Why did it take so long

[sbindy]

For me to finally buy a custom barrel? I am still kicking myself over that one after yesterday.
I put a 30BR barrel on my Savage action and set it in a Benchrest stock and shot it at 100yds. As long as I waited for the same condition on the flags, it would put them almost in the same hole. I was shooting in full reverses just to see how much the bullet moved! I finally have a rig accurate enough to use windflags and get a meaningful result.
For the last 3 years I have spent alot of time and money to make factory barrels shoot, and some of them shoot really well. Instead of trying to find some mechanical reason as to why a rifle wont shoot, now I will be at the range looking for the flag that shows why.
The wind at the range I go to swirls like a toilet bowl, and the area between bench and target can put up terrible mirage when it is wet since it is in a low area. Should be quite a challenge. At least I have a rifle to learn with now.

 

[Larry Elliott]

When someone has only shot factory barrels they don't realize how nice a custom barrel can be. When someone who's only used factory barrel is told to get a good custom barrel, the comment is nearly always, "but they're so expensive...." Yes, and they're worth every penny too.

Usually better accuracy, but almost always much less fouling that's easier to clean out.

 

[Bryce]

Sbindy,

Now wait until you shoot a full custom actioned bench rest rifle for the first time !!

They are uncanny to shoot at first, but be warned, as you are probably already finding out, accuracy at that level makes all your other rifles very uninteresting !!

Bryce

 

[sbindy]

Bryce

Thats the truth! I am already tying to find a way to get rid of some rifles I dont shoot much and put the money towards something like a Kelbly's action, or even a whole rifle. I dont shoot in competition because my job eats most of my time, so I need to figure out just how much bang for the buck I really can afford.
Custom actions are expensive, but so is blueprinting a factory action. For the time being I will just have to learn to shoot what I have.

 

[caroby]

Learning the wind

Thats the truth! I am already tying to find a way to get rid of some rifles I dont shoot much and put the money towards something like a Kelbly's action, or even a whole rifle. I dont shoot in competition because my job eats most of my time, so I need to figure out just how much bang for the buck I really can afford.
Custom actions are expensive, but so is blueprinting a factory action. For the time being I will just have to learn to shoot what I have.

Bindy,

You are going about it the right way... You don't HAVE to have a "full on" BR rig to experience Extreme Accuracy... Though it helps....

Your set-up will provide you with REAL learning... Trusting an accurate rifle will allow the shooter to SEE the wind... Practicing dopeing for a condition and you can stere multi shots in a tiny group, feels REAL good... You'll see!

The 30BR is a real sweet heart!

Good'n on you!
cale

 

[crb]

In Jan 07 I bought a Sav BVSS single shot with a used Douglas/SSS 6br 12 twist bbl. The first time I took it to the range my first thought was that there was NO WAY that the second shot missed the 'whole damn target'. I then noticed that the bullet hole was not quite round anymore. The first group was a low to mid 4 while fireforming new brass.

 

[AVanGorder]

Custom Savage

For me to finally buy a custom barrel? I am still kicking myself over that one after yesterday.
I put a 30BR barrel on my Savage action and set it in a Benchrest stock ...

Being the Savage fan that I am, I am very interested in what barrel and stock you chose. Do you have some pictures?

I also have a 30BR Savage. I don't get to play with it much as most my range time is spent working on my BR rigs (mostly 30BRs).

It's good to hear you're enjoying the new barrel / gun.

Adrian

 

[crb]

Re: Savage BR Stocks

I have two of the Don Stith 'Darts' on a couple of Rem's. Back when I had my Savage 112's I laid one of the rec's in the Stith stock and of course the diameter was a perfect fit. Don said that if I sent him a Savage stock that he could get the inletting very close so this would be another option for a Savvy BR stock. I used a Stockade short range BR stock on the above mentioned 6BR 112.

The Dart stock is of the 'Edge' design with the coffin shaped butt .

 

[sbindy]

I dont have any pictures of it. The stock needs finished ,so its pretty ugly right now. It came from Brownells. I cant remember the name of the company, but they make 3 or 4 different style stocks specifically for Savages. I bought it 2 years ago for my .223 and shot it for a while. The barrel is a Douglas XX 1-17 from Fred Moreo's shop in Van Wert, ohio. My dad had originally purchased it aa while back, had his fun with it, and was going to sell it. So I bought it.
The load I am using is 32.7grs of H4198, or 58 1/2 clicks on my Harells measure, Rem 7 1/2 primers, and Ron Cheeks 118gr bullet set at .010 jam. With only .001 neck tension it pushes back in the case when chambered easily. The chamber has a .332 Neck and the brass, Lapua, is neck turned to .011 for a loaded round OD of .330.

Up until now with varmint rifles that might shoo .3's on their best day, it was kind of futile to try to dope the wind and get it to do much better. When this rifle doesnt shoot good its because of me. I am looking forward to learning how to shoot in the wind with flags. Partly because even in the short time I have spent with it so far, it has responded to my feeble attempts by putting a few shots right where I wanted.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words and encouragement!