Budget Gun Input

[just browsing]

I'd really watch twist rates, a 1-10 twist rate give a guy the most options. A 308 Win with a 215 Berger is really amazing, I would not go back to a lesser bullet for any reason.
In order to maintain a budget you can't be swapping major parts, handle every one you have on a list and check for how they fit you and check the triggers since we're all difference.

What's your drop at longer distances?

 

[MudRunner2005]

My 210 VLD load drops 437.4" at 1000, with a 100 yard zero. Holding 1,286 fps and 771 fpe.

My 168 load drops 362.8" while holding 1,247 fps and 580 fpe.

 

[FEENIX]

In case you haven't made up your mind yet:

nice Savage FCP..... gun)

+1!

 

[FEENIX]

Stock savage factory ammo 600yd target copied from the daily bulletin

600-Yard Heart Shot with a Savage and Factory Ammo!
In our Shooter's Forum, Ron explained that this group was actually shot with factory ammo… from a Savage no less:
"This will be one that may be hard to believe for some but it is my Savage 12 FTR .308 and I was shooting 168gr Federal Gold Medal Match. The stock has been modified for benchrest shooting with a 3″-wide shoe on the forward stock. I do not shoot this rifle very often as most of my time is spent with my 30″ Brux barreled 6BR working up loads and shooting. That day I had put the scope back on it and was sighting it in at 600 yards and those were my last three shots after my last scope correction and then I was out of ammo. This rifle has always been very accurate. The weather was good, no wind or mirage."
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Holy smokes! You gotta love them Savages ... gun)gun)gun)

 

[bigngreen]

What's your drop at longer distances?

I'm not pushing them as hard as I could at 2432 fps, at 5600 ft elevation, 100 yard zero, at 1000 yards with a 10 mph full value wind I'll need 33.7 MOA and 5.5 on wind with 1522 fps impact velocity. At 1535 I need 68.5 MOA and 9.2 on wind with 1123 fps impact. Accuracy is amazing. Drop really means nothing but the 215 will carve and easy 1 moa of the windage!

 

[just browsing]

My 210 VLD load drops 437.4" at 1000, with a 100 yard zero. Holding 1,286 fps and 771 fpe.

My 168 load drops 362.8" while holding 1,247 fps and 580 fpe.

+1!

Thank you sir!

I'm not pushing them as hard as I could at 2432 fps, at 5600 ft elevation, 100 yard zero, at 1000 yards with a 10 mph full value wind I'll need 33.7 MOA and 5.5 on wind with 1522 fps impact velocity. At 1535 I need 68.5 MOA and 9.2 on wind with 1123 fps impact. Accuracy is amazing. Drop really means nothing but the 215 will carve and easy 1 moa of the windage!

I guess that seems pretty consistent with mud's numbers depending on your hand loads. I was more just interested to see what kind of drop you were seeing with the .308 and heavier bullets.

 

[22-250hunter]

I have had two savages and still have one i had a savage modle11 hog hunter in 308 and at 200 yards i could hit 308 brass with my reloads all i done was put a scope on it i also have my 22-250 i love both of them i got rid of the 308 to a friend of mine cause he needed a gun i now have the rem700 in 308 to be honest i think my savage was the better shooter even with factory ammo and it only had a 20" barrel but reason i went with Remington this go round is i plan on taking it further than i did my savage and there is alot more stuff for the remington and its alot easier to find than the savage i hope this helps hearing this from someone who owns both brands

 

[ltcjwb]

I have never had a Savage, but my first long gun was a 700 BDL Varmint Special in .243, purchased in 1968. It shot very well, and I wish I could still lay hands on it. What I find interesting is that nobody here has mentioned the Savage 11 Long Range Hunter. It comes with a 26" barrel, 1/10 twist with a brake, adjustable-comb stock, and can be had for under $1000. In .308, with anything from 150 to Berger 210's, in factory ammo, it should be good for anything up to elk, at up to and beyond 500 yards, no question. Have I missed anything?

 

[Kroberts]

I'm not sure how hard they are to find but if you can I vote the Stephens 200 savage. Then immediately Change the stock and adjust the trigger. I guess its been a few years back now, but when I got it, the rifle was $350 the stock was a laminate for about $225 and about $1 for a piece of music wire to take the tigger down to 2.5#. For about $600 you have a decent rifle that will shoot as good as any other savage or Remington and have a stock of your choosing. Mine is in 243 win with a 284 win barrel on the way. The current barrel just recently gave out on me after about 2400 hot rounds. It used to do 3/4" or less at 200 yards. Though like I said, I'm not sure how hard it would be to find the rifle since Im pretty sure they quit making them a few yeas ago and I got mine about 5 years ago.

Kyle