ORIGINAL: cayugad
WOW!! that is some good shooting.. amazing what a difference a little makes in a smokeless powder rifle... That would be some nasty loads with that kind of velocity to them.
I was reading on a different forum. Some of them wait as much as ten minutes between shots with their Savage. Yet your's does not seem that fussy. I wonder why some feel it necessary. Does it make a big difference in accuracy just waiting those minutes?
Yes, you can definitely see the difference between a cold barrel and a warm barrel. Actually I think you can see that today, my first 5 shot were with the 5744 powder and the TSX bullet and they are nice and tight. My next 10 rounds were with the 4198 powder and Ididn't wait all between shots. I waited about 10 minutes between the 65g shots and the 66g shots--because I walked to the target, took pictures and emailed it to myself then came back to the truck and set up my next 5 shots
5 primers
5 sabots
5 bullets
5 viles of powder.
Once the barrel gets warm, the heat from the barrel softens the sabot, causing less of a gas check, causing less accuracy.
It was sunny out today. I hid my sabots below a glove not letting get warmed up. If you don't the get very warm and are very plyable, again causing accuracy loss. Shooting the Savage is exactly like hand loading and 1 g makes a heck of a difference, at least with 4198 it does. A lot of guys over on the Savage forum shoot, chase accuracy, so they wait 10 and 15 minutes between shots. I don't I am not that big an accuracy nut, I think it cost me 1/2 inch at most. I will take the 65g group any day and the group I shot with the TSX any day for hunting. I like accuracy, but I am not going to wait 15 just to get it, life is too shot. These are accurate rifles with the right sabot, but they are also very inaccurate with the wrong combo. So 1g makes a heck of a difference in this rifle, with Smokeless. I suspect 1g will not make that much difference with 777, but I have never tied it. Last time I was finding sabot fit with the Barnes Origonals, now I finding "what grain of powder" for 4198, since I have the right tight sabot fit. It is very much a science with the Savage, tight sabot, tight loading pressure, 300g bullet, just the right grains of powder, hot primer (Win or Fed) and you have a winning combo. Loose sabot, no fire or it will fire with 5744, but not with 4198. Not compressed, sometimes misfires with 5744, will definitely not fire with 4198. Very tight sabots are the norm in the Savage.
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