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111 Long Range Hunter in 300 Win Mag
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<blockquote data-quote="The bullet" data-source="post: 470514" data-attributes="member: 19276"><p>I had a similar issue with mine (LRH in .300 WM). Was brand new....loaded up some 200 gr Sierra Gamekings with RL22 and took it to the range. From a lead sled it grouped approx 4-6" at 100 yards.... Very disappointed.</p><p> </p><p> Called Savage, was told to try different loads, etc... But pressed a bit about more technical questions about the measured distance to lands, etc. and asked if I could speak to someone in engineering. They told me Steve (pretty sure that is his name) was involved in the LRH development??? I left a message for him to call me about this. He called me back and discussed the problem, and that the one he owns is shooting around 1/2". He stated that they only claim 1.5" but that they usually are capable of much better groups. He recommended that I try Hornady 165 GMX Superformance and see what that would do. </p><p> </p><p>I picked up the Hornady ammo and took it to the range and the results were a pattern of approx 12" group (if you could call it that) at 100 yards. (Not bad mouthing that ammo, at all. Just was worse than my handloads in this rifle, with its defects) Called Steve back and discussed the results of the Hornady test. He got me tranferred over to Customer Service to issue a call tag to send the rifle back to Savage to his attention. </p><p> </p><p>I sent my rifle in with my target and received a call from Steve maybe a week later that they had their tech dept go through the gun and make sure there weren't any issues and that they found a few things and now the rifle shoots .6" at 100 yards as tested at Savage. He said something about a crown issue or something?</p><p> </p><p>Anyways, took the remaining 200 gr Sierras that I originally loaded to the range. The results were much different from before....shot approx 1.5" at 200 yards. I havent done a thing with it after that as I have been busy with other projects and builds. I am confident that this will shoot even better as that 1.5" group was with rounds that all had different powder charges. (Trying to find some nodes).</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps you. Savage handled this very well in my experience, and hopefully you could get in touch with Steve and see if yours has a similar issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The bullet, post: 470514, member: 19276"] I had a similar issue with mine (LRH in .300 WM). Was brand new....loaded up some 200 gr Sierra Gamekings with RL22 and took it to the range. From a lead sled it grouped approx 4-6" at 100 yards.... Very disappointed. Called Savage, was told to try different loads, etc... But pressed a bit about more technical questions about the measured distance to lands, etc. and asked if I could speak to someone in engineering. They told me Steve (pretty sure that is his name) was involved in the LRH development??? I left a message for him to call me about this. He called me back and discussed the problem, and that the one he owns is shooting around 1/2". He stated that they only claim 1.5" but that they usually are capable of much better groups. He recommended that I try Hornady 165 GMX Superformance and see what that would do. I picked up the Hornady ammo and took it to the range and the results were a pattern of approx 12" group (if you could call it that) at 100 yards. (Not bad mouthing that ammo, at all. Just was worse than my handloads in this rifle, with its defects) Called Steve back and discussed the results of the Hornady test. He got me tranferred over to Customer Service to issue a call tag to send the rifle back to Savage to his attention. I sent my rifle in with my target and received a call from Steve maybe a week later that they had their tech dept go through the gun and make sure there weren't any issues and that they found a few things and now the rifle shoots .6" at 100 yards as tested at Savage. He said something about a crown issue or something? Anyways, took the remaining 200 gr Sierras that I originally loaded to the range. The results were much different from before....shot approx 1.5" at 200 yards. I havent done a thing with it after that as I have been busy with other projects and builds. I am confident that this will shoot even better as that 1.5" group was with rounds that all had different powder charges. (Trying to find some nodes). Hope this helps you. Savage handled this very well in my experience, and hopefully you could get in touch with Steve and see if yours has a similar issue. [/QUOTE]
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