I'm going to like this rifle!

[justinp61]

A couple years ago I screwed together a pair of LH Savages, one in 260 and the other 22-250, both use Shilen Select Match 24" barrels.

All I've done with the 22-250 is punch paper, but this morning I used it for it's intended purpose. It was built as a pack around coyote/groundhog rifle. At 9lbs 4oz it's not a light weight but compared to my 12lb+ mdl 12 22-250 it's a featherweight. Normally I'd use the heavy rifle here but have let myself run out of ammo for it.

This morning this little groundhog came out in the beanfield behind my shop so I grabbed the mdl 10, the rests and got set up.

He was 434 yards. In the first photo you can see my shop on the hill in the background, that's where my bench is set up.

 

[Old Rooster]

Good shot!

 

[JungleShooter]

Justin,

you've done good!
How much fun to be able to shoot like that right from your home.
And to be able to shoot with that level of accuracy. Congrats.

Matthias

 

[Gary in MD]

Real nice shooting!
What twist barrel and What load are you using?

 

[cornchuck]

Good shooting!!!!

May I ask, what brand of bench are you shooting off of?

Jason

 

[Calvin45]

Thanks for sharing. It's fun to drool over the 5000+ dollar rigs folks are running on here…it's equally fun to be reminded time and again of what savages are capable of day in day out. I like mine. No custom barrels or builds yet but the 111 long range hunter .300 win mag is the most accurate rifle I own right now, and back a few years ago I was given a rifle to have some fun with for a summer before returning … an older and well scuffed up savage model 12 single shot with a barrel thicker than anything I've ever seen and the real wood target type stock with a very comfortable palm swell vertical grip. .220 swift. I had never got the point of the fast .22s when 6mms exist…until
I got
To play with that rifle myself. I was simply in love. Would have been just perfect for what you were up to here

 

[lancetkenyon]

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****, Sasquatch!

 

[xsn10s]

I thought his name is Darryl.

 

[bradlin]

Good shot... You're going to have fun a lot with this one.

 

[justinp61]

Real nice shooting!
What twist barrel and What load are you using?

1-12", I have a bunch of 55gr Sierra 1365's.

 

[justinp61]

Good shooting!!!!

May I ask, what brand of bench are you shooting off of?

Jason

Jason
That's a bench I built, it has a universal joint of sorts that will let it tilt from side to side or front to back. I built the base for my skeet thrower originally.