happy christmas / birthday to me

[ovenpaa]

That is a good looking rifle, what distances will you shoot it at?

[hobbesy]

Will try it out as far as possible, our club does 100, 300 and has some falling plate days out to about 1200 so will try them all, although I don't expect it to reach out to 1200. I would like to be shooting 600 and getting decent groups, I think a more powerful/better quality scope in the future will help that.

[ovenpaa]

It will put bullets out to 1200 however quite where they go is a different matter! Try 1200 on a warm day with a reasonable load and a spotter to correct the fall of shot and you will have loads of fun.

[DaveB]

hobbesy

Here's my good old Savage 110 FP. It has been glass-bedded, the action trued and has a Wylde chamber.

Dave

[hobbesy]

hobbesy

Here's my good old Savage 110 FP. It has been glass-bedded, the action trued and has a Wylde chamber.

Dave

Nice rifle,

Here's some pics of groups after I ran the barrel in

[hobbesy]

Another

[DaveB]

Good looking groups - what distance?

[hobbesy]

Good looking groups - what distance?

Was zeroing so only 100,mtrs

[DaveB]

What ammunition are you using?

Mine really likes Black Hills Mk 262 Mod 0/Mod 1 with the 77 grain Sierra Matchking projectile. People try and tell me the 1-in-9 twist barrel won't stabilise 77 grain projectiles, but that has not been my experience.

Back about 20 years ago I used to use Berger 80 grain VLD, but they exceeded maximum OAL so had to be single loaded. To get them to properly stabilise in the 1-in-9 twist I had to drive them very fast - 2900+ fps - which exceeds normal pressures. I had to make 'Mexican Match' ammunition, using military ammunition intended for use in machine guns firing from an open bolt, with heavily constructed crimped-in primers. I then pulled the projectile and replaced the propellant with a weighed charge. It also meant loading the brass only once.

[hobbesy]

SIMON :)

I used Vit N140, 25grains (I think) Hornady 55grain bullets, but have bought SMK 69grains for my next lot