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Stevens noodle w/Sierra Match king reloads

mwroseberry

mwroseberry

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For those non believers that don't think a Stevens noodle barrel is capable of sub MOA accuracy.

5rd group at 100yds
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168gr SMK BTHP
Winchestor Brass
39gr IMR 3031
CCI Primers
 
#3
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I only made 5 up in that load so those are the 5. Other than that it's a clean target. I can go get a picture zoomed out a bit if you'd like
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#4
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I could understand your excitement, but shooting groups like that is nothing out of the norm for most of the rifles/ammo combos.
 
#5
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bacarrat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I could understand your excitement, but shooting groups like that is nothing out of the norm for most of the rifles/ammo combos. </div></div>

Hes trying to prove a point. Not brag.
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#6
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bacarrat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I could understand your excitement, but shooting groups like that is nothing out of the norm for most of the rifles/ammo combos. </div></div>


Most of WHAT rifles?
I'd say that's pretty stellar accuracy from a 250$ gun. Thats pretty good for any gun really. I suppose this is the interwebs though so lots of people shoot .25" groups with their grandpas 30-30 and the above group inst anything to be happy with.


And for what its worth I've had people on this site and others tell me my stevens was a piece of shit not worth its weight in scrap metal. My targets say otherwise.
 
#7
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Looks good to me, I'm one of those guys that can't buy custom guns due to a lack of $$$$. It's nice to see good accuracy on a budget.
 
#9
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mwroseberry</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For those non believers that don't think a Stevens noodle barrel is capable of sub MOA accuracy.</div></div>

Outstanding shooting there Brother!! I can only hope my Stevens will perform anywhere close to that!!

DK
 
#10
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I was just trying to show that a $250 rifle if properly set up can shoot with the custom rigs costing 7 to 10 more. I have a 8 month old daughter that is soaking up all my expendable income as I'm sure most people on here are in the same situation and I'm just trying to give some of them hope that are restricted to a tight budget like myself. I am going to be upgrading my barrel soon but until then I will be happy with getting the groups I'm getting and I'm going to be heading to more and more competitions now.

Good luck,
Merritt
 
#11
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It is so funny that Savage/Stevens has became so popular for such ugly guns according to some.
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As far as I am concerned, any gun that is not accurate out of the box is an ugly gun. If you have to spend money to make them shoot, don't buy the damned things! Build a custom and be done with it. Savage/Stevens are the cats meow if you want a shooter that will not cost a lot of money, far more often then not.
 
#12
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I with mwroseberry. I recently purchase a Savage 10FLCP-K, because I'm left handed and thought it was a good value. I'm very impressed with it's accuracy... period. All guns are not as accurate, out of the box, as this Savage has proved to be. I currently have and previously owned high dollar custom rifles that required additional work and tuning to get the accuracy I require. Gotta say Savage is doing something right - just glad I got a good one!
 
#14
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I had a guy busting my balls at the range the other day about shooting a Stevens with a heavy 223 barrel for long range. He was very "experienced" in long range shooting according to him, and shoots high power comps all the time and wins. Basically he was telling me my rifle was a worthless hunk of crap and my choice of 223 to shoot 700-800 yards was bad as well. In his vast "experience" a 223 is only capable of 300 yards MAX and Savage has never made a good accurate rifle. He flat out called me dumbass kid as well. I just sat and stared at him with amazement and nary said a word. Even after he witnessed me shooting several 1 inch groups, with a couple under 1 inch, at 300 yards with my "worthless" rifle he still wouldn't concede that it was any good. Its amazing the kinds of asshats you meet at ranges sometimes.

Oh and while I was shooting around 1 inch 5 shot groups at 300 yards he was struggling to keep 3 shots inside an inch at 100 yards with his high dollar so called "competion AR" in 308 Win. I should have said something but I kept my mouth shut like a good little "dumbass kid".

My point being that there will always be elitist crapmongers that put down anything that doesn't cost as much as the stuff they buy, regardless of how it performs. Keep up the good shooting. If your looking for another barrel check out Savageshooters.com in the classified section. You have to be a paid member to conduct business on the forum but for 10 bucks its totally worth it. I scored a factory varmint contour 223 barrel for 100 shipped( that shoots incredibly well btw) and just recently grabbed a factory varmint contour barrel in 308 for 40$ shipped. I don't have the barrel yet but I'm confident it will shoot well. Every savage I've owned shot well, hell even my 99e in 308 shoots a little over an inch at 100 yards. Just to warn you though, once you start swapping barrels it gets addicting and you will find yourself checking for sale forums daily.
 
#15
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bucksquirelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I had a guy busting my balls at the range the other day about shooting a Stevens with a heavy 223 barrel for long range. He was very "experienced" in long range shooting according to him, and shoots high power comps all the time and wins. Basically he was telling me my rifle was a worthless hunk of crap and my choice of 223 to shoot 700-800 yards was bad as well. In his vast "experience" a 223 is only capable of 300 yards MAX and Savage has never made a good accurate rifle. He flat out called me dumbass kid as well. I just sat and stared at him with amazement and nary said a word. Even after he witnessed me shooting several 1 inch groups, with a couple under 1 inch, at 300 yards with my "worthless" rifle he still wouldn't concede that it was any good. Its amazing the kinds of asshats you meet at ranges sometimes. </div></div>

Yup, I'm with you. I bought a model 12 Savage in .223 six years ago. I didn't have a heavy barrel varmint rifle, beside the Accutrigger sounded. Never thought it was special, because I find most small caliber rifles to be pretty accurate - I'm a big fan of the .22 magnum.

I like my custom rifles too, but I gotta say this .308 10FLCP-K is crazy accurate right now. Hope it continues this way, time will tell.
 
#16
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Yeah you're always going to run into some tool that thinks the only way to do anything right is to throw a few grand at it. Just the way the world works. I'm just glad I don't have that problem.

Good Luck,
Merritt
 
#17
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bucksquirelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
My point being that there will always be elitist crapmongers that put down anything that doesn't cost as much as the stuff they buy, regardless of how it performs. Keep up the good shooting. If your looking for another barrel check out Savageshooters.com in the classified section. You have to be a paid member to conduct business on the forum but for 10 bucks its totally worth it. I scored a factory varmint contour 223 barrel for 100 shipped( that shoots incredibly well btw) and just recently grabbed a factory varmint contour barrel in 308 for 40$ shipped. I don't have the barrel yet but I'm confident it will shoot well. Every savage I've owned shot well, hell even my 99e in 308 shoots a little over an inch at 100 yards. Just to warn you though, once you start swapping barrels it gets addicting and you will find yourself checking for sale forums daily. </div></div>

Oh so you're the rat bastard that got that barrel. I was like 2hrs late on that dang thing.
 
#19
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Nothing wrong with your shooting or your weapon.

Before you change the barrel try it at longer ranges, work your load you may be suprised at what it will do.

Was shooting constant 5"-10" group at 1000 yds with an out of the box Rem.700P-.308 until the throat went bad at a little over 800 rds.
 
#20
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mwroseberry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bucksquirelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
My point being that there will always be elitist crapmongers that put down anything that doesn't cost as much as the stuff they buy, regardless of how it performs. Keep up the good shooting. If your looking for another barrel check out Savageshooters.com in the classified section. You have to be a paid member to conduct business on the forum but for 10 bucks its totally worth it. I scored a factory varmint contour 223 barrel for 100 shipped( that shoots incredibly well btw) and just recently grabbed a factory varmint contour barrel in 308 for 40$ shipped. I don't have the barrel yet but I'm confident it will shoot well. Every savage I've owned shot well, hell even my 99e in 308 shoots a little over an inch at 100 yards. Just to warn you though, once you start swapping barrels it gets addicting and you will find yourself checking for sale forums daily. </div></div>

Oh so you're the rat bastard that got that barrel. I was like 2hrs late on that dang thing. </div></div>


LOL yeah, I thought it was a typo at first but I figured if not I better jump on it. From what the guy tells me the barrel shoots pretty decent, just has a kinda rough looking bore.
 
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I'm never surprised at how well a Savage, T/C, or Marlin hunting rifle will shoot. Now that it's been bedded and stiffened, my XS7 will hold one MOA to 500 yards with match ammo on its (my
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) good days. I think it was someone here who first told me a sporter barrel can shoot as well as anything else if well made. And if allowed to cool between strings.
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#22
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There are several points.

The "quality" of the shooter has a lot more to do with the results than the rifle itself. Example: when USAF got hold of a MiG fighter jet, they tried to figure out how the airplane stands against their own. So Chuck Yaeger and another gentleman whose name escapes me now flew mock combats - US fighter against that MiG (switching pilots between combat runs). Guess what - Chuck "waxed" the tail of his opponent in both cases! When he flew the MiG and when he flew the F-86.

Quality of the "cheap" stuff usually is not consistent - but it does not mean it must be always bad! Just like "expensive" stuff isn't always good. It's about probabilities (and customer service - what would happen in the [un?]likely case the thing does break). "Consistency" or lack thereof applies to the same rifle as well - it may shoot well only when the bore is cold, or hot, or warm, or... One would expect an "expensive" one to be more "consistent" and depend less on external factors - such as how many rounds already went down the bore during this session.


Savage (which I have no personal experience with) is held in high esteem by the shooters. It may be not as convenient as its more expensive competitors - but nobody argued that it couldn't shoot well!

And with this last bit of pointi-fication
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, I'll go back to my dinner!
 
#23
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mouse07410</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There are several points.

The "quality" of the shooter has a lot more to do with the results than the rifle itself. Example: when USAF got hold of a MiG fighter jet, they tried to figure out how the airplane stands against their own. So Chuck Yaeger and another gentleman whose name escapes me me flew mock combats - US fighter against that MiG (switching pilots between combat runs). Guess what - Chuch "waxed" the tail of his opponent in both cases! When he flew the MiG and when he flew the F-86.

Quality of the "cheap" stuff usually is not consistent - but it does not mean it must be always bad! Just like "expensive" stuff isn't always good. It's about probabilities (and customer service - what would happen in the [un?]likely case the thing does break).

Savage (which I have no personal experience with) is held in high esteem by the shooters. It may be not as convenient as its more expensive competitors - but nobody argued that it couldn't shoot well!

And with this last bit of pointi-fication
wink.gif
, I'll go back to my dinner! </div></div>

I guess that's a backdoor compliment....
 
#25
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Yeah got a bit more load development or just go with my current group and save the extra ammo for money for my Walter barrel.... Decisions Decisions.

I almost came out this past weekend but I wanted to try these SMKs out.

Thanks,
Merritt
 
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I have a Stevens in 7mm-08. It is a definite shooter (at least at 200 yards, havent taken it out farther yet), but as I noted in another thread the groups open up real fast if the barrel gets hot - like in about 5 rounds or so.
 
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