Savage target action advice

[A Marsh]

Does anyone besides Borden make a drop port?

Here is a drop port Panda in the Marketplace. Shameless plug freely admitted.

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/panda-f-class-drop-port-action.3908450/

 

[bigngreen]

I built my 6 Dasher on a Savage right bolt left eject action then cut a smaller port on the RH and changed the bolt head to a right eject. Did a pile of work to get the bolt to run good, have the original accutrigger working at 3oz without dropping the pin or having to run real gentle. The one issue it has is the ejection, picking cases out or just pushing them out will not work if you have any intention or need for running them.

It was fun to build and I enjoy the rifle, if I had kept track of what it would have cost to make it run as good as it can I'd be way over a Borden drop port. If you want to be able to run them you'll at some point be looking down range for where your Savage landed and contemplate if its worth picking up, and that's from a guy who like them!!

 

[Iowa Fox]

bigngreen that's the lightest accutrigger I have heard anyone running. I have mine at 6oz. It was holding at 5 so I bumped it to 6 and pinned the red blade back. Its not an 1 1/2 oz jewel but its not bad either.

 

[savagedasher]

bigngreen that's the lightest accutrigger I have heard anyone running. I have mine at 6oz. It was holding at 5 so I bumped it to 6 and pinned the red blade back. Its not an 1 1/2 oz jewel but its not bad either.

Both my red blade are around 3 oz the evolution is 2 oz or less . Larry

 

[Iowa Fox]

Both my red blade are around 3 oz the evolution is 2 oz or less . Larry

Maybe I can come down an oz or two safely. Larry is your blade pinned back, removed or intact operating as it should? For me the blade seems to add two pounds to the pull even if the trigger scale doesn't indicate it.

 

[savagedasher]

Maybe I can come down an oz or two safely. Larry is your blade pinned back, removed or intact operating as it should? For me the blade seems to add two pounds to the pull even if the trigger scale doesn't indicate it.

I use the blade Most of the trigger problem is nothing but bolt closing problem . You could call it timing . Larry

 

[bigngreen]

The pin dropping on a Savage if your not tender with the bolt is a trigger problem!! I have to remove the spring on the blade and I weight it so it still maintains safe and original function without adding to the trigger issue.

 

[Jw284]

I talked to SSS today they said they

I built my 6 Dasher on a Savage right bolt left eject action then cut a smaller port on the RH and changed the bolt head to a right eject. Did a pile of work to get the bolt to run good, have the original accutrigger working at 3oz without dropping the pin or having to run real gentle. The one issue it has is the ejection, picking cases out or just pushing them out will not work if you have any intention or need for running them.

It was fun to build and I enjoy the rifle, if I had kept track of what it would have cost to make it run as good as it can I'd be way over a Borden drop port. If you want to be able to run them you'll at some point be looking down range for where your Savage landed and contemplate if its worth picking up, and that's from a guy who like them!!

i talked to SSS they assured me their new ejector would fix the br, dasher ejection problems, did u have any ejector work done or just factory ejector?

 

[Moonshine]

As you think about the Savage Dual port Target Action, think about a stock for it at the same time. The dual port uses an odd ball spacing making stocks more expensive and difficult to find. I went with a RBRP PTA for two reasons 1-thats what works best for my hand coordination and 2- Stocks for the 4.4 spacing are much easier to find. I'm no expert and don't want to come across as one but for the money I'm very pleased with my Target Action.

To this point I think most of the first wave of dual ports had the 3.xx spacing. However I have one that was made a year or 2 after the PTA was introduced and would assume anything going forward would be like it. If you look at the holes in the bottom of the action the 4.4 hole is drilled but not tapped. All I did was throw the action in a v block on the drill press and use it as a guide to tap that hole and all the stock spacing problems were solved. The only reason why I can think they made the oddball spacing is because the dual port was only available in the Palma model from the factory and it had something to do with that stock.

 

[LA50SHOOTER]

I have had 3 Savage PTA's (Model 12 Single Shot RBLP) all gone through & fully accurized. - Bolts are double sleeved, receivers single pointed, firing pins lightened & firing pin holes bushed. - I paid around $500.00 for each of these actions & had another $450 in work done to them during the build process, along with adding an aftermarket bolt handle total invested was around a thousand bucks on each one. - And I don't have any regrets in doing so or I wouldn't have done the other 2 after the first one was completed. - And I also added the Rifle-Basix SAV-2 triggers. - Once trued & timed & gone through they are a decent action in my opinion for "accuracy work". - Probably as good as any "factory" action that is "upgraded" including the Remington.
- Are they as good as a custom action ?, I think NOT - And I base this on the BAT actions that I own & and comparing. 1 model 3LL, 1 model M, 2 model L's, & 2 model EX's. - It takes more than "just barrels" to achieve repeatable high levels of accuracy. - Accuracy happens because variables are reduced in as many processes as possible, high quality reliable components are used & last but not least the shooter did his/her part.

That's my experience & feelings on this topic, Ron

 

[JFM33]

I love my PTA Savage ,for F-class .There is time between shoots and a slow action is no real loss.
I hate my PTA Savage ,for IBS or Williams port 1000yd bench rest .
I have SSS timed /trued action with the bolt mods .The ejection is sporadic at times .On the line it takes me twice as long to run 10 rounds as the winners .Picking brass and shooting 10.4" agg for two days is 42nd place,10.4" centered up in F-class is winning.
I like to win but it is up to you .
John

 

[Cowtownup]

I just built a straight 284 on a Savage PTA and I really wish I would have spent the extra coin for the custom. Stock choices and triggers are two of the main issues. However, I am a fan of the barrel nut and really like pretending to be a gunsmith in my garage. I've also shot some good F Class scores with my Savages.