Savage Stock/Accuracy Quandary

[Texas10]

Hey guys, I want to thank you for all the replies, but I gave you some bad information on my first post that I would like to clear up.
1. I have intentionally left out the name of the riflesmith/stockmaker that built the stock. He is very well known, and his work has been revered by both long range and F-class shooters alike. I just don't see the point in putting a guys name out there without his permission.
2. The barreled action always gave single digit ES numbers, it just never grouped in the stock.
3. The rifle stock was originally fitted with a bedding block, NOT conventional bedding as I originally posted. When it didn't shoot, he sent the stock to Georgia to have a different bedding block installed like his other stocks have.

I think you guys that talk about the tang area have hit the nail on the head. What puzzles me is that he has all Savage target actions, but the recoil lugs differ in size. He has told me on several occasions about this, and though I haven't had the opportunity to measure them personally, I have no reason to doubt his word.
Thanks again for all the input,

Lloyd

When I bed a Savage action, I ALWAYS make sure the rear tang is free floated. Many times when installing the barreled action in the stock, it doesn't always line up perfectly and you have to be sure the rear tang is not hard against one side or the other. I use a .005 feeler gage to go around the rear tang and make sure it's free floated.

A lot of wood is removed from the stock around the trigger. I back fill this with epoxy bedding material and then remove only what's necessary to get the sear to release the bolt. This adds a lot of extra support to the rear of the action that would otherwise be resting on half a pillar and about half a square inch of wood.

 

[rogn]

But it didn't.

When he got it back, it would not group or give any decent ES numbers.

 

[DiffEQ]

ES problem should be in the area of combustion not harmonics or ballistics if im not mistaken that is.

How consistently (and accurately) a firing pin strikes a primer definitely changes the ignition process and can have significant effect on ES/SD.

 

[Old Navy]

If the depth of the firing pin dent made a significate measurable difference in accuracy there there would be thread here a hundred pages long.

 

[acloco]

Daylight under the tang AND barrel. Never had issues with screw torque on a block mounted action.
That's the reason for blocks. Metal to metal so it doesn't move. And no bedding under the action either. Metal to metal mounting!!

Why is there shiny marks on every action mounted in a block mounted action/stock?

 

[One Eye Pete]

I have a number of savage rifles that I have bedded and all shoot well. Some have bedding blocks and some do not. I normally do bed under the tang but I am very careful to make sure that everything is sitting properly on the pillars and there is no stress when the action is torqued down. My buddy bought a savage 12 varminter low profile with the wood stock and could not get it to shoot. He gave it to me to check it out. What I found was that the stock didn't have adequate clearance under the recoil lug (this was from the factory). It wasn't much interference between the bottom of the recoil lug and the stock but just enough to put stress on the action and throw everything off when the action was torqued down. Now when I bed any action I make sure I have extra masking tape on the periphery of the recoil lug before I set it into the epoxy.
I would assume that you already checked for this but if you didn't check it out. Being that the barreled action shoots in one stock and not the other definitely points to a stock issue. I would also check the stock in the trigger area to make sure the trigger sear isn't rubbing on anything. I have never had a problem in this area but that's not to say it couldn't happen.