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Beware the budget rifle that can smoke you on the range
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<blockquote data-quote="huntin1" data-source="post: 310774" data-attributes="member: 1719"><p>When I read the title of this thread it brought back memeories of an LE sniper comp. I was at a few years ago. </p><p></p><p>I had just put together a budget Savage 10FP. Factory action and barrel, I bedded it into a Bell and Carlson Duramaxx stock, used a Ken Farrell base and TPS tactical rings and a Sightron SII mildot scope. Price for rifle and scope came in at just over $1000. </p><p></p><p>A couple of guys were badmouthing my lowly Savage, they had customs in the $5000 range. They were pretty humble at the end of the match when me and my lowly Savage budget rifle kicked their butts.</p><p></p><p>Just put a new Nikon Monarch 4x16 side focus mildot scope on it. Saturday after I dialed it in I shot 5 back to back 100 yard 3 round groups all less than .5" Not bad considering I have not shot at all this past summer. Our range was closed most of the summer due to flooding issues last spring and just opened the end of Aug. </p><p></p><p>Custom rifles are nice and I'd love to have one, but there is nothing wrong with a budget rifle and the Savages are some of the best IMO.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>huntin1</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="huntin1, post: 310774, member: 1719"] When I read the title of this thread it brought back memeories of an LE sniper comp. I was at a few years ago. I had just put together a budget Savage 10FP. Factory action and barrel, I bedded it into a Bell and Carlson Duramaxx stock, used a Ken Farrell base and TPS tactical rings and a Sightron SII mildot scope. Price for rifle and scope came in at just over $1000. A couple of guys were badmouthing my lowly Savage, they had customs in the $5000 range. They were pretty humble at the end of the match when me and my lowly Savage budget rifle kicked their butts. Just put a new Nikon Monarch 4x16 side focus mildot scope on it. Saturday after I dialed it in I shot 5 back to back 100 yard 3 round groups all less than .5" Not bad considering I have not shot at all this past summer. Our range was closed most of the summer due to flooding issues last spring and just opened the end of Aug. Custom rifles are nice and I'd love to have one, but there is nothing wrong with a budget rifle and the Savages are some of the best IMO. huntin1 [/QUOTE]
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