Hey guys, thought I'd share a quick story from yesterday. I was out for about the 4th time with my Savage FV-SR, outing #2 with the new Accu-riser (not pictured) installed. I mounted a vintage Bushnell Banner 6-18x AO scope on it a few weeks ago and the first outing didn't go as hoped. Ran out of windage. (a first) Corrected that with Millett Angle-Loc rings, then added the cheek riser and did some load testing. Seems it liked CCI SV of the 4 varieties I tried and BOY does that riser make a massive difference to the shooting experience. Anyhow, off a solid rest..it's been pretty easy keeping them in the 1" @ 50 yards ever since with some very impressive groups on top of that. I use those 1" round, adhesive target dots from Bass Pro on a white pc. of cardboard.
So... Yesterday I'm plinking away..shooting the dots, empty shotgun hulls, my usual routine when I see a fly land on the target board. I take aim and it starts moving. I wait for it to stop..it doesn't..so I "lead" it and hit the go button. The scope @ 18x is very clear and I see the bullet hole...AND..what looks like some grey mist on the bottom edge of it. Couldn't believe it. Now, I'd love to credit this as being superb ammo, match-grade rifle, superior shooting skills...but I think it was more luck than anything else. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Only witness was my 12 year old daughter, and she was very impressed. That's good enough for me.
Not a great hunting story, not even a great shooting story...but it was fun and I wanted to share. The FV-SR shoots better than I even hoped it would when I bought it.
So... Yesterday I'm plinking away..shooting the dots, empty shotgun hulls, my usual routine when I see a fly land on the target board. I take aim and it starts moving. I wait for it to stop..it doesn't..so I "lead" it and hit the go button. The scope @ 18x is very clear and I see the bullet hole...AND..what looks like some grey mist on the bottom edge of it. Couldn't believe it. Now, I'd love to credit this as being superb ammo, match-grade rifle, superior shooting skills...but I think it was more luck than anything else. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Only witness was my 12 year old daughter, and she was very impressed. That's good enough for me. Not a great hunting story, not even a great shooting story...but it was fun and I wanted to share. The FV-SR shoots better than I even hoped it would when I bought it.
'fit and finish' or whatever you want to call it is not even close to my Norinco NP22 9mm pistol or my Chinese SKS (sold my Yugo M59 for a chicom military and got the rifle AND a load of 7.62 ammo, best trade ever!)
