Savage 111 260 Remington Build is Finished

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arjunki

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I decided to get on the Savage do it yourself bandwagon.
I have been playin around with this project for a few months now and am finally pretty much finished. I may end up matching the barrel to the action which I semi dark gray parked and possibly darkening the stock but this is pretty much it for now.
Specs:
Pawn Shop special 30-06 long action reciever re-barreled to a
260 Remington Caliber (6.5mm-08) (Just in case some of you are wondering why a long action for a short action cartridge? Well, it's not just because I can! It's because I handload and I want the freedom of seating my bullets out further toward the rifling/lands for potentially better accuracy while still being able the utilize the magazine.)
25 1/2" magnum sporter contour Mc Gowen match grade barrel.
Stainless Pillar Bedded in a custom (lengthened) Boyds thumbhole laminate stock that I specially clear coated.
S/S Supply match trigger.
Xtra heavy stainless recoil lug.
Versa Pod sit down bipod.
Kick-Eez recoil pad.
Topped with a 6.5-20x44 Vortex Viper Scope w/ mil-dot


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That thing is awesome!
I would love to do a build like that but don't know enough yet about building my own rifle... maybe someday. I would like to build almost the exact same one you did.
 
Looks real nice arj.

What's it weigh?

and... How well does it shoot? (I'd suspect it to have your average wonderful and typical Savage accuracy)
 
Very nice:) Now we need a range report.

Rebarreling a Savage is easy and fun, I jumped on the badwagon as well. I rebarreled a Savage 10 with a Shilen barrel in 300 WSM and it's 1/2 MOA all day.
 
Thanks guys! I have a couple of light loads of Ramshot hunter behind 130grn Accubonds & 140 grn Sierra GK's I want to try. Hopefully I'll get the chance to torch off a few this weekend and I'll see about posting a bit of a range report.
Baba Louie, as for the weight, she ain't light. I'll also see about weighing her this week.
Best,
Ron.
 
I took her out last Saturday and torched off a few rounds but weather was wet and I left my chrony on the previous trip so it was dead and I had no spare battery. I made the best of it though and was able to send a few down range at 50 and 130 yds. It only took five rounds to make me content to proceed to the 130 and then I was a bit tickled coz all the 5 next holes were touching at that range. Not to bad for in the midst of a rainstorm shootin out of the back of my pickup with the bi pod. Under an inch with mild effort and the first loads I tried. BTW- the loads are built from necked down Lake City brass filled with 40 gr. of Hunter pushin 140 grn. Sierra GK's.(Very mild loads) I think she'll be a coyote killin machine!That is, the ones the stock don't scare off! hehehe!
 
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