Very Happy with Savage Mk2 BTVS

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I bought a Savage Mk2 BTVS in the early winter but didn't have much drive to run out in the cold and run some rounds though it to any degree of accuracy so I just played around with it here and there. That changed the other night when I picked up some Eley .22 LR and FINALLY decided to see what I could squeeze out of it for accuracy.

I meandered down to my "range" and set up my cheap MTM rest, threw a new target up on the battered 3/4" plywood holder and then proceeded to warm up the pipe with some Blazer. Managed a decent sub 1" group from 50 yards with the cold barrel and not a whole lot of care with respect to getting a decent group.

Once the gun had a few magazines through it I loaded up the Eley Target ammo into my magazine and fired off 5 shots taking a little more time and care this go and to my surprise I had managed a 1/4" group!

I was amazed at the accuracy of the ammo itself, never mind the gun! After my shoot I was absolutely more than pleased with another quality Savage made right here in Canada!!

Shooting that accurately now makes me want a better scope than my 50 dollar Tasco rimfire job, I think the rifle deserves it.

*Sorry no pic. Thrashed the target after when my dad wandered out and proceeded to destroy the target with his new semi .22, couldn't blame him he was excited!
 
Are you saying you only fired (5) rounds of Eley? If so, I don't know if I'd be making a glowing recommendation - yet.
 
2bad4u2 said:
Are you saying you only fired (5) rounds of Eley? If so, I don't know if I'd be making a glowing recommendation - yet.
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I think we can safely assume that he shot more than one magazine of the ELEY... who would stop shooting when the first group was .25" at 50 yards. :D
 
hoytcanon said:
I think we can safely assume that he shot more than one magazine of the ELEY... who would stop shooting when the first group was .25" at 50 yards. :D
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Who would? I would. Why try to achieve poorer groups? :)

hoytcanon~have to ask...why the bolt text all the time? :rolleyes:
 
Lol I did stop shooting the Eley after I got that grouping. It's like shooting quarters out of the end of your .22! Ok, not quite that bad (7.99 for 50 IIRC), but I reverted back to plinking mode and fiddled with my crappy scope a bit while shooting Blazers again. Either way to go from 3/4" with the Blazers to under a 1/4" was surprising for me anyway.
 
Mine seems to like Winchester DynaPoint bulk - pretty consistent sub-3/8" groups @ 50 yds - not bad, for cheap bulk ammo. If you get a chance to try some, give 'em a shot...
 
Finch said:
Lol I did stop shooting the Eley after I got that grouping. It's like shooting quarters out of the end of your .22! Ok, not quite that bad (7.99 for 50 IIRC), but I reverted back to plinking mode and fiddled with my crappy scope a bit while shooting Blazers again. Either way to go from 3/4" with the Blazers to under a 1/4" was surprising for me anyway.
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The trick with quality rimfire ammo is to buy it by the brick. You will probably get 10% off doing this. But the real plus is that it only hurts once and then you have 500 rounds so you will shoot more. At the end of he day if it bugs you just compare it to your centerfire rifle. My savage Mark II really likes Lapua standard club and I am pretty much at the point of shooting it exclusively. Blazer sucks in my savage.
 
spenom said:
The trick with quality rimfire ammo is to buy it by the brick. You will probably get 10% off doing this. But the real plus is that it only hurts once and then you have 500 rounds so you will shoot more. At the end of he day if it bugs you just compare it to your centerfire rifle. My savage Mark II really likes Lapua standard club and I am pretty much at the point of shooting it exclusively. Blazer sucks in my savage.
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A brick is nothing. To really save you have to buy by the case(5000).
 
Finch said:
Lol I did stop shooting the Eley after I got that grouping. It's like shooting quarters out of the end of your .22! Ok, not quite that bad (7.99 for 50 IIRC), but I reverted back to plinking mode and fiddled with my crappy scope a bit while shooting Blazers again. Either way to go from 3/4" with the Blazers to under a 1/4" was surprising for me anyway.
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Your wallets going to hate you when you shoot centrefire. Its like shooting loonies and twoonies with every trigger pull.

Go to 12g sabot slugs and it like shooting 5 dollar bills.
 
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