes my 3-9x33 Leupold Compact look tiny.
Well, now I have my scope.
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I took it outside and had a look around with it. Really clear and crisp, visually at 6x. I dialed it up to max and was looking at nail heads on a fence 120 yards away. And I really like that reticle.
I will buy rings once a buy a gun. I am planning to go with Warne rings.
Truly, I am thinking the same thing. I saw a Marlin 25N for sale yesterday. I was thinking how that would look with that Viridian scope on it. It just wouldn’t look right. Especially with a Magpul Bipod on it too.My first thought was the CZ American leaning towards field use over range use. But with that huge 30mm tube scope it makes me think range use more than field use and swings my vote to the CZ Varmint.
Define "accuracy".
People who shoot competition have a different standard than people who shoot varmints/small game.
For me, any .22 LR capable of putting a bullet through the head of a squirrel at any reasonable hunting distance (call it 50 feet for argument's sake) is plenty accurate enough for me. Call that a quarter sized target.
In my opinion, any bolt action .22 rifle OUGHT to be able of doing this.
I have decided that it will be a range gun. I have other guns for the field.Pat Riot, what is your mix of field vs. range use? And what will field use entail?
I ask because the heavy varmint rifles are generally more accurate, easier to shoot accurately from a decent rest, and more satisfying to shoot when going for accuracy and tight groups. I say this based upon my mix of about 8 varmint/target rifles and a bunch of sporter/lighter rifles.
But the more seriously sized-and-weighted varmint/target rifles aren't too much fun to carry a lot in the field, or to shoot off hand, so you have to factor that in if you are going to be carrying it.
For what I am looking for, <.5” at 50 yards I am guessing wouldn’t be too much to as for in an accurate .22 Long Rifle. Preferably less would be better.Define "accuracy".
Thank you.Depending on how far into WV you are, there's a shop in South Central OH that typically has a handful of CZ's in stock. I entertained the idea of picking up a 457 Varmint they had a few months back, but didn't. At the time they were about $75 cheaper than any I found online. Zip code is 43160 if you wanna see how far it actually is.
Not on the list but an excellent point.Anschutz!
May as well start out with something really good.
DM