keithcandler
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I am not going to waste money on a carbon barrel, a #4 contour is as light as I will ever need, and will shoot bug holes.
It is a sickness. I sold a perfectly good shooting factory rifle for something I could build on. I just cant do factory guns anymore.
Just this evening finished assembling a savage 111 in an MDT HS3 chassis with a PacNor 26 inch 5 contour fluted 8 twist barrel, JP industries brake, EDG 20 moa rail, RifleBasix SAV1 trigger. My 3rd project following two in 280 AI. It is a disease for which there is no cure, only ongoing treatment...View attachment 125548
Here's last week's disease results.Just this evening finished assembling a savage 111 in an MDT HS3 chassis with a PacNor 26 inch 5 contour fluted 8 twist barrel, JP industries brake, EDG 20 moa rail, RifleBasix SAV1 trigger. My 3rd project following two in 280 AI. It is a disease for which there is no cure, only ongoing treatment...View attachment 125548
i'm kind of the other way around. i can't build any more customs after seeing how good factory Savage guns shoot!
spending 3 times the money for a gun that won't shoot any better...the pocket book verifies that "ignorance is bliss"Bore scopes verify, "ignorance is bliss".
They do shoot well. We've had a few. I just like to customize my rifles to fit me.i'm kind of the other way around. i can't build any more customs after seeing how good factory Savage guns shoot!
I really can no longer say that I 'have to have' another rifle. It is all about want and feeding the addiction. So, my latest project is a Savage 110 (non-accutrigger). It is currently chambered in 270 Win, with a sporter weight barrel. The barrel and action have really nice gloss bluing on them, which I am thinking should stay the way it is. I am thinking that I am going to build it in 300 PRC or 6.5x284. The idea being to build a medium distance Elk / Occassional long range target rifle out of it. All of my recent purchases have been Varmint Weight barrels to add stiffness, and cut down on recoil. I am ready to order my barrel and wondered if I could get a few opinions on what contour you would like to see on this rifle, if it were yours. I may build it, load for it, make it shoot, take it on a hunt, and then maybe sell it. So, I don't want to install something that is only attractive/functional for me. I also don't want to start a caliber debate, if possible. I've got other rifles in quite a few of the calibers that surround these two, and I am making my decision based on availability of good factory ammo, and pure performance toward the intended use mentioned above. Let's hear it!