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frwillia
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I want to bed the action in my Savage Model 10. I have the rechambered barrel on it, and it shoots significantly better than it did with the factory barrel, but I'm seeing group splits - 3 shots almost in one hole, two shots close together but seperated from the other three by 3/8" to 1/2".
I've done about everything I can to make sure the scope mount is good. New base, new torax drive screws, steel Warne rings properly torqued. I don't think the problem is the scope.
The barrel is free floated, the tang is free. With the screws loose, the action will slide side to side and can be rocked a little by hand which I'm taking to be an indication that it doesn't fit well in the stock. So I want to bed it. I've searched the forum, watched the Ed Franklin video on 6mmBR.com, and watched the Daryl Holland video on bedding. None of them deal with the Savage action - but it is what I have, so I need to figure out how it's done for a Savage.
I have two things I'm not sure how to handle.
First, I am not able to remove the magazine. It's in a blind hole in the stock and seems to have some thing on the trigger end that is keeping it from sliding up out of the hole. Is there a trick to getting that thing out of there? I want it gone when I do the bedding. I'll clean up the hole in the mill after the bedding is cured and reinstall it. But first I need to be able to get it out of there non-destructively.
Or should I bed the rifle with it in there?
I am also thinking of getting the parts to convert it to a removable magazine like the new Savages have.
Second, it looks like there isn't much place to support the action in the rear near the trigger. My plan is to mill some clearance around the pillar for a thin coat of bedding, bed it with the trigger assy removed from the action and the holes plugged with clay, then come back and clean it up in the mill to clear the trigger mechanism after the bedding is cured. There are pillars in the receiver now from the factory, I'm planning to leave them in there.
I've already replaced the plastic trigger guard with a metal one so that source of movement is already gone.
Thanks
Fitch
I've done about everything I can to make sure the scope mount is good. New base, new torax drive screws, steel Warne rings properly torqued. I don't think the problem is the scope.
The barrel is free floated, the tang is free. With the screws loose, the action will slide side to side and can be rocked a little by hand which I'm taking to be an indication that it doesn't fit well in the stock. So I want to bed it. I've searched the forum, watched the Ed Franklin video on 6mmBR.com, and watched the Daryl Holland video on bedding. None of them deal with the Savage action - but it is what I have, so I need to figure out how it's done for a Savage.
I have two things I'm not sure how to handle.
First, I am not able to remove the magazine. It's in a blind hole in the stock and seems to have some thing on the trigger end that is keeping it from sliding up out of the hole. Is there a trick to getting that thing out of there? I want it gone when I do the bedding. I'll clean up the hole in the mill after the bedding is cured and reinstall it. But first I need to be able to get it out of there non-destructively.
Or should I bed the rifle with it in there?
I am also thinking of getting the parts to convert it to a removable magazine like the new Savages have.
Second, it looks like there isn't much place to support the action in the rear near the trigger. My plan is to mill some clearance around the pillar for a thin coat of bedding, bed it with the trigger assy removed from the action and the holes plugged with clay, then come back and clean it up in the mill to clear the trigger mechanism after the bedding is cured. There are pillars in the receiver now from the factory, I'm planning to leave them in there.
I've already replaced the plastic trigger guard with a metal one so that source of movement is already gone.
Thanks
Fitch