Spent the day at the range yesterday shooting my Savage muzzleloader.I also had my Savage 210 12ga shotgun along.

Due to the amount of recoilthe shotgunproduces I usually don't shoot that gun until I am done with everything else at the range. This usually means I am tired and my shooting is already suffering. Add to that the fact that I am usually pressed for time and that means I don't leave enough time for the barrel to properly cool. (This gun strings quickly when it heats up).

However I usually try to shoot at least one group with the 12ga when I can.

Under the above circumstances I was pretty happy with the group below after I shot it. This will be my "Other Savage" for deer season....

100 yds Rem Core Lokt 385gr


BTW....shot #1... from a cold barrel, is the one low and dead center.... shot #2... was fired before I thought about the barrel being hot, and is the one top left..... shot #3 I remembered to let the barrel the cool, it was just a bit warmer than the barrel was for the first shot. Of course that one landed in the middle. One of these days I'll take the time to get a real "cold barrel" group.