Savage 10FP Rifle Setup

[jnclement]

I know I posted a comment on here yesterday about how hard it was to shoot a 308 past 600 with a short barrel. Anyway.........if you get the Savage, you can do all the upgrades yourself. And when you get the money, you can replace the 308 barrel with a 6.5, and get better ballistics with less recoil and cost.

[Hooz]

Originally Posted by Bullet

Hooz - That's about what I had pictured for my setup. Do you have the choate Varminter or UltraSniper stock? By the way, how well does your setup shoot? I don't mind acquiring a few items second hand either, as long as its in good usable shape.

For now, I'd be happy with a rifle that shoots close to 1/2MOA consistently. Is this a feasible goal with the setup I proposed?

I started with the Ultimate Sniper and ended-up with the Ultimate Varmint (long story, don't ask). There isn't that much difference between them... Go for whichever is cheaper.

With good match ammo, I don't think that 1/2MOA is too much to ask from that setup.

I built my gun as a 300-600 yard gun with the capability to go further if I wanted/needed to. I may actually rebarrel it for .260 Remington if/when I get to the point that I need a new barrel. With the cost of ammo being what it is, though, I may never get there.

[jnclement]

With the 5-8000 round barrel life of a 308, you'll be lucky to get there. And if you do burn it out, we'll all be jealous.

[Hooz]

Originally Posted by jnclement

With the 5-8000 round barrel life of a 308, you'll be lucky to get there. And if you do burn it out, we'll all be jealous.

Especially now that my 6.5 Grendel AR has really caught my fancy.

[Reeek]

There may be better rifles out there for a little more money but the Accutrigger can ruin you for all but the highest end triggers after firing one. That's my humble opinion. I test fired several bolt action rifles including Cooper and a Bushmaster Varminter (token AR )and out of 6 rifles, the Accutrigger was the best feeling trigger of them all for me. The Bushmaster was second, Cooper third.

After all that, I ended up buying a Savage .17 HMR with the Accutrigger and a Fulton Armory FAR 15 Predator with the Accutron National Match barrel and the standard Fulton Armory hand tuned RRA 2-stage NM trigger. What a SWEET gun and the trigger is as good as a 2-stage gets as far as I'm concerned. The Accutrigger on the Savage .17 I got is the best feeling rifle trigger I have fired so far but I confess I have not fired a lot of hand tuned NM rifles either.

[crpadiem]

Plus out of the box for lower end rifles Savage is a tack driver. Yes you can get better with custom and high end rifles, but for the price I'd go with a Savage anyday, even without the trigger. Add the trigger in and it's a no-brainer unless you find a great deal on another rifle make IMO.

[sourpatch45]

savages are great guns and IMO by far the best value. i got a 110 7mm remington mag from walmart for 370 and its a great gun

[Reeek]

Originally Posted by crpadiem

Plus out of the box for lower end rifles Savage is a tack driver. Yes you can get better with custom and high end rifles, but for the price I'd go with a Savage anyday, even without the trigger. Add the trigger in and it's a no-brainer unless you find a great deal on another rifle make IMO.

Agreed - my Savage 93R17 was way under 1" MOA the first day I took her out - the wind was dead and the conditions perfect. I was using V-Max. I had one group at 5/8" after doing the barrel break in song and dance even though I don't think that SS barrel actually needed the break in.

[sourpatch45]

oh and if you plan on swaping triggers at some point you couild save yourself some money and get the stevens version but since you want the heavy barrel it might be cheaper and better to just get the 10FP

i also have a stevens 200 in 308 and the trigger even though its not a accutrigger its still pretty nice

[panther308]

This is my Savage and it has served me well over the years