improved??

[reimers84]

i bought my first rifle, a savage fvss 22-250 for shooting prarie dogs and paper. since then ive built a back drop out of old wooden railway ties at the bottom of my feild,little over 500yards out) to mount targets for practice. and now I gotta build a portable bench. anyway my uncle and a freind have bought the same rifle and i wanted to do something to set mine apart. i was thinking of takeing it in to a gunsmith and haveing it converted to a 22-250 improved. I wanted to know if this would be a good upgrade for the rifle and if it would still maintain it's accuracy right now ive only had enough time off work to shoot a couple boxes of winchester 55 grain HP's threw it. but my groups are better then what i thought they'd be with factory rounds,at 100yards). i was thinking of buying a mcmillan stock, this stock kinna feels thin and cheep and short too, but it's a bit of change and a bit of a wait too. I dunno i never really liked factory anything i was just looking for ideas to set my rifle apart and make it my own figured this might be the best place to ask, from what i read bench rest shooters are at the edge of the envlope of case desing and rifle modification. ... if this is in the wrong thread i appoligise.

 

[trapshooter52887]

i wouldnt change to a improved unless u have the time to reload.savages are great rifles i am currently building a 6.5-284 off of one now.i would upgrade to a mcmillian stock that will help out a tremendious amount the factor stocks are just to thin and flex way to much.

 

[chino1969]

gunamonth,
I have several A.I.'s and I really like my .22-250 A.I. 1:14 with a .250 neck dia. It shoots 50 grn. Nosler Ballistic Tips at 4100 ft/s that are deadly accurate. I've anchored many a groundhog and crow with this load. I agree with your statement that you need to be into handloading, and fairly experienced, before you venture into the Ackley world. There are many little quirks and clues that you have to be able to dechiper, with regards to Ackleys, that can get the novice into trouble real quick. My general observation is that the Ackley chamber performs its best when it is close to the max. pressure cusp and the trick is knowing not to go over this and being able to identify when you have reached it. One of my techniques is to start at the max. load for the parent cartridge, once the brass is fireformed, and with the use of a chronograph begin going up incrementally in powder charge. At some point, approx. 2 grns. or more above max. load, there will be no velocity increase with resultant powder increase. This is done at 200 yds. and I'm also looking for the grouping using Dan Newberry's Incremental Method. I usually find my 'sweet spot' fairly quick and start fine tuning from there. I also have a .243 A.I. with several different barrels and twist rates. A .257 Roberts project is down the road because the Roberts is supposed to be one of the cartridges that really show the advantage of the Ackley process.
Regards,
Chino69