Help with my Savage 7mm
09-16-2003, 11:39 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 22
Help with my Savage 7mm
I have the Savage 7mm. I think its the model 110. I have a sightron 4x12x42 scope. I cant seem to find a bullet that it likes. I am wanting to cut holes at 100 and 200 yards. I cant get any better than 3 inch groups at 100 yards, and 5 or 6 inch groups at 200 yards. Is this as good as the Savage 7mm will get? If so, then I will start looking for another rifle to hunt with. Maybe a 7mm is just to big? I dont know. I am really wanting a rifle that I can shoot in compitition and hunt with. Maybe I need a better or bigger scope? Any help would be great. Thank you.
09-17-2003, 07:05 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Nebraska
Posts: 3,393
RE: Help with my Savage 7mm
Savages are typically very accurate and that leads me to believe you may have a bedding problem.
After I glass bed the action and free float the barrel then I can try a few different bullets for accuracy. There' s a lot of very fine bullets for the 7MM (I assume Rem Mag)
You also need to scrub the bejabbers out of the barrel with a copper remover and mop the barrel dry as well. Use a different scope that has been " proven" to you too.
If I can' t get the gun to shoot after that I just trade them and there' s been very few that have fallen into that category.
After I glass bed the action and free float the barrel then I can try a few different bullets for accuracy. There' s a lot of very fine bullets for the 7MM (I assume Rem Mag)
You also need to scrub the bejabbers out of the barrel with a copper remover and mop the barrel dry as well. Use a different scope that has been " proven" to you too.
If I can' t get the gun to shoot after that I just trade them and there' s been very few that have fallen into that category.
09-17-2003, 10:23 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: VA USA
Posts: 570
RE: Help with my Savage 7mm
" cutting holes at 100 and 200 yards" may be asking a bit too much, but the rifle should certainly do better than 3" at 100 yards. Have you tried letting other experienced shooters fire the rifle?
09-17-2003, 03:10 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Roanoke Rapids North Carolina USA
Posts: 83
RE: Help with my Savage 7mm
Lighten the trigger up and get some handloads....140gr works well in the 7mm.It' s hard to cut holes unless u practice alot and do as the others have mentioned.Savage is capable of cuttin holes but u need some good quality bullets. I take it you are using factory loads.
09-18-2003, 05:39 AM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Matthews SC USA
Posts: 11
RE: Help with my Savage 7mm
I too had some trouble with my Savage 116 SS (110 but SS) .270 when I first got it. I fixed it though. Get a gunsmith to soften up the trigger and take some creep out of it. Guns today have " lawyer triggers" that take you have to pull a mile before the gun fires. Slap on a good scope, I have 6.5x20x50 AO Simmons. Then its experimenting time. I found that mine likes Federal Premium Sierra Gamekings BTSP in 130gr. The 150gr. didn' t shoot as good but the 130s cut holes, 1/2" at 100yds. The rest is on you. The trigger job did the most good for me I think.
