Since the savage arrived yesterday I decided to sight it in . I found out I needed a long extension to get the breechplug out. I picked one up today then went out this evening. The temps were still in the 90"s so I didn't take a lot of stuff to work up loads. I decided to just to see if I could get it on paper. I mounted a Nikon Omega on burris bases and medium rings,
I loaded some tubes with 100 gr blackhorn and 120 gr blackhorn. I took barnes 290 TMZ and 250 T-Eze since I wasn't sure how tight a bore it had.
I tried a 100 gr and the barnes TMZ. It loaded a little hard but not bad. I ended up only taking 4 shots and decided to wait til a cooler day but do believe the rifle has real potential
shot #1 was at 13 yards . It was on paper at leastso I moved to 50 yards and took shot #2 after 8 clicks up.it was low of course so I went up 24 clicks and took shot #3 . It wasn't to bad so I took shot #4. It didn't feel like a good shot but I decided to leave it at that for now because the barrel was really hot. I didn't try any loads, just used the 100 gr Blackhorn and the Barnes 290 TMZ and made 2 scope adjustments. Overall I'm pleased.
All shots were taken with gun mounted bipod.