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<blockquote data-quote="buck66" data-source="post: 430616" data-attributes="member: 20533"><p><strong>Thanks for all of your inputs</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Scope Mounts Loose</strong></p><p> I have ordered up all of my own scope mounting tools so as I said in my first post I will go step by step with remounting everything before I send anything back or deem anything bad. At that time I will pay very carful attention to all possible mounting issues. I think I did a pretty good job the first time lapping the mounts, leveling the scope, etc. and every thing seems to be good. This was the first thing I thought of but nothing seems to be out of whack. Unfortunately I don't have a backup scope to put on it. I am thinking about buying another but don't know if I want to sleep on the couch when my wife finds out since I just dropped about $1200 on this rig.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Ammo</strong></p><p> I know there can be a difference with how a particular rifle shoots certain ammo. That is why I choose the 150gr and the 168 grain bullets. That covers a good portion of the range for standard 308 weight bullets. The Savage has a 1:10 twist rate so I thought that it might shoot the 168gr match bullets better than the 150gr cheap bullets but there wasn't any real difference in group size.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Rifle</strong></p><p> I like Savage and expect good results from this rifle that is why I am holding the scope suspect. I purchased a Steven for my son for under $300. Mounted a Pentex scope on it adjusted the creepy trigger down a little and we were shooting 1.5"groups with Remington Core Locks at 100 yards (bench) with it. That is one of the things that made me choose the Savage.</p><p> </p><p> To sum it up I am bummed. I don't get to buy a lot of firearms and this is by far the most money I have ever put into a rifle setup and I was very excited about it. You get out there and as the Sharpsman alluded to your group looks like a shotgun blast and not the precision tool you were expecting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buck66, post: 430616, member: 20533"] [B]Thanks for all of your inputs[/B]. [B]Scope Mounts Loose[/B] I have ordered up all of my own scope mounting tools so as I said in my first post I will go step by step with remounting everything before I send anything back or deem anything bad. At that time I will pay very carful attention to all possible mounting issues. I think I did a pretty good job the first time lapping the mounts, leveling the scope, etc. and every thing seems to be good. This was the first thing I thought of but nothing seems to be out of whack. Unfortunately I don’t have a backup scope to put on it. I am thinking about buying another but don’t know if I want to sleep on the couch when my wife finds out since I just dropped about $1200 on this rig. [B]The Ammo[/B] I know there can be a difference with how a particular rifle shoots certain ammo. That is why I choose the 150gr and the 168 grain bullets. That covers a good portion of the range for standard 308 weight bullets. The Savage has a 1:10 twist rate so I thought that it might shoot the 168gr match bullets better than the 150gr cheap bullets but there wasn’t any real difference in group size. [B]The Rifle[/B] I like Savage and expect good results from this rifle that is why I am holding the scope suspect. I purchased a Steven for my son for under $300. Mounted a Pentex scope on it adjusted the creepy trigger down a little and we were shooting 1.5”groups with Remington Core Locks at 100 yards (bench) with it. That is one of the things that made me choose the Savage. To sum it up I am bummed. I don’t get to buy a lot of firearms and this is by far the most money I have ever put into a rifle setup and I was very excited about it. You get out there and as the Sharpsman alluded to your group looks like a shotgun blast and not the precision tool you were expecting. [/QUOTE]
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