Everything is good and straight, it's an older Savage flat back and I think you're right it spent too much time on the sander. I may try another base to be sure it's not a flaw in the base too. It's a budget build for a light hunting gun so I'm trying to keep the cost down but I can't mount a...
Question: have a long action and when tightening down the front of the rail the gap at the back between the top of the action and the bottom of the rail is about 0.055. Is that too much to fill with JB Weld? Trying to decide if a steel shim is needed instead. Have bedded smaller gaps, but...
What I don't get is the 280 Rem minimum chamber length is 2.56. The 280 Ackley minimum chamber length is 2.56. So why would the case length spec on the 280 Rem be 2.54 and the Ackley be 2.525? Regardless of the angle of the shoulder and length of the neck wouldn't you be more consistent in...
Quick update - this season this gun was broke in right. Killed 2 does and 2 coyotes. One coyote was 220yds and trotting - made a perfect shot gun) Hoping to stretch it out more when I get the chance.
Also, made some more range sessions after working the copper out of the barrel. It's to the...
We haven't had a chance to try reloads through it yet. Been hooked up gettin ready for muzzleloading and soon a little bow huntin. We have finished a barrel breaking in shooting the Nosler factory ammo. Gotta say I'm still really impressed with it. It keeps wanting to hang around .6 MOA with...
This is the son, I echo all my pops comments.
She hit the scales at 11.6 lbs. Shoots smooth as butter too, really pleasant to shoot. Gonna do some cleaning and go play some more this weekend.
A big thanks to Dan again, great work and even better customer service.