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<blockquote data-quote="morcey2" data-source="post: 921697" data-attributes="member: 71004"><p>So, I've been lurking and reading and planning, waiting for the right donor rifle to show its face. It finally did. I found a Savage 110 in 30-06 at a pawn shop and got a really good price on it. It has the integral scope bases and had the world's worst scope setup. A Barska tactical scope on ultra-mega-high rings. Here's a pic after I put on some more reasonable rings. The scope is still too high, even with medium rings.</p><p></p><p>So here's the plan:</p><p></p><p>Either 6.5-06 (1:8) or 280 Rem(1:9). Haven't decided which yet. 26" Varmint/heavy magnum-ish contour barrel from Mcgowen. </p><p></p><p>Boyds stock, probably varmint thumbhole. The forend on the current stock is just too dang small. Pillars, glass bedded, and floated. </p><p></p><p>Much better scope.... It'd be hard to get a worse scope. </p><p></p><p>The trigger appears to have been adjusted because it feels much better than the other stock non-accutrigger savages I've tried. It's about 4 lbs now and pretty crisp. I'll probably leave it for now until something tells me it needs to be changed. </p><p></p><p>This is going to be primarily intended for 600 or so yard hunting and I know that both rounds will do that quite nicely, maybe a little more. My current long-ish range rifle is a 257 Roberts that shoots 115gr BTs well out to about 300 yards but will probably do better than that with a little more trigger time.</p><p></p><p>Any thoughts? This is a budget build so I'm doing most of the work myself, which shouldn't be too hard on a Savage.</p><p></p><p>Matt</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="morcey2, post: 921697, member: 71004"] So, I've been lurking and reading and planning, waiting for the right donor rifle to show its face. It finally did. I found a Savage 110 in 30-06 at a pawn shop and got a really good price on it. It has the integral scope bases and had the world's worst scope setup. A Barska tactical scope on ultra-mega-high rings. Here's a pic after I put on some more reasonable rings. The scope is still too high, even with medium rings. So here's the plan: Either 6.5-06 (1:8) or 280 Rem(1:9). Haven't decided which yet. 26" Varmint/heavy magnum-ish contour barrel from Mcgowen. Boyds stock, probably varmint thumbhole. The forend on the current stock is just too dang small. Pillars, glass bedded, and floated. Much better scope.... It'd be hard to get a worse scope. The trigger appears to have been adjusted because it feels much better than the other stock non-accutrigger savages I've tried. It's about 4 lbs now and pretty crisp. I'll probably leave it for now until something tells me it needs to be changed. This is going to be primarily intended for 600 or so yard hunting and I know that both rounds will do that quite nicely, maybe a little more. My current long-ish range rifle is a 257 Roberts that shoots 115gr BTs well out to about 300 yards but will probably do better than that with a little more trigger time. Any thoughts? This is a budget build so I'm doing most of the work myself, which shouldn't be too hard on a Savage. Matt [/QUOTE]
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