Re: Savage 10fp
True and Time of the action is the process of truing the raceways for the bolt, truing up the bolt face, and lapping and truing of the locking lugs. Timing the action is taking a coil or two out of the cocking spring so that the action becomes easier to cycle (cock). You will fill a noticeable difference in the bolt handle when you lift it to cycle the action after the action is timed. I also believe that when Kevin performs these adjustments to the action he also turns the barrel back a thread or so into the receiver. Call Kevin, he is a great guy to talk to and will take the time to really make sure you are getting what you want and need. He can also give you a better description of what he does to the action than I can.
I originally sent Kevin my stock Savage rifle and had him install a recoil lug and perform the true and time job, as well as bedding the action into one of his stocks. The rifle was a .308Win Mod 10FPLE. It was a shooter when I bought it, and it came back from Kevin a tack driver. Some time latter I had him install the VBull DBM system and a Benchmark SS barrel chambered in .260 Rem. Honestly, the rifle out shoots my GAP Rem700 (which is also in .260Rem). It's less finicky on ammo than the GAP is, and it was considerably less money to build.
You will find some guys that knock the Savage rifles here on the Hide, and it may be that they had bad experiences with Savages. I won’t argue that there probably are some Savages out there that are dogs, but I’ll tell you this; I have had Remington rifles that didn’t shoot worth a shit as well! I had a PSS in .308 that I did all kinds of work to, and it would not group better than 1”. I still buy and shot both brands of rifles. I just happen to think that Savage is a seriously underrated rifle, and is an excellent platform for the beginning shooter.
