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Building off of a savage action
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1425826" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p><strong>One mans "turd" can be another's nugget of "gold"!!!.</strong> I have been shooting 200-300 yard Egg Shoots for over a dozen years, well over 50 matches. Initially, in Factory Class, 1st-3rd place was invariably won by the Remington 700's with scores of 8-12 out of 15. For the last 6-8 years, just about every match has been won by a Savage with perfect 15/15 scores with a pool chalk tie breaker required. Custom barreled Savages have won greater then 50% of the custom barreled matches. For a while, Savage caught wind of the growing use of their rifles in this competition and began offering special deals to Factory Class, First Place winners. I managed to get a some wins and have a few Savages(even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!). While I own several custom/semi-custom rifles, I have developed a great respect for these rifles. I have a couple of 22 Rimfires(for long range), a 6.5x284 LRH, 260 LRP, and a 22-250 Predator. They have all proven to be accurate, reliable, and consistsnt over a several year period. Some examples: top photo; 260 LRP(my current egg shooter-3 shots at 100 yards), 2nd: 22LR mk2 TR, 3rd:6.5x284 LRH.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]94869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]94870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]94871[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1425826, member: 10291"] [B]One mans “turd” can be another’s nugget of “gold”!!!.[/B] I have been shooting 200-300 yard Egg Shoots for over a dozen years, well over 50 matches. Initially, in Factory Class, 1st-3rd place was invariably won by the Remington 700’s with scores of 8-12 out of 15. For the last 6-8 years, just about every match has been won by a Savage with perfect 15/15 scores with a pool chalk tie breaker required. Custom barreled Savages have won greater then 50% of the custom barreled matches. For a while, Savage caught wind of the growing use of their rifles in this competition and began offering special deals to Factory Class, First Place winners. I managed to get a some wins and have a few Savages(even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!). While I own several custom/semi-custom rifles, I have developed a great respect for these rifles. I have a couple of 22 Rimfires(for long range), a 6.5x284 LRH, 260 LRP, and a 22-250 Predator. They have all proven to be accurate, reliable, and consistsnt over a several year period. Some examples: top photo; 260 LRP(my current egg shooter-3 shots at 100 yards), 2nd: 22LR mk2 TR, 3rd:6.5x284 LRH. [ATTACH=full]94869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]94870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]94871[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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