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trying to get into long range shooting with something that wont break the bank
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 550702" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>Savage barrels are one of those things that will make you start questioning just what exactly *does* matter... the factory barrels are gun-drilled and then reamed to size and then rifled, but not lapped as custom barrels are to remove the tool marks. As a result... they usually have a *lot* of machining marks, especially on top of the lands. </p><p></p><p>For a run-of-the-mill hunting rifle, they use a piloted reamer as you would expect, but the pilot may or may not be that great of a fit in the new barrel depending on what it was reamed to. As a result, when you borescope the barrel you may find the chamber slightly offset from the bore. On the Target Actions they go to much greater trouble to match the pilot to at least a given batch of barrels, so the effect is considerably less. That may have been the result of some rather vocal complaints from one of their team shooters a few years back.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>The crowning process seems to be one of their weak points. Either you get almost nothing, a burr, or a kind of questionable looking chamfer. Some people send the gun back a time or two to get that addressed; personally I think it'd be cheaper/easier to go take the barrel to a local gunsmith to touch up the crown for $20-35 or so and march on.</p><p></p><p>The point is... the barrels may look kind of scurrilous if you look thru them with a bore scope... but generally speaking they *do* shoot pretty well. They usually do foul a little more than a custom hand-lapped tube, but not nearly as bad as the specimens from the 80s and 90s. </p><p></p><p>At least thats my experience having looked at and shot a handful or two of them over the last 5-6 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 550702, member: 376"] Savage barrels are one of those things that will make you start questioning just what exactly *does* matter... the factory barrels are gun-drilled and then reamed to size and then rifled, but not lapped as custom barrels are to remove the tool marks. As a result... they usually have a *lot* of machining marks, especially on top of the lands. For a run-of-the-mill hunting rifle, they use a piloted reamer as you would expect, but the pilot may or may not be that great of a fit in the new barrel depending on what it was reamed to. As a result, when you borescope the barrel you may find the chamber slightly offset from the bore. On the Target Actions they go to much greater trouble to match the pilot to at least a given batch of barrels, so the effect is considerably less. That may have been the result of some rather vocal complaints from one of their team shooters a few years back.... :rolleyes: The crowning process seems to be one of their weak points. Either you get almost nothing, a burr, or a kind of questionable looking chamfer. Some people send the gun back a time or two to get that addressed; personally I think it'd be cheaper/easier to go take the barrel to a local gunsmith to touch up the crown for $20-35 or so and march on. The point is... the barrels may look kind of scurrilous if you look thru them with a bore scope... but generally speaking they *do* shoot pretty well. They usually do foul a little more than a custom hand-lapped tube, but not nearly as bad as the specimens from the 80s and 90s. At least thats my experience having looked at and shot a handful or two of them over the last 5-6 years. [/QUOTE]
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