A little range report.

[SavageStag]

It finally got warm enough up here in Fairbanks AK to sight in my new NXS.
During the long winter I installed a Warne one piece base, Warne rings, and a 5.5-22 NXS NP-R1 on my Savage 10FP. I also had a smith skim bed the action since I was too scared to try it myself. It sits in a B&C Medalist.
I only had one box of ammo to sight it in and get one group out of it. I used Hornady 168 A-max factory load. I can't find any match grade 308 up here, so I have to stretch the 3 boxes I have for 3 more months until I move to Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage AK.

Anyway, enough of my rambling, here is the group I was able to get. 5 shots, 100 yds.

 

[Luvman]

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good shootin! you don't hear about too many savages that DON'T shoot. I love mine!

 

[desertHK]

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Nice shooting. Got to love those AMAX bullets.

 

[Simon Templar]

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You missed the coin

 

[Joeyhotfizzle]

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Nice bud. Do you mind measuring the COAL length of that round? Thanks, Joseph.

 

[jhead7416]

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Great shooting, nice group.

 

[NaHa]

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put a caliper center-to-center on that group, and take another pic. No way it's only 0.375". There's quite a gap between your farthest bullet holes.

I'm just sayin'....

 

[prbulldog]

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Did you shoot it from a bench rest?

 

[skeetlee]

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were is the rest of the targets. Not really fair to just pick the best one. Lee

 

[81sfo]

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well whats so special about that?Savages shoot,Nxs are awesome glass to have,and Hornady amax is very accurate ammo tyo shoot.Good shooting man!congrats.

 

[SavageStag]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nate Haler</div><div class="ubbcode-body">put a caliper center-to-center on that group, and take another pic. No way it's only 0.375". There's quite a gap between your farthest bullet holes.

I'm just sayin'.... </div></div>

I measured it the best I could, center to center was the third Eighth inch line. Either way it was under a half inch so I'm happy.

 

[SavageStag]

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To answer a few of the questions:

Joe, I will take some to work tomorrow and use the calipers to give you an overall length.

Bulldog, It was prone with a sandbag in the rear.

Skeetlee, if you would have read the description you would have seen that this was the only group I shot, the other shots were used just getting it to the center. Why would I post a pic of a piece of paper with holes all over the damn place. BTW how far is Mattoon from Rockford?

 

[younggun22]

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some damn fine shooting, bet you could find some distance out their to really stretch your rifles legs

 

[SavageStag]

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That's the plan. Hopefully I'll catch a Caribou out on the tundra.