Wife bought me a new Savage!!

[Wyomingmike]

My wife (and no yall can not have her ) View attachment 129468 bought me a new savage 10 sr le rifle in 6.5 creedmoor. Can't wait to put some rounds down the tube even if they are only break in rounds.

You needed to send a picture of your wife

 

[Dave from Turtle Lake]

My wife (and no yall can not have her ) View attachment 129468 bought me a new savage 10 sr le rifle in 6.5 creedmoor. Can't wait to put some rounds down the tube even if they are only break in rounds.

Congratulations on your new Savage trophy 1000. If you're in the need of extra magazines I hope you have better luck than me finding them. Just bought a new Savage 10 ba stealth evolution in 6.5 and can't find extra magazines to purchase anywhere.

 

[DXHI]

Yes she has a sister but Im already married to her. My safe,three of the guns in it, and my first guided hunt, were gifts from my wife.

Must be nice.. my longterm gf left me after I spent 5k buying ownership in a duck camp..other than monthly bills... that would be it, no annual dues except splitting propane once a year vs 3500/ year lease.....little did she know she was getting a ring out of the deal next month on our vacation...
I think her friend told her afterwards but still no word

 

[smokey3]

Since the 6.5 game is now new to me. Is there any thing I need to know. I will eventually be working up some loads for her, just need to know what will fly well out of a 24" barrel with a 2" muzzle brake.

I bought the Savage model 10 GSR and it absolutely loves the Norma 130 grain Golden Target Ammo. After five break in shots, it grouped them five at .4" at a hundred yards. Plus side is, you get some really good brass to reload, IMO better than the Hornady factory stuff.

 

[Rainy]

140gr ELD Match and IMR 4350 is what I've been using and seems to be pretty consistent.

 

[smokey3]

Get yourself some hornady 140 eld-m and some rl-16 or h4350. I'm running rl-16 right now and my SDs are really good and it seems very stable.

Both great choices. The Hornady reloading book says Norma URP is also a good choice. The Norma factory stuff shoots really good from my Savage that has the same barrel that Trophy Hunter has. I bought 8lbs of H4350 and 8lbs of Norma URP so I will find one that my gun likes. Just been working 6 days a week and have not got the chance to develop a load yet. It seems like around 41 to 43 grains is a good load in the 6.5, depending on bullet choice and powder selection.

 

[skipglo]

Since the 6.5 game is now new to me. Is there any thing I need to know. I will eventually be working up some loads for her, just need to know what will fly well out of a 24" barrel with a 2" muzzle brake.

143 gr. Eldx 41.5 gr. H4350

 

[Flatbow]

I'm running 143g ELDx on top of RL16 and am real happy.
RL 16 and H 4350 are the most temp stable with the 16 having an edge in fps

Congrats!
My wife just bought me a Sig P365 and once the house remodel is done I get a bigger gun safe and one more gun to add to it !
Keep them happy boys,
Happy Wife Happy life!!

 

[JAYgs8163]

Nice rig. I have the Savage 10 T-SR as well with the same muzzle brake you have. I run 140 Bergers out of Peterson SRP brass, RL26 powder, pushing 2992 FPS. Shoots 5 shot bug holes. PM me if you want the recipe.

 

[codyadams]

If you are only going out to 300-500 yds you may want to drop down to lighter bullets like to 100-120 grn as another member said. Punch them into a ballistics program. Most of the time the faster bullet does better out to 400-600 yds for wind and drop and after that the heavy high bc bullets takes over. Rl-16 and h4350 are the powders most prefer.

The lighter bullets pretty much never do better with wind drift. They drop a little less, but we're talkin 11 inches difference at 600 yards, and only 5" at 400. At 400 to 600 yds, you have to hold over or dial with either of them, so 5 more clicks at 400 or 8 more clicks at 600 don't mean much. But, the 5-11 inches less of drop at 400-600 in trade off for more wind drift and less energy on target may be worth it for some people.

As far as wind drift, which is generally more important than drop for longer range shooting, because wind is the part your guessing, where as distance is exactly quantifiable by a rangefinder, the heavier high bc bullets will do better. You also have significantly more energy with the heavier bullets for hunting. Like 360 ft.lbs more at 400 and over 400 ft.lbs more at 600. By 600 yards the 100 grain bullet drops under 1000 ft.lbs of energy.

If your hunting deer and hogs, I wouldn't recommend going lighter than 130 with a lead core bullet. A mono, that is something else I won't go into ha ha. If your hunting rock chucks, prarie dogs, coyotes or other varmints and want the best sub 400 yard trajectory with the least holdover and most explosiveness, that is where the lighter bullets work better.

 

[JAYgs8163]

If you are only going out to 300-500 yds you may want to drop down to lighter bullets like to 100-120 grn as another member said. Punch them into a ballistics program. Most of the time the faster bullet does better out to 400-600 yds for wind and drop and after that the heavy high bc bullets takes over. Rl-16 and h4350 are the powders most prefer.

Stick with the 140. The down range velocity will be maintained with the heavier bullet and better BC's. I couldn't disagree more about using a 100 gr or 120 gr bullet. Not to mention the ability to push through the wind. I shoot mine sub MOA with 140 Berger VLD hunting bullets and it's money from a 100-700 meters and further.

 

[trophyhunter1000]

Yes she has a sister but Im already married to her. My safe,three of the guns in it, and my first guided hunt, were gifts from my wife.

If my wife had a sister she would have been just as rdsii64 said.

 

[trophyhunter1000]

You needed to send a picture of your wife

5'3" red head that has the attitude to match.

 

[trophyhunter1000]

Congratulations on your new Savage trophy 1000. If you're in the need of extra magazines I hope you have better luck than me finding them. Just bought a new Savage 10 ba stealth evolution in 6.5 and can't find extra magazines to purchase anywhere.

Dave if I find some I will get a couple extra to send your way.