So I came home from work the other day and found this sitting on the table.
SS 7 Twist, 5R rifling, 18" Savage Magnum contour, 5 spiral flutes, threaded 5/8-24, and chambered in 6mm Creedmoor. I know you're scratching your head 18" Creedmoor? So first thing I did was put it on the scales, and what a huge disappointment, almost 3 lbs! I didn't want to use the magnum contour but it's was the best choice to run a threaded barrel for the stocks I have. I know I'm going to have trouble making my weight goals now!
I laid it in the Accustock I intended to use and even though she's a little plump I thought it looked pretty good.
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I couldn't wait to put it together, mama was out of town visiting friends so I used the breakfast table since it was 105 outside here in SE Colorado and my garage doesn't have AC. So I piled all the parts on the table and commenced to tear things apart and put them back together.
It took me less than 20 minutes to go from this:
To this:
Unfortunately how she sits without optics and suppressed (the reason for 18" barrel) this rifle weighed in at 8 lbs 13 oz. Now I know using a Savage it isn't going to be light, but I was hoping for it to be about 13 oz lighter. This thing is going to be close to 11 lbs +/- by the time I put a scope on it! I guess there might be a McMillan Edge in the future as that's about the best option to put it on a diet now.
If you were paying attention to the pictures you noticed a stock change. Yep, my precision ground recoil lug wasn't precise enough to fit in the stock I wanted to use, it was too wide and wouldn't fit in the stock. So I had to put it in an Accustock that someone took a dremel to the inside to try and get it to fit a standard Savage recoil lug.
However while the stock was wide enough to accomodate my recoil lug, it was still too tall. So I ordered a new factory lug from Midway and it should be in any day now. I'll also call up 4D Reamer Rentals and have them send me a set of gauges to properly set the head space on the rifle.
I still have to figure out options for optics, I'm leaning towards the Leupold MK-5HD 3.6-18X44 or the SWFA SS 3-15X42 Mil Quad. However, when looking at features I like this Athalon Midas TAC 4-14X44 with its capped windage turret and zero stop on the elevation. Until then I have a Vortex Crossfire 2 4-12X44 that I was gifted that will probably go on initially until I figure out which scope will find a permanent home on this rifle.
SS 7 Twist, 5R rifling, 18" Savage Magnum contour, 5 spiral flutes, threaded 5/8-24, and chambered in 6mm Creedmoor. I know you're scratching your head 18" Creedmoor? So first thing I did was put it on the scales, and what a huge disappointment, almost 3 lbs! I didn't want to use the magnum contour but it's was the best choice to run a threaded barrel for the stocks I have. I know I'm going to have trouble making my weight goals now!
I laid it in the Accustock I intended to use and even though she's a little plump I thought it looked pretty good.
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I couldn't wait to put it together, mama was out of town visiting friends so I used the breakfast table since it was 105 outside here in SE Colorado and my garage doesn't have AC. So I piled all the parts on the table and commenced to tear things apart and put them back together.
It took me less than 20 minutes to go from this:
To this:
Unfortunately how she sits without optics and suppressed (the reason for 18" barrel) this rifle weighed in at 8 lbs 13 oz. Now I know using a Savage it isn't going to be light, but I was hoping for it to be about 13 oz lighter. This thing is going to be close to 11 lbs +/- by the time I put a scope on it! I guess there might be a McMillan Edge in the future as that's about the best option to put it on a diet now.
If you were paying attention to the pictures you noticed a stock change. Yep, my precision ground recoil lug wasn't precise enough to fit in the stock I wanted to use, it was too wide and wouldn't fit in the stock. So I had to put it in an Accustock that someone took a dremel to the inside to try and get it to fit a standard Savage recoil lug.
However while the stock was wide enough to accomodate my recoil lug, it was still too tall. So I ordered a new factory lug from Midway and it should be in any day now. I'll also call up 4D Reamer Rentals and have them send me a set of gauges to properly set the head space on the rifle.
I still have to figure out options for optics, I'm leaning towards the Leupold MK-5HD 3.6-18X44 or the SWFA SS 3-15X42 Mil Quad. However, when looking at features I like this Athalon Midas TAC 4-14X44 with its capped windage turret and zero stop on the elevation. Until then I have a Vortex Crossfire 2 4-12X44 that I was gifted that will probably go on initially until I figure out which scope will find a permanent home on this rifle.