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Savage 92r17FV- I'm impressed!

gregt

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G'day guys, this is only my second or 3rd post here but I had to post, I'm really impressed with this little rifle!

I bought a Savage 93 in 17hmr last week and took it to the range for the first time today. I bought a Boyds Tacticool stock a while back so I fitted that to it and made up a trigger guard/magazine plate for it yesterday as the ones I ordered didn't arrive in time. I think it looks a bit "tacticooler" with this one anyway. I've fitted a 3-9x40 VX1 scope to it which I thought would be plenty but it takes a bit of squinting to spot those little holes in a target at 100m!

It's a very accurate little rifle, it definitely shoots better than I can. I'm going to bed the action in the next week or so just to see what difference that makes.

Here's a few photos:

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50m target this morning, 17gr Hornady V-Max:

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100m target this morning (lower row were "fast plinking")

This is my new favourite little gun!

Cheers,
Greg
 
Re: Savage 92r17FV- I'm impressed!

Will do, I'm looking at the best way to do it having never bedded a rifle before. I have everything I need here I think.

Any photos of bedding one of these rifles in a tacticool stock would be most welcome!
 
Re: Savage 92r17FV- I'm impressed!

There is a section on Rimfire Central for Savage stock glass /pillar bedding. Not sure about the tacticool stocks though??
 
Re: Savage 92r17FV- I'm impressed!

I'll go and take a look now, thanks for the info!

I'll try to snap some photos while I do it so you can tell me where I've gone right or wrong.

Cheers,
Greg