Re: accuracy of savage rifles???
Keep in mind that this was a fluke.
I grabbed my 300 win Salvage HB from the safe today to go confirm the zero on it, since I had not shot it in quite a long time and I have an upcoming cow elk tag to fill.
This gun shoot 185 Lapua scenars extremely well.
Here is an old pic, from when I neck turned brass and did a bunch of crap just to see how accurate I could get a factory heavy barrel set into an A5 Mcmillian, topped with a 6.5-20 MKIV Leupold to shoot.
The results averaged out to .39 at 100 and .96 at 300 agg.
That takes me to this morning,
I grabbed the Salvage and my TRG 22 and headed out.
First 3 from the Savage 300 Win:
That is a .072" group! NEVER have I done that with a heavy recoiling gun.
Of course after dialing my corrections, I blew it out my ass with the next two groups:
They were .79 and .52, but oh well. This is not neck turned brass, just once fired, handloads.
Like I said, a fluke, but still fun to see every once in a while.