15Tango said:
I can't remember what Tikka has for a minimum weight, if I remember right Tikka's only adjustable for weight and it's a range, I can't remember the range. As I said before, CZ's trigger are FULLY adjustable. You can bring the weight down to zero if you want. You can adjust it to have a lot of creep or none. You can adjust the trigger to be a 1.5 or 5 Lb if you want and if you choose you can set the set trigger to be a lot less than your 7 ounces - hell, I've played with them just to see how low they can go and you can blow on them and they'll go off they have that ability. What can you adjust on the stamped steel Accutrigger again?
Yours probably doesn't copper foul because you're not shooting it that much, pushing it that hard or it's finally worn smooth.Hammer forged barrels don't have a target following because of the cost of the equipment, everything I've read about the equipment is that it's well over $1 million and there are only a small handful of manufacturers in the U.S. with them. I don't know of any barrel maker that has hammer forged barrels because of that cost, that doesn't mean hammer forged is automatically the least accurate manufacturing method. Steyr, CZ, Tikka, Sako, Weatherby Vanguard - they all use hammer forged barrels and have excellent reputations for accuracy out of the box.
What's Savage's accuracy guarantee again?
It does not matter what the trigger can be set at. What matters is what it can be set at so that it is safe, reliable, and crisp. The numbers I gave you for the Savage meet all three objectives.
"Not shooting it that much, so it does not copper foul." - It stopped copper fouling after about 20 rounds total out of the gun. I have not had the pleasure of owning a custom hand lapped barrel, so I don't know how that compares. And, I only shoot 55 rounds or so between cleanings, so I don't know if it can go over that without fouling, but I suspect it does.
"Hammer forged barrels have proven to not have any such uneven stresses in them, the process is even all around. I've read plenty of documentation on it, I guess if I have to I can try to dig it up." - I'll save you a bit of time. Have a read of this article.
http://www.border-barrels.com/articles/bmart.htm
My observation is that benchrest shooters don't spare any expense in getting the best equipment. So cost is obviously not an obstacle in getting the best setup. So, how many use hammer forged barrels? Zero?
"What's Savage's accuracy guarantee again?"
None that I know of. But, I do know mine shoots better than what Cooper guarantees. What does CZ, Sako, and Tikka Guarantee?
And by the way I own a Savage 1899, and while it may have been a great gun in its time, and has some sentimental value to me, it is a piece of junk compared to the current LRPV. Time and engineering has moved on.
I think Savage has done a great job of turning dollars into accuracy, and they are currently the best at it for factory guns. And, at the high end, that includes Cooper.
JMO