Savage MKII Pictures thread

Gillen1 said:
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I like it. What kind of groups can you shoot, and what do you think of the rear sight being that far forward.
 
OMG im so happy i found this thread. Waiting on my license to get here in the mail. My plan is to go with the MKII TR, I want the heavy stock and barrel and also the tactical bolt but i don't care for the tri-rail and i could care less about it being threaded or not. Save the extra hundred or so and put it towards glass. which is my next question. This will be my first gun, not my first time shooting, but I'm unsure if I went to spend "big money" over $300 on a scope if I don't find myself shooting enough. What are your thoughts? Start inexpensive and see what happens? Silverdale is the range I would probably be shooting at. 100m guest range to start and if i like it and join the 200 yd range would be the longest.

any thoughts or suggestions?
 
gtagun16 said:
OMG im so happy i found this thread. Waiting on my license to get here in the mail. My plan is to go with the MKII TR, I want the heavy stock and barrel and also the tactical bolt but i don't care for the tri-rail and i could care less about it being threaded or not. Save the extra hundred or so and put it towards glass. which is my next question. This will be my first gun, not my first time shooting, but I'm unsure if I went to spend "big money" over $300 on a scope if I don't find myself shooting enough. What are your thoughts? Start inexpensive and see what happens? Silverdale is the range I would probably be shooting at. 100m guest range to start and if i like it and join the 200 yd range would be the longest.

any thoughts or suggestions?
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Why do you think you’ll find yourself not shooting enough? That’s a symptom not commonly found in new PAL holders. With the scope, you can do it two ways, buy the nicest glass your credit will allow - cry a lot now, and a lot less later, but you can always transplant your $5k S&B off your Mark II to your PGW Coyote later on. Or you can buy whatever is on special at Cambodian Tire and find yourself upgrading later (or not, some people are fine with spending a little less). Either way, you’ll be fukt unless you decide you don’t like shooting altogether, that’s the only way you’ll “save” money, haha!
 
So far I have been getting good groups at 50 yards from shooting, didn't measure them, but I was very happy and they were probably only a inch wide at the most. I have only shot it once so it could probably use a bit more sighting in.

I really like having the sights that far forward, really easy to use. The tech sights on it are great. The ability to adjust them with just a turn of a knob is great.


lone-wolf said:
I like it. What kind of groups can you shoot, and what do you think of the rear sight being that far forward.
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I just got a scope for mine, I found it in the bargain cave at Cabelas for something like 80% off. It's a Nikon Coyote Special 4-12x40. (There is a coat of paint on there covering an ugly camo pattern)

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Mister Donut said:
Why do you think you’ll find yourself not shooting enough? That’s a symptom not commonly found in new PAL holders. With the scope, you can do it two ways, buy the nicest glass your credit will allow - cry a lot now, and a lot less later, but you can always transplant your $5k S&B off your Mark II to your PGW Coyote later on. Or you can buy whatever is on special at Cambodian Tire and find yourself upgrading later (or not, some people are fine with spending a little less). Either way, you’ll be fukt unless you decide you don’t like shooting altogether, that’s the only way you’ll “save” money, haha!
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I just know what my schedule can handle for the next year, and its once a month at the absolute most. More realistically once every 2 or 3 months. So as much as usually I buy expensive, "take the bullet" at first and let the invest pay for itself down the road, if the ROI isn't going to be seen/enjoyed for awhile I might start off "budget" we'll see. Either way the MK II TR is what I have my sights set on so hopefully ill be posting in here shortly.
 
Budget of $300 huh....not really sure what you can get for that....you might be able to grab a Leupold VX-1, maybe a VX-2 off EE. Plently of Bushnell Tactical elite fixed powers for that price point, maybe even find a brand new 5-15x40mm....that one might be a bit more though. Seems like a lot of folks go for the Millett TRS. Inexpensive, decent magnification, some are illuminated.
 
Awesome looking rifles. A bit of constructive criticism for some Mark ii owners? If your scope has 3/4"+ clearance on the barrel, when working the bolt, and on the eyepiece, and you have a standard stock, you're probably not getting a good cheek weld. If you take your rifle (unloaded) and scope into a gun shop, you can get them to test fit rings for you and get the right height. Correct height rings will make it much easier to use the scope in the field or at the range.
 
adriel said:
Awesome looking rifles. A bit of constructive criticism for some Mark ii owners? If your scope has 3/4"+ clearance on the barrel, when working the bolt, and on the eyepiece, and you have a standard stock, you're probably not getting a good cheek weld. If you take your rifle (unloaded) and scope into a gun shop, you can get them to test fit rings for you and get the right height. Correct height rings will make it much easier to use the scope in the field or at the range.
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I think you'll find most of the guys rocking super tall rings have switched over to lower rings. The rifles you were looking at probably had the Milletts, which comes with rings better suited for a flat top. Some of the factory stocks don't exactly help the situation either, like the FV SR, which has a buttstock that almost seems to droop downwards towards the rear.
 
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I took her out for the firs time this past weekend and I was a bit disappointed in getting fist size groups at 100m instead of the sub 1in groups I was expecting. Then I started reading around a bit about .22lr and had a facepalm moment when most accuracy tests for .22lr are done at 50m.

So, I'm still very new to .22lr rifles, what's the furthest folks around here have reached out to while keeping groups under an inch?
 
Gotta keep this thread going...

Mine,
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Hers, along with mine.
Got some better glass on hers now.
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Also mine, ;)
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This thing prints some tiny tiny groups, so much love for it. Just need to drop some moola on glass to shoot them same groups a little further out ;)
 
How tough was it to take the rear sight off the rifle in the first pic? I have the same gun (but with the bolt handle on the proper side lol) and I'd like to get rid of it since its never gonna be used.
 
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