savage 10fp: Accurizing?

[futureranger]

how could i "accurize" if thats a real word, my savage 10fp? i have one and i would like to try to make it as accurate as possable. i reload, and i am going to get a B&C medalist for it. what else could i do and what could a gun smith do? and how much would it cost? i only can drop so much money into a rifle, or i would have gotten a remignton 700 ha. thanks for the help any tips would be great

 

[Domino]

When you get your new stock have it glass bedded. Also, do you have the accutrigger? If not, I think there are a few upgrades you can get out there or at least a trigger job.

How does it shoot now?

 

[browningguy]

About the only real upgrade for an Accutrigger model is a barrel. Several top makers have drop in barrels that should be better than the factory tube. If you don't have an accutrigger than a good aftermarket unit is very reasonable.

A good choice on the stock by the way, assuming you have an older model with the staggered magazine, B&C doesn't make one yet for the straight feed mags. I'm using the one with the aluminum plate on a .300 Winny and it workd great without additional bedding.

 

[Atla]

Savage barrels are supposed to be ridiculously easy to swap out.

Most new savages have the accu-trigger, which is probably the best direct-from-factory trigger on the market right now. And beats a lot of aftermarket stuff.

As mentioned, bed the action... the barrel is probably already free floated.

Try a lot of different ammo, find what it likes best.

 

[MinnMooney]

Maybe you could be more precise on what you are after.

When you mention accuracy, are you trying for MOA? Most Savages in the past 10-15 years are known for their accuracy and most will fit into that MOA bracket with some shooting much better. I have 4 Savages in various calibers and the worst one shoots MOA consistantly.

If you are entering compitition - either formally or with yourself - and want 1/2 MOA or better, then an up-grade on the barrel is your best bet. Many mfg'rs make barrels for the Savage and mounting them is super-easy.

An after market stock might help but Savage already has aluminum plates mounted in the bedded area with the action triple pillor-lugged to it (at least in the Model 12s).

Tell us what degree of accuracy you are after.

 

[skinewmexico]

Bed it, put in a Sharpshooter Supply trigger, and see how it shoots. Take 30 minutes some day, and put a Shilen or Mcgowen match barrel in an interesting caliber in it.

 

[rrflyer]

shoot it a whole lot more!

The most innacurate part of most guns is the nut behind the trigger.

 

[jerkface11]

There's nothing a gunsmith can do for a savage that you can't do yourself. Make sure your barrel is free floated. If it still won't shoot a good enough group order a headspace gauge, a barrel wrench and a shilen barrel.

 

[futureranger]

thanks for all the help, the rifle shot great out of the box, when i take out as much of "me" in the shooting i have gotten .58" 5 shot groups and 100 yards with my hand loads, but that opened up to 2.9" at 300. i also would like to shoot up to 1000 in the future when i learn some more about that kinda range shooting, my uncle gave me a whole lot of his 190gr hand loads he uses for 1000yds that dont fit his new barrel. how much does a bedding job cost?

 

[Taurus44]

My gunsmith is bedding the action, installing a SSS recoil lug, recrowning the barrel, tuning the trigger and a host of other stuff to my 10FCP HS right now. I'm hoping it'll be done early next week.

 

[Neckshot5seven]

Ive got the pencil barrel model 10 .223, and I had set back the barrel and reamed the chamber a little tighter and put a 11 degree target crown on it. Factory Accutrigger and it shoots dime size 5 shot groups. After that it stays darm close to MOA when the barrel gets hot. It is also the $6 factory flimbsy synthetic stock. I cannot complain at all.

 

[Redlg155]

Perhaps the easiest way that I found was to purchase a B&C Medalist stock. Since there is an internal skeleton that is aluminum and the action itself bolts directly to the aluminum, I don't see any advantage to bedding, at least with the B&C Medalist stock.

If you are shooting groups as small as .58, I don't understand why you would want to change anything. It seems to me that you have a super shooting combination as it is.