I kind of expected for there to be a sticky on savage rimfires but didn't see anything.
I know there's a lot of us out there with a savage as a primary, secondary, or even just back up rimfire, and would like to see what others have done to modify their rifles and what kind of groups everyone is shooting.
My savage was originally a trr-sr (threaded 20"), and has been through a few iterations, but currently sits in an aluminum chassis I made, using an rpr factory butt stock, and using all three action screws. All this work really just added some weight, adjustability, and folding capability, that's about it, didn't see any huge gains in accuracy over the factory laminated tacticool stock. I've also recently polished the bolt internals due to a light strike issue I'm fighting. Trigger has been notched in the spring pocket to lighten the pull. Typically it wears a pst 3-15 but recently I put my razor on it just to play around.
This rifle has several thousand rounds of bulk box and cci sv/sub through it so it's no spring chicken, and is likely the reason for the light strike issue I'm battling as well.
Here is a target I shot today trying some different ammos, I couldn't get most the eley stuff to ignite and is why some groups only have one or two shots in them.
In my opinion if I'm shooting at something that matters, center-x is worth it in my particular savage, but for kids bulk shooting and plinking, cci is acceptable for that purpose to me. Also interpret the results at your own discretion, I'm no professional shooter, this was a bipod and rear bag.
This is with the rifle wearing a k-baffle design suppressor, I've found it doesn't group as well with monocore style cans, but I intend to do an in depth accuracy test with different cans eventually.
I know there's a lot of us out there with a savage as a primary, secondary, or even just back up rimfire, and would like to see what others have done to modify their rifles and what kind of groups everyone is shooting.
My savage was originally a trr-sr (threaded 20"), and has been through a few iterations, but currently sits in an aluminum chassis I made, using an rpr factory butt stock, and using all three action screws. All this work really just added some weight, adjustability, and folding capability, that's about it, didn't see any huge gains in accuracy over the factory laminated tacticool stock. I've also recently polished the bolt internals due to a light strike issue I'm fighting. Trigger has been notched in the spring pocket to lighten the pull. Typically it wears a pst 3-15 but recently I put my razor on it just to play around.
This rifle has several thousand rounds of bulk box and cci sv/sub through it so it's no spring chicken, and is likely the reason for the light strike issue I'm battling as well.
Here is a target I shot today trying some different ammos, I couldn't get most the eley stuff to ignite and is why some groups only have one or two shots in them.
In my opinion if I'm shooting at something that matters, center-x is worth it in my particular savage, but for kids bulk shooting and plinking, cci is acceptable for that purpose to me. Also interpret the results at your own discretion, I'm no professional shooter, this was a bipod and rear bag.
This is with the rifle wearing a k-baffle design suppressor, I've found it doesn't group as well with monocore style cans, but I intend to do an in depth accuracy test with different cans eventually.
