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.

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.

" 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?

How heavy is the trigger?

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.

Above pic is with my SEndero 25-06 @ 100yds. Three shot group with handloaded 115gr ballistic tips.



This pic thing is cool just figured out how to do it on this forum.

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.