New Savage 110 tactical 6mm Creedmore results

[ba_50]

I recently bought this rifle for shooting long range and occasional coyotes.
A left handed bolt would have been prefered but Savage is stuck on the .308. The brass hadn't been fire formed yet.

I used the Kreiger barrel break in but it didn't seem to make any difference.

The trigger was set about as light as it would go.

All measurements were center to center. Shot about 50 rounds total.

Forester match dies
Hornady brass
CCI BR primers
SWFA 16X MOA-Quad scope

108 gr ELD Match bullets, 39.3 H4350
360 yards. 1.556" 3 rds

85 Sierra HPBT, 360 yards
360 yards, 2.286" center to center

108 Eld Match, 39.0 gr. H4350
200 yards .568" 3 rds.

108 ELD match, 39.5 gr IMR 4350
200 yards .605 3 rds

Barnes match burner, 39.0 H4350
200 yards 1.009"

Sierra 100 Spt,
200 yards .749" 4 rds.

Sierra 100 gr spt Win Ball 760
100 yards .125" 3 rds
This was the first group after clean/shoot 1, clean shoot 1, clean shoot 1.

I only used 3 rounds to start with, trying to get an idea of which what components to use. I didn't expect it to shoot this well without the usual experimenting with a lot of different components.

I tried a few ELD X bullets and they did almost as good as the 108's. There are some 103 ELD match bullets waiting to be tried.

I was hoping for a 1/2 MOA rifle and so far it looks more like a 1/4 rifle.
Bergers probably wouldn't do much better.

The adjustable comb and LOP are nice to have.

When the crops are out it will get some testing done between 800 and 1000 yards with 10-20 rounds at a time.

 

[jaygorski]

Not bad. Try bumping the powder charge up to about 41grs. (H4350)with the 108s. Don't worry about fireforming, it'll do nothing for the accuracy.

 

[ranger3]

You can't beat that.

 

[Rob01]

Like mentioned try and bump the powder charge up some with the 108s. How far off the lands are you set up and what OAL from base to tip? Just wondering as some of the Savage chambers are known to be short.

 

[ba_50]

The oal length is 2.85 with the 108.
39.3 gr. Of H4350 didn't show any pressure signs so I will try some more powder next time.

 

[Rob01]

Wow that's actually pretty long. Savage usually has short chambers and why I asked but that one is pretty long. I am at the lands at about 2.820" in a SAAMI .183 freebore chamber.