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Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Thanks to all you guys for the suggestions. I have a fair amount of time before I get back to the range, so I went ahead and gave pillars a whirl. Hoping this fixes a little something that bugging me in the way things stacked up. Never...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock I like your idea of having someone else shoot it. I'll give that a try. Not my first slug gun. I have 2 Benelli SBEs that shoot well inside minute of whitetail. I have a Beretta 390 (391) that shoots the same. All fully rifled...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Mortarguy - I just read an interesting article in American Hunter on this gun. Here is the quote I found interesting: <span style="font-style: italic">"To overcome the vibration when shooting a slug gun from a bench, the shooter must...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Mortarguy - no insults taken. I know I have friends that handle recoil better than me. I have only sold a few rifles - 7mm STW was one - just not enough return for bang...haha. All groups were 100 yards. I've got more homework to do...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock As I think about this, the one thing I am not confident about what I did was how to get the mag well in square. If that was cocked, which in turn would put some side load on the action screws (I really did not notice it), could that be...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock FYI - I shot these groups off bags. I remounted the gun in the stock, retorquing everything, with essentially no effect. I placed some spacers in the foreend to put some pressure on the barrel, it did not tighten the groups, but it did...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Having high expectations, and this being my first inletting/bedding effort, I thought it could be me. So I put the Savage stock back on and gave that a whirl. Here is the best group I shot with the Accutip with Savage Stock. (I don't know...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Okay - made the maiden trip to the range for this otherwise brand new Savage 220F. New scope, base and rings. Ammo on hand included: Remington 3" Accutip (1900 fps), 2.75" Copper Solid (1500 fps), Winchester 2.75" Partition Gold (1900...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Given at least Mortarguy is contemplating this project, I'll describe how I did my inletting, so that other people can offer improvements to my process, before he starts his. Patience. Prussian Blue and more patience. Insert tight...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Wow - I was starting to worry that Snipers and Slug guns did not go together. Appreciate the interest and happy to answer questions - it was pretty straight forward, or at least that's what I think now - we'll see how it shoots ASAP...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock Okay - scope base finally showed up. Amazing how hard stuff can be to find these days. Anyway - here it is with the glass in place.

Re: Savage 20 gauge 220 Bolt. Will A 110 Stock fit? I got the pics up last night - they are in this thread Bolt Action Forum. Here is the link: Savage 220 in a 110 Stock from Boyds

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock The other side of the finished product. I'll post shooting results after the first trip to the range. Before that, I have to get the scope mounted and find some quality slugs to feed it. Thanks again to all of those who contribute...

Re: Savage 220F Bolt Slugg in a Boyds Thumbhole Stock On to the bedding - Devcon 10110, Kiwi Neutral Polish and Modeling clay are the secrets to success: Bottom metal final bedded: