Savage TR rifle barrel config.

[paulT]

Interested in finding out heavy contor barrel options availible with the savage TR rifles, trying to find out would a heavy profile 30 inch 308 barrel with a 1 in 10 twist rate be offered along side the 1 in 13 in 30in barrel, thanks.

 

[Keith Glasscock]

Do you mean from the factory? I doubt that they would do that. On the other hand, a good prefit can be purchased in that configuration and spun on to the action in no time.

 

[paulT]

Busdriver thanks for info, Been shooting ftr and f class with blaser Lrs2 308 however the barrel is only 24in which lacks the speed of the longer 30in+ barrels so looking for budget entry rifle with heavy contor barrel with 1 in 10 twist to shoot the mighty berger 185g hybrid bullet, Is the action used with savage rifle classed as good as batt and other actions thanks for info, paul t.

 

[jbpmidas]

The Savage action is not a Bat, or any other custom action, but it's also half the cost and comes with a decent trigger. You can get the F-T/r with a 10 twist from the factory.

 

[Dgd6mm]

Is a 10 twist .308 FTR from Savage's factory a special order?

 

[jbpmidas]

I apologize, I was wrong. I just looked at the website and it only comes in the 12 twist.

I looked at getting one when I bought my Remington a year or so ago, and thought it was 10.

Sorry!

 

[Taildrag15X]

I'm not sure if they really have a Custom Shop or Competition Shop like in the 80's and early 90's......

I thought that Team Savage used the 185's, maybe Monte will chime in on that......

 

[Keith Glasscock]

I just shot with John and Stan a couple of weeks ago. They are both using the 155.5 Fullbore bullet. IIRC, Monte is too.

I'm using the 200 Hybrid as my primary bullet. I'm right now off on a tangent testing a different bullet, but I expect I'll be going back to the 200.

I've seen something recently. Even with my enhanced wind drift, the difference on target is really minimal. I'm picking up 1, maybe 2 points a day due to the better BC and 10" less wind drift. Either you know what the wind is doing, or you don't. If you don't, a 338 lapua won't save you. If you do, you could be shooting ping-pong balls and still hit a good score. The question is how much error does that heavier bullet allow you, and what does it cost you?