Hello from Texas

[Scoobyh]

Hello everyone! Long time lurker, first time posting on the forum.
A little about me.
I've been shooting since I was young, but never long range stuff until about 2 years ago. My current rig is a Savage 12 BVSS in .223 topped with a Nightforce 12-42 Benchrest. I know I know, you can't shoot a .223 far but I have successfully taking it to 750 yards consistently. A drop in a bucket compared to most guys on here. Hopefully I'll have something bigger before long to go further .
Just here to learn!

Scott

 

[Dgd6mm]

Scott, welcome to Long Range Hunting. You have a good rig for getting started, also you can switch the barrel and bolthead on your Savage and shoot another cartridge out over 1000 yards.

Don Dunlap

 

[Scoobyh]

Thanks for the welcome Don. That's what I have learned about Savages. Never have personally done it but it seems pretty strait forward. I'm a mechanically inclined so shouldn't be a problem. I was wondering about changing it to 7mm-08 or 243. I had a 243 round I tried in the magwell to see if they would fit, but no luck. Is there a fix to this?

Scott

 

[Dgd6mm]

Scott, does the magwell stay in the stock or is the mag box attached to the action? Either way you will have to make a change to feed the .308 case family. I'm not sure because I've never had a .223 Savage other then the Axis which is a different action and mag feed completely. I think they make them ( the one you have) where you could change a mag part on the 4.27"action or the magwell on the 4.40" action. I should have asked this before now, it just popped into my head, is your Savage a centerfeed or a staggerfeed?

Don Dunlap

 

[Scoobyh]

Thanks Don!
It's been a while since I've had the stock off, but I think it stays in the stock. It has a blind mag without a hindged floor plate. The manufacturing date is 2001 if that makes a difference. It's a stager feed.

Scott