I learned something new today, I am not sure if this is common knowledge, or if this is something unique to my rifles. I have a Savage model 12 LRP chambered in 260 Remington. I just purchased a Savage model 10 chambered in 6.5 Creedmoor, because I really like both rounds, and was looking for a deer hunting/coyote hunting/do everything rifle for the north east in a lighter weight rifle in 6.5 caliber.
Anyway, on the model 12, I had a 20 MOA Nightforce mount on that action, and topped it with a Sightron 4-20x50 MOA scope. On the model 10, I was running the stock mount (0 MOA) that came on the rifle. It happened to come with a low cost scope already mounted on the rifle, which ended up getting switched out for another Sightron 4-20x50 MOA scope. (Yes, I like these scopes allot and would recommend them to anybody.)
Recently, I decided to change out the mount set up's on my scopes. I moved the 20 MOA Nightforce mount to my model 10, and purchased an EGW 40 MOA mount for the model 12.
After mounting both scopes, which are identical models, and zeroing both rifles at 100 yards, I decided to see how much elevation travel I would have on each rifle. With the EGW 40 MOA mount on the model 12, my scope has about 75 minutes of elevation available before it tops out now, which is what I was expecting. What surprised me, was that with the Nightforce 20 MOA mount put on the model 10, I have 71 minutes of elevation available in that scope before it bottoms out. Both scopes have about 80 minutes of total elevation adjustment.
This tells me that my savage model 10 has about 20 minutes of elevation in the action before installing my scope mount. Is this common knowledge or is this something that I had missed? This is my first model 10 and I don't remember reading anything about the actions already having 20 minutes of angle.
Anyway, on the model 12, I had a 20 MOA Nightforce mount on that action, and topped it with a Sightron 4-20x50 MOA scope. On the model 10, I was running the stock mount (0 MOA) that came on the rifle. It happened to come with a low cost scope already mounted on the rifle, which ended up getting switched out for another Sightron 4-20x50 MOA scope. (Yes, I like these scopes allot and would recommend them to anybody.)
Recently, I decided to change out the mount set up's on my scopes. I moved the 20 MOA Nightforce mount to my model 10, and purchased an EGW 40 MOA mount for the model 12.
After mounting both scopes, which are identical models, and zeroing both rifles at 100 yards, I decided to see how much elevation travel I would have on each rifle. With the EGW 40 MOA mount on the model 12, my scope has about 75 minutes of elevation available before it tops out now, which is what I was expecting. What surprised me, was that with the Nightforce 20 MOA mount put on the model 10, I have 71 minutes of elevation available in that scope before it bottoms out. Both scopes have about 80 minutes of total elevation adjustment.
This tells me that my savage model 10 has about 20 minutes of elevation in the action before installing my scope mount. Is this common knowledge or is this something that I had missed? This is my first model 10 and I don't remember reading anything about the actions already having 20 minutes of angle.