Guidance, Savage 110 30-06

[Huntet87]

Hello all,
Brand new here and completely unexpirenced when it comes to shooting past 300yards. I wanted some direction on making my savage my "long range" rifle. Looking to make the rifle as capable as possible while work on my long range shooting skills. Currently a plain wood stock 110 30-06 with a hinged plate magazine.
So here's what I'm thinking;
Quality optic and mount
Glass bed (pillar? free float? DIY? Gunsmith?)
Trigger job (DIY? Gunsmith? Drop in?)
Change magazine style (Blind? Detachable box?)
Then I'll work up a load.

My hopes are to have a 500 to 600 yard deer rifle.

Thanks

 

[SA1000]

Restock it with a good synthetic with pillers or aluminum blocks and replace the trigger I've used all of them sharp shooters are the best but the other are a lot better than factory.Then see what it does with good optics and go from there.It's not to hard to do it all your self or get a Smith of you like.

 

[FEENIX]

Hello all,
Brand new here and completely unexpirenced when it comes to shooting past 300yards. I wanted some direction on making my savage my "long range" rifle. Looking to make the rifle as capable as possible while work on my long range shooting skills. Currently a plain wood stock 110 30-06 with a hinged plate magazine.
So here's what I'm thinking;
Quality optic and mount
Glass bed (pillar? free float? DIY? Gunsmith?)
Trigger job (DIY? Gunsmith? Drop in?)
Change magazine style (Blind? Detachable box?)
Then I'll work up a load.

My hopes are to have a 500 to 600 yard deer rifle.

Thanks

Welcome to LRH and enjoy!

Check this out >>> Long Range Hunting Rifle On A Budget

 

[gohring3006]

Good scope, rings, and base.
If it's the Accutrigger lighten it to 3# or less.
I would shoot it and see if it needs pillar or glass bedded, my model 10 .243 is bone stock just the Accutrigger adjusted to about 2.5# and it just plain shoots, often three touching at 100 yards. My 7mm Rem Mag model 110 is fairly new to me and after finding the right powder, I shot three 162 grain Eld-Ms into one hole, it's by far the best group I ever shot. It's factory pillar bedded and the non Accutrigger is set at 2.5# and its pillar bedded...
So... You might be surprised how little it takes to make a Savage floating bolt head shoot tiny groups...

PS, if you want to see your 30-06 transform from the old warhorse/hunting rifle, load up some 215 Berger Hybrids with some Relaoder 17 or IMR 4350 to 2600fps or above... It really comes to life....

 

[Huntet87]

Thanks for the responses guys. Sounds like scope rings and base are a good spot to start.
215gr bullets? I would have thought lighter bullets would be used for longrange. But I guess I. The end its what the gun likes. I was looking at DNZ one-piece mounts and a VX-L. Any input on either?

 

[gohring3006]

High BC bullets are key. The only way to get that in a 30 cal is heavier bullets....

 

[dsculley]

Yes, the Savages usually shoot well out of the box. My priorities based on your list would be:

1. Good scope, base and rings. Get quality but don't base that on price alone. You can get some good quality optics in the classified section on this site.

2. New trigger. Either the Rifle Basix Sav 2 (Available here http://northlandshooterssupply.com/rifle-basix-triggers-2/)or the SSS Competition trigger (Available here Sharp Shooter Supply - The Savage Specialists ). I have the SSS and really like it. Either is a drop-in install.

3. Pillar bed the stock. You can get good instructions here (Stress-Free Pillar Bedding). You can purchase the pillars or use what lots of others use - threaded lamp rod. Either one will have to be cut/ground to length.

4. This is not on your list, but should be considered as you get experience - Install a new barrel. You can go custom or a factory prefit. I just installed a Criterion Stainless bull barrel in 6.5x47 Lapua. Early indications are that it will be a shooter. (Available here Northland Shooters Supply)

Not on your list - Work on Precision Reloading. You can get lots of good information/help on this site and on Shootersforum.com. There are lots of other good sites as well, but I have found lots of good guidance on these two.

This last recommendation can be inserted anywhere in the above list - Get some good professional help. There are lots of "long range shooting schools" around. Many ranges that offer long range also have instructors available. For "Practical Long Range" you might want to check out BangSteel.com. Their school has lots of good feedback and is very affordable.

FWIW,

Dennis