Savage 110 .223.

[nf1e]

After reading your first post on your 110, I ordered a RifleX trigger for my .308 Stevens 200. The new trigger was a 100% improvement over the horrible OEM trigger. Thanks

Glad you found the information helpful. Whatta Hobby!

[Kragrifle]

In regard to the deer concern, not sure where you are, but here in Arkansas CWD is starting to show up. Not sure what our latest data is, though,

[nf1e]

NW CT. During the rut, most deer look pretty haggard around here especially the young an up and coming guys. Don't think it's a problem with food or too many deer. Most of the year they are tip top. Whatta Hobby!





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[nf1e]

Out playing with a Savage 223 this morning on one of the flyswatter targets at 100 yds. A little windy but what the hey. Only scored an 8 after doing a 10 with her big brother in .308 last week. Rifle is in a MDT ORYX chassis and scoped with a Night Force competition 15-55x52 on Leupold QRW rings. Ammo is handloads Starline brass with Berger 73 gn over 23 gn of Varget. Whatta Hobby!






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[nf1e]

Getting down to the nitty gritty on a decent 100 yd load for the Savage 110 .223 20" 1-9 bull barrel. Scope is NF Competition 15-55x52. Brass used is new weighed Starline with 1 gn segregation. Cold clean bore 10 rnd group was shot with 23 gn Varget pushing same 73 gn Berger bullet for an initial cold clean bore .45. After each group was shot a dry patch was pulled through the bore and cooler run for 5 minutes. Me thinks the .2 moa final load will do nicely on the fly swatter challenge. Shot off a front rest with rear bunny bag. Whatta Hobby!








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[nf1e]

Installed new Criterion SS .223 Rem 26" barrel today. Still waiting for a couple of OSS suppressor adapters for current projects. Whatta Hobby!









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[nf1e]

Looking forward to weekend shooting. Was waiting for a couple more OSS suppressor adapters which seem to be suck in the postal system so I took on off one of my M14s for the time being. Rifle is ready for business. Whatta Hobby!







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[nf1e]

Shot a 3-5 on our 100 yd 1/4" 10 dot challenge today. Max spread was a .4 with 8 rnds inside a .25. Load 73 gn Berger's in Starline brass over 23 gn of Varget set off with BR-4s. Rifles current configuration Savage 110 in .223 with Jard 3 oz trigger in an ORYX chassis with a Night Force Competition 15-55x52 scope. Whatta Hobby!









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[JohnMOhio]

Did you let the barrel cool down between firings?

[nf1e]

No, I ran this on a two minute timer so the barrel warmed up a bit. I credit everything that was not a hit on the 1/4 dots to my wobble factor and pulse. Of course had I added 1 click, 1/8moa elevation to the scope it should have netted me an additional 3 hits for a possible score of 4 -8. Looking forward to another attempt soon. Whatta Hobby!