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Trying to decide Savage vs Browning
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 2487812" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I have no experience with the Brownng, but have accumulated about a have a dozen Savages that were offered as prizes at a local Egg Shoot competition of which Savage was one of the sponsors. The first was a 6.5x284 LRH that I initially planned on selling but I ended up keeping every one of the Savages. All have been exceptionally accurate, with the LRH capable of consistently hitting softball sized targets at 1000 yards, using it as my practice rifle for LRH.. it was still going strong with no degradation in accuracy at 1200 rounds when I re-barreled it and mounted the barreled action it in an MPA chassis. A few simple actions are necessary when they are in-boxed. 1) Sand off the stocks pressure tab at the tip of the fore-end, and any areas of the stock that might be making contact with the barrel. 2) sear the bedding screw torque at 45# at the barrel lug, and 25# at the tang. Don't over-tighten these screws. 3) IMO, the Accu-Trigger is a very shootable trigger. Check the seating of the trigger spring, and set little to no tension applied by the adjuster screw(this applies to the standard trigger-not the light tsrget trigger). This should produce a smooth, crisp and reliable at 2-2.5#. If you prefer a lighter weight trigger there are 1.5# springs available that are simple to install the same way as described, and function very nicely. I like the spring(only) used in the Timney Savage trigger.</p><p>Just some of my thoughts.</p><p>An early 500 yard target from 2011, and a 200 yard target about 1000 rounds later in 2019.</p><p>[ATTACH]353535[/ATTACH][ATTACH]353536[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 2487812, member: 10291"] I have no experience with the Brownng, but have accumulated about a have a dozen Savages that were offered as prizes at a local Egg Shoot competition of which Savage was one of the sponsors. The first was a 6.5x284 LRH that I initially planned on selling but I ended up keeping every one of the Savages. All have been exceptionally accurate, with the LRH capable of consistently hitting softball sized targets at 1000 yards, using it as my practice rifle for LRH.. it was still going strong with no degradation in accuracy at 1200 rounds when I re-barreled it and mounted the barreled action it in an MPA chassis. A few simple actions are necessary when they are in-boxed. 1) Sand off the stocks pressure tab at the tip of the fore-end, and any areas of the stock that might be making contact with the barrel. 2) sear the bedding screw torque at 45# at the barrel lug, and 25# at the tang. Don’t over-tighten these screws. 3) IMO, the Accu-Trigger is a very shootable trigger. Check the seating of the trigger spring, and set little to no tension applied by the adjuster screw(this applies to the standard trigger-not the light tsrget trigger). This should produce a smooth, crisp and reliable at 2-2.5#. If you prefer a lighter weight trigger there are 1.5# springs available that are simple to install the same way as described, and function very nicely. I like the spring(only) used in the Timney Savage trigger. Just some of my thoughts. An early 500 yard target from 2011, and a 200 yard target about 1000 rounds later in 2019. [ATTACH alt="8C194F63-68DF-4507-BACA-1190E839BAE5.jpeg"]353535[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="1F4B6A3C-B995-41EF-8B58-31ED8183F329.jpeg"]353536[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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