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Savage B.Mag 17 Winchester Super Mag Teardown
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<blockquote data-quote="B23" data-source="post: 1163433" data-attributes="member: 13222"><p>I bought one of the HB SS Bmags last spring from a local gun shop for $335 and at the time Savage had a $30 mail-in rebate so ended costing me $305+tax. </p><p></p><p>The plastic stock, IMO, is a complete ***. Replaced it with a Boyd's Pro Varmint before I ever fired a single round through it. DIP Inc. had them in stock and they are a local company for me so I was able to have it that day. Dropped it off with my gunsmith to see what he could do about bedding it. These things are kind of a PITA to bed and you can only really bed them around the front action screw. They'd be VERY difficult to bed the rear screw. If you've had one of these apart you'll understand what I mean.</p><p></p><p>My gunsmith bed and installed the stock, mounted a 1 piece pic. rail (also bought from DIP Inc) and a set of Weaver Z rings for my 4.5-14x40 Leupold, cut 2 inches off the barrel and threaded it. When I dropped it off I gave him a box of American Eagle 20gr that I had already weight sorted. He sighted it in then shot two groups with it. When I picked up he told me the larger of the two groups was right at a 1/2 inch and thought it would probably get a little better once the barrel got more rounds through it.</p><p></p><p>By the time it was all done, so was sage rat season. I didn't get to shoot it a lot but even though there are a couple things about it I don't particularly care for, the little bugger shoots very well and now that it has a relatively decent stock, it feels very similar to my centerfires.</p><p></p><p>The factory bolt handle, IMO, is very unsightly and flat out fugly. Bought one of the Glades bolt handles to replace it with. The Glades bolt handle looks MUCH better but they aren't without their issues as well. IMO, the Glades is about 1/3 longer than it needs to be and because it's so long and a little to large in diameter, it makes it kind of awkward, even somewhat difficult, to get your finger into and on the trigger so I had the knob itself turned down to a smaller diameter as well as shortened and now it doesn't obstruct the trigger at all.</p><p></p><p>I'm seriously considering painting the barrel and action matte black with some hi temp engine paint but I haven't done it yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B23, post: 1163433, member: 13222"] I bought one of the HB SS Bmags last spring from a local gun shop for $335 and at the time Savage had a $30 mail-in rebate so ended costing me $305+tax. The plastic stock, IMO, is a complete ***. Replaced it with a Boyd's Pro Varmint before I ever fired a single round through it. DIP Inc. had them in stock and they are a local company for me so I was able to have it that day. Dropped it off with my gunsmith to see what he could do about bedding it. These things are kind of a PITA to bed and you can only really bed them around the front action screw. They'd be VERY difficult to bed the rear screw. If you've had one of these apart you'll understand what I mean. My gunsmith bed and installed the stock, mounted a 1 piece pic. rail (also bought from DIP Inc) and a set of Weaver Z rings for my 4.5-14x40 Leupold, cut 2 inches off the barrel and threaded it. When I dropped it off I gave him a box of American Eagle 20gr that I had already weight sorted. He sighted it in then shot two groups with it. When I picked up he told me the larger of the two groups was right at a 1/2 inch and thought it would probably get a little better once the barrel got more rounds through it. By the time it was all done, so was sage rat season. I didn't get to shoot it a lot but even though there are a couple things about it I don't particularly care for, the little bugger shoots very well and now that it has a relatively decent stock, it feels very similar to my centerfires. The factory bolt handle, IMO, is very unsightly and flat out fugly. Bought one of the Glades bolt handles to replace it with. The Glades bolt handle looks MUCH better but they aren't without their issues as well. IMO, the Glades is about 1/3 longer than it needs to be and because it's so long and a little to large in diameter, it makes it kind of awkward, even somewhat difficult, to get your finger into and on the trigger so I had the knob itself turned down to a smaller diameter as well as shortened and now it doesn't obstruct the trigger at all. I'm seriously considering painting the barrel and action matte black with some hi temp engine paint but I haven't done it yet. [/QUOTE]
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