Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT - The Firearms Forum

clmanges · 03-29-2007, 09:23 AM

Best shooting I've ever done!
This is from a comparison test of different ammo, five-shot groups of four kinds.
Distance is 25 yds.
Good rifle! I like the Accu-Trigger, very crisp, no creep, negligible overtravel.

One odd problem with ammunition: .22 Shorts don't shoot straight out of it, not even the Aguila match grade. They're all subsonic, but behave similarly to the CCI Stingers, spraying off high and left. I'll have to order more of the Good Stuff. In .22 LR, the Aguila match are about the same as the Green Tag.

So much fun to actually hit something for a change!

pickenup · 03-29-2007, 11:21 AM

With the exception of the Wildcat, they all seem to group a little to the right.
Nice range report.

warhorse1 · 03-29-2007, 03:13 PM

I have heard good things about the Savage rimfires. Try a few groups from the bench and let's see what the groups look like. Good shooting!!!
wh1

Shooter45 · 03-29-2007, 07:29 PM

Buy lots of different ammo and you will find the one that your new rifle likes.

clmanges · 03-29-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Shooter45

Buy lots of different ammo and you will find the one that your new rifle likes.

I'm going for the Aguila match if I can find it. It shot as well as the Green Tag, and costs about half.

Uh, Warhorse1, these were from the bench. It'll take me a while to get to trying offhand.

Mike_MTM_Rolla · 05-06-2007, 08:40 AM

The problem is variation in rim thickness...most common .22 LR varies from .036 to .042 in rim thickness. If you measure it and shoot only the same thickness, i.e. .038, then all of that stuff will pretty much group together. When rim thickness varies...you don't group..you pattern...all over the place....

Each .22 is different unless you precison machine it.....so you have to experiment....I recommend that you start with CCI Mini-Mag solids. Of all the non match ammo I have measured, this seems to be the most consistent in rim thickness. You will find the same thing in match ammo but it is expensive.

Recently I have had some good luck with Remington subsonic. good shooting and be safe...

03-29-2007, 09:23 AM	#1
clmanges V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 203	Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT Best shooting I've ever done! This is from a comparison test of different ammo, five-shot groups of four kinds. Distance is 25 yds. Good rifle! I like the Accu-Trigger, very crisp, no creep, negligible overtravel. One odd problem with ammunition: .22 Shorts don't shoot straight out of it, not even the Aguila match grade. They're all subsonic, but behave similarly to the CCI Stingers, spraying off high and left. I'll have to order more of the Good Stuff. In .22 LR, the Aguila match are about the same as the Green Tag. So much fun to actually hit something for a change! Attached Images __________________ Happiness is a warm gun -->

03-29-2007, 11:21 AM	#2
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,841	Re: Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT With the exception of the Wildcat, they all seem to group a little to the right. Nice range report. __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

03-29-2007, 03:13 PM	#3
warhorse1 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 36	Re: Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT I have heard good things about the Savage rimfires. Try a few groups from the bench and let's see what the groups look like. Good shooting!!! wh1

03-29-2007, 07:29 PM	#4
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,790	Re: Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT Buy lots of different ammo and you will find the one that your new rifle likes.

05-06-2007, 08:40 AM	#6
Mike_MTM_Rolla Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Rolla, Missouri Posts: 35	Re: Range report -- Savage Mk I FVT The problem is variation in rim thickness...most common .22 LR varies from .036 to .042 in rim thickness. If you measure it and shoot only the same thickness, i.e. .038, then all of that stuff will pretty much group together. When rim thickness varies...you don't group..you pattern...all over the place.... Each .22 is different unless you precison machine it.....so you have to experiment....I recommend that you start with CCI Mini-Mag solids. Of all the non match ammo I have measured, this seems to be the most consistent in rim thickness. You will find the same thing in match ammo but it is expensive. Recently I have had some good luck with Remington subsonic. good shooting and be safe...