And for some of you Savage fans who are griping about the changes they made to the new model 10fcp-sr. Yes they removed the muzzle brake, changed out the Hogue stock for their own Accu-stock, and switched from taking AI mags to their own mags but for $700 out the door and a $100 rebate making it a $600 rifle I have to say its a heck of a bargain.
I picked it up a few weeks ago, mounted a Vortex Viper 6.5x20 scope on it that I had laying around and tossed it in the safe. Well a few days ago I finally got to shoot it. After zeroing the scope at 25 yards I set up one at 100 yards. The target on the right it from them. The 3 shots in the center that aren't marked are some 168 grain HPBT's from Ultramax, some cheapo ammo I had laying around. The bottom left is 168 grain Hornady A-Max. I thought this was pretty good and was quit happy considering I had a 15mph tail wind. The I pulled out some 180 grain blems I had loaded for my .308 AR's . I picked these up a few months ago for like $12 a hundred and thought they would make for some cheap plinkers in my AR's. Best I can tell from the looks of the bullets they look like Remington Accutips. Anyways in a 16" barreled AR they aren't worth a bean. Best I was able to get was about 1.5" @ 100 yrds after trying 3 different powders and a dozen different loads. Well I aimed at the center again where I shot the Ultramax's and was amazed that I pretty much put 3 rounds in darn near the same hole. I figured I better quit while I was ahead. Well this morning I went back out to see If I was just dumb luck. The target on the left is from this morning. This time I had about a 10 mph cross wind and still managed to put all 3 rounds within a 1/4".
Now its time to load up some 220 grain subsonic loads and attach the suppressor.