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As Billious Wobbledart said,

"And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action."

Is we helping, ooman ?

The Savage is the precision target action, currently it is a factory F/TR Model 12, but in 223.

vermin ? VERMIN ?

*Consults dictionary, and looks up precedent in "Hawkins Judicial Rulings" for "pot versus kettle"

Badger = fat, stripy, black-and-white fox. Now, back to the topic at hand...

The Savage is quite well thought of, not sure about the trigger though.

Consider a Barnard.

Simple, rugged, the supplied triggers are not bad, I fitted a jewel.

The Barnard should cope with any later attempts to blow it up as well!!

Have a go with mine next time we get together....just remember it might kick a bit (not being .223 and all that) clapclap

If you have optics, consider a Dolphin.

Thanks Maggot. Am thinking Barnard, it being the only alternative I have seen prior to being made into a rifle. It impressed me at the time but I was just getting started, really. Might be a good opportunity.

Not sure what accuracy difference I might see, but the bolt face and ease of disassembly impressed.

Mr_Logic wrote:Thanks Maggot. Am thinking Barnard, it being the only alternative I have seen prior to being made into a rifle. It impressed me at the time but I was just getting started, really. Might be a good opportunity.

Not sure what accuracy difference I might see, but the bolt face and ease of disassembly impressed.

Mine is more accurate than I can shoot Tom, about .3MOA seems about the norm until you go to 1000 where things spread out a bit.

The ability to choose a barrel helps, Mik has a huge stock of all sorts.

Mine has a Lilja 3 groove.

My Savage / Broughton .308 shoots similarly tbh, but considerably better than the factory Savage 223. I think the barrel is, as you say, probably the most vital bit.

Slightly off-topic... what is your Lilja like for cleaning? My Broughton took < 10 patches total, even after the open day abuse - very happy.

RPA Quadlock and trigger, Border barrel. Drop it in a System Gemini stock and a very British rifle, shooting a very British comp...

(We don't have enough support for UK manufacturing....)

Mr_Logic wrote:The Savage is the precision target action, currently it is a factory F/TR Model 12, but in 223.

Swap the bolt-head - easy and cheap to do and get a heavy match barrel put on it by a decent gunsmith. Unless you want to spend some money.............