I finally got around to shooting my Savage Mark II BTV at 100 yards with some good ammo. I've been shooting plates in my backyard at 93 yards for a little while now but I always use cheap ammo and my old picnic table shooting bench isn't the sturdiest.
Here's the rifle, a Savage Mark II BTV with the Bushnell Sharpshooter 3-9x32 that it came with. The only modifications have been to polish and lighten the trigger. I'm not sure of the exact weight but once the accu trigger blade is pushed in there's a tiny bit of creep before the gun fires. I've worked on it a bit more since the paper groups were shot. The groups on the steel plates are with Federal Champion at 93 yards after further trigger work. I think it's about as far as I can get it now. Anyway, here's the pic:
All groups are 5 shots from a bench using front and rear Caldwell bags (you can see the front bag in the picture). It needs to be refilled and powdered again, starting to stick a little. All groups were shot free recoil for those interested. Wolf match target 40 grain solids were used, greasy little buggers!
Weather conditions were sunny, probably in the low 70's with, as the weather channel likes to put it, "winds light and variable". I had the place to myself and the rangemaster was kind enough to leave the classic rock playing softly over the loudspeaker.
Groups were measured with a Frankford Arsenal caliper, not going to divulge my method of measurement I don't want the thread getting off topic.
This would have been the best of the day at .559" but that damned flyer opened it up to 1.396"
So this ended up being the best 100 yard group of the day at .781".
Followed closely by a decent 1.25".
Next time I go I'm going to use a 1" target paster. The 3/4" file stickers I got at walmart disappear behind my crosshair.
The wind started to pick up a little so I moved back to 50 yards and shot another 3 5-shot groups with the best being this .414".
And second and third place, respectively:
Not too shabby, but I can certainly tighten them up a bit. I think my personal record at 50 yards is .313" or something around there.
I am, however, impressed with the results at 100 yards. I shot all the groups in less than 15 minutes not counting the time to set up the rifle and the bags which adds another 5 minutes or so.
I got home and had the rifle taken apart for cleaning and got to tinkering with the trigger some more. Did a little more polishing a lightening and headed out back for a quick function test.
Shooting 40 grain Federal Champion ($1.47/box walmart goodness) using only my front bag these are the results at 93 yards. Plates are 3 inches. The 5th shot on the left one barely nicked the edge, the mark can be seen at the 10 o clock position.
Total rifle cost $348 including the Uncle's slice of the pie. Beats the snot out of the $600+ "custom" 10/22 I had. :banghead:
My only regret is that I didn't see this one first:
http://savagearms.com/images/firearms/finder/medium/markiibsev.png Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Might have to call Savage and see if they sell stocks separately.
Here's the rifle, a Savage Mark II BTV with the Bushnell Sharpshooter 3-9x32 that it came with. The only modifications have been to polish and lighten the trigger. I'm not sure of the exact weight but once the accu trigger blade is pushed in there's a tiny bit of creep before the gun fires. I've worked on it a bit more since the paper groups were shot. The groups on the steel plates are with Federal Champion at 93 yards after further trigger work. I think it's about as far as I can get it now. Anyway, here's the pic:
All groups are 5 shots from a bench using front and rear Caldwell bags (you can see the front bag in the picture). It needs to be refilled and powdered again, starting to stick a little. All groups were shot free recoil for those interested. Wolf match target 40 grain solids were used, greasy little buggers!
Weather conditions were sunny, probably in the low 70's with, as the weather channel likes to put it, "winds light and variable". I had the place to myself and the rangemaster was kind enough to leave the classic rock playing softly over the loudspeaker.
Groups were measured with a Frankford Arsenal caliper, not going to divulge my method of measurement I don't want the thread getting off topic.
This would have been the best of the day at .559" but that damned flyer opened it up to 1.396"
So this ended up being the best 100 yard group of the day at .781".
Followed closely by a decent 1.25".
Next time I go I'm going to use a 1" target paster. The 3/4" file stickers I got at walmart disappear behind my crosshair.
The wind started to pick up a little so I moved back to 50 yards and shot another 3 5-shot groups with the best being this .414".
And second and third place, respectively:
Not too shabby, but I can certainly tighten them up a bit. I think my personal record at 50 yards is .313" or something around there.
I am, however, impressed with the results at 100 yards. I shot all the groups in less than 15 minutes not counting the time to set up the rifle and the bags which adds another 5 minutes or so.
I got home and had the rifle taken apart for cleaning and got to tinkering with the trigger some more. Did a little more polishing a lightening and headed out back for a quick function test.
Shooting 40 grain Federal Champion ($1.47/box walmart goodness) using only my front bag these are the results at 93 yards. Plates are 3 inches. The 5th shot on the left one barely nicked the edge, the mark can be seen at the 10 o clock position.
Total rifle cost $348 including the Uncle's slice of the pie. Beats the snot out of the $600+ "custom" 10/22 I had. :banghead:
My only regret is that I didn't see this one first:
http://savagearms.com/images/firearms/finder/medium/markiibsev.png Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Might have to call Savage and see if they sell stocks separately.
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