I agree with grouse you can build some pretty awesome rifles starting with a savage action. Lots of great parts out there and you can do barrel swaps yourself
Savage 110 Hunter -- Experience? Using this for semi-custom?
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usmc1383
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Got a 35 whelen the first time this year I'm shoot stuff out there at 400 plus yards very happy
The 35 Whelen is a very versatile round and shoots a lot flatter than most people thinks it will. It has become my favorite cartridge.
Savage 12BVSS
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My definition of a "decent" action is one that will feed reliably, shoot very accurate, and not require a lot of work to do that. If they come at a reasonable price as well that's just icing on the cake. Savage actions and guns in general are decent guns, just lose the stock and bed around the pillars. Good recoil lug and headspace are helpfull also, especially when you can do the work at home and save $. Stocks theres McMillian, Manners, Stockade, as well as B&C. Don't let people put em' down till you see how well their guns shoot, bugholes speak pretty loudly at the range:0 Dave
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I replaced stock parts with Rifle Basix sav2 trigger, Shilen ssm barrel, NSS recoil lug & barrel nut on my 110LA. Had McMillan inlet the Game scout stock and bedded myself.
Bead blasted and threaded the varmint contour barrel. Beast 4 port brake.
It shoots in the 3's with 168 Bergers, so it is plenty do-able. It's heavy with Vortex Razor on top. 16.8 lbs. almost 13 without the scope
Bead blasted and threaded the varmint contour barrel. Beast 4 port brake.
It shoots in the 3's with 168 Bergers, so it is plenty do-able. It's heavy with Vortex Razor on top. 16.8 lbs. almost 13 without the scope
usmc1383
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I will look up specs for McMillan part and beast 4 port brake I will my on parts am very excited to start on new project almost though with my master gunsmith ing course so I can start working on others it helps when u a Machinist God bless u thanks for help
Be aware that McMillan will not make a savage stock in edge fill any longer.
Donnie Spradling
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A friend of mine has a 110 LRH and th he way it shoots I wouldn't do a thing to it
I had a couple Savages that were very accurate out of the box factory rifles. When the barrels were shot out I decided to try the Criterion pre-fits. Both rifles turned out to be exceptional shooters. Thousands of rounds through these actions with no issues except a worn ejector plunger spring in one of the rifles after 3000 rounds. Beefed up the extraction/ejection for a few bucks by replacing the .125" extractor detention ball with a .140", and using the Midway long stem/heavy spring ejector replacement kit from Midway. Takes about 5 minutes and it's rock solid. Not the prettiest or smoothest actions, but they will certainly get the job done.
Frim my LRP with a 6.5x47 Criterion Heavy Target barrel.
Frim my LRP with a 6.5x47 Criterion Heavy Target barrel.
jvr
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My factory savage 300 win le version with factory hs precision stock and lug bed job shoots half Moa at 800 yards. 208 grain amax and h1000. Off bags and a bench on a calm day. Boringly accurate. (Haven't shot it further due to range constraints). 110 action
some guy just set long range record with factory savage. For the money. Awesome guns.
some guy just set long range record with factory savage. For the money. Awesome guns.
freddiej
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Okay I finally get to tell this one.. I built a custom 300 WinMag for a client a while, 10 years, back. it was a older version without the adjustable trigger, accu-trigger, I put on a heavier profile Shilen match grade barrel, heavy recoil lug, made sure everything lined up, put a bell and Carlson stock and set it up for long range Elk.
