New guy here! I've been working on a Savage MKII FV-SR, for a bit now. I put a tacticool stock on it, pillar bedded/glass bedded the action, texturized the stock, texturized the stock, and Just lapped the bore. As of now, and not testing the lapped bore, I am getting roughly 3/4" groups at 50 yards with CCI standard velocity. I havent had much of a chance to try different ammo with all the panic buying. Since this is mostly a project gun, does anyone have any experience with other tweaks or things to change to help increase this accuracy of the rifle?
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It's going to come down to finding the ammo that the rifle wants to be fed and trigger control and follow through. Once you find an accurate batch of ammo, buy as much of that lot as you can afford. Sounds like you have a good start.
Sounds like you are on the right track and with a .22 ammo choice is going to be your biggest thing. Once all the panic buying bullshit dies down go and buy a couple boxes of anything you can get your hands on and see what it likes. Sounds like it is going to be a really sweet shooting rig once you get the right ammo. Best of luck.
Thanks for the responses guys. At this point would there be any gains from replacing the accutrigger with the Rifle Basix SAV-RAT trigger?
Whats the weight on the trigger, and does it break clean?
I dont know the exact weight on the trigger (I dont have a trigger pull gauge), I have it set to the lowest setting witch is supposed to be 2.5 lbs. It breaks alright, I wouldn't call it a match grade trigger, but it isn't sloppy either.
As a fellow FV-SR shooter I'm curious to see how this goes. I'd love to squeeze a little more out of mine as im right at 1" shooting 10 rounds @ 50yrds with no wind with CCI SV.
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You could try sorting your ammo by rim thickness, but using higher quality ammo would probably yield better results.
Aside from testing different lots of ammo, (which isn't really feasible in the current market) you can try shimming the barrel at different locations. I don't know if it will help that much in your case since you've already bedded your action.
Barrel Shimming
If you have a torque driver you can also experiment with the torque on the action screws. Start with them torqued around 10 in-lbs and shoot some groups, then increase the torque and shoot some more groups and continue until you've reached around 25 in-lbs then check which setting resulted in the tightest groups. (since you've pillar bedded your action you could probably safely go up to 45-50 in-lbs) Also, you can also experiment with different torque values for the front and rear screws, if you don't mind spending that much time trying to squeeze the last bit of accuracy out of your rifle.
Aside from testing different lots of ammo, (which isn't really feasible in the current market) you can try shimming the barrel at different locations. I don't know if it will help that much in your case since you've already bedded your action.
Barrel Shimming
If you have a torque driver you can also experiment with the torque on the action screws. Start with them torqued around 10 in-lbs and shoot some groups, then increase the torque and shoot some more groups and continue until you've reached around 25 in-lbs then check which setting resulted in the tightest groups. (since you've pillar bedded your action you could probably safely go up to 45-50 in-lbs) Also, you can also experiment with different torque values for the front and rear screws, if you don't mind spending that much time trying to squeeze the last bit of accuracy out of your rifle.
I'm shooting my FV at 100 yards using a Chris Wallis stock. My current favorite ammo is CCI Standard Velocity. Wolf Target Match shoots very much the same.
Look on the Savage and Rimfire Central Forums.
The trigger can be improved quite a bit simply by shimming it to reduce side play. I used thin brass strap from the hobby store to make a washer. There are other improvements I haven't made yet.
Your gun could be grouping better.
Good luck.
Look on the Savage and Rimfire Central Forums.
The trigger can be improved quite a bit simply by shimming it to reduce side play. I used thin brass strap from the hobby store to make a washer. There are other improvements I haven't made yet.
Your gun could be grouping better.
Good luck.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll keep you guys posted.
I would check your crown to make sure it was cut right and on center to the bore. I have seen pics of one that was cut off center giving horrible results
If my crown is poorly cut would I be seeing 3/4" groups at 50 yards? or would it be limited to something along those lines?
His were around an inch and a half if I remember correctly. Mine does about a 1/4 with match ammo, 1/2 to 3/4 with bulk and about 3.5 in with bulk ammo at 100. Mine doesn't care for CCI much but it does shoot better than the bulk winchester and blazer I prefer to shoot. Mine prefers wolf match as it can keep MOA at 100
I lapped the bore and sent it off for Cerakote. Here are the results!
After lapping the bore I get an average group size of 1/2" at 50 yards now, So I am a happy camper
After lapping the bore I get an average group size of 1/2" at 50 yards now, So I am a happy camper
