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Status check: Are these undesignated actions or were they manufactured and sold originally as completed rifles?

Midway shows them in stock

With the rebated rim of the 284 it’s currently chambered for, I doubt it’ll clean up for the Ackley without lopping a lot off

That scrap barrel would make a nice candidate for a 28 Nosler build.....

68 grains of IMR-7828 at 2925fps through a Savage M11. I only had 2 rounds left, but at 405 yards, the 190VLD punched clear through 3/8” stainless and grouped beautifully.

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You can use a standard 308 based magazine, we’ve been using them for years with absolutely zero feed failures.

Centerfeed or Stagger feed?

Nope, not ragging on Savage rifles as being inferior at all. I have 12 of them and none have been problem child’s. But as a longtime mod on Savageshooters.com, I’ve seen quite a few go out the factory door that weren’t capable of hitting the proverbial barn door. And those that were sent back to...

You’re assuming that the bore is concentric with the action top surface on each rifle. You can be assured that it isn’t. Savage just doesn’t build to that precision level. They “hand straighten” their barrels at the factory. How much is “close enough” for them? How much does the point of aim...

You’re assuming that the bore is concentric with the action top surface on each rifle. You can be assured that it isn’t. Savage just doesn’t build to that precision level. They “hand straighten” their barrels at the factory. How much is “close enough” for them? How much does the point of aim...

The bolt is on it’s way to Gre-Tan for the work needed. I had a certificate for half off a Shilen blank, so for $90 and some change, a new Sendero profile stainless barrel in .358 is on it’s way. I’ve got at least a 6 month wait for a McMillan stock in the group buy, so now I just need to find a...

I am getting ready to convert a 14” 7TCU center grip to a 350 Remington Mag. Is it more cost effective to order a PT&G bolt configured for the Magnum bolt face and mini M-16 extractor or to have my 223 based bolt opened up and milled for the new extractor? I don’t have the tools to measure my...

Your seating die may also be causing a slight amount of deformation at the case/shoulder junction if it is adjusted down too low, some of the cases are too long, or you are compressing powder. The sharpie trick suggested above will reveal your issue most likely.

My son and I each took spring bears this year with my 300 WSM, mine was called in at 80 yards, his was taken at 125. Both were shot with a 190 VLD at .020 jump, over 68 grains of IMR-7828, WW cases and CCI250's. 2900fps. Both were dead in their tracks, and both tumbled to the bottom of the...