I am new to this site and to precision shooting and have a couple of questions . I bought a left hand Savage Model 11 Trophy Hunter 243 this spring and have really enjoyed shooting it . Have even learned how to reload .What can I do to make this gun more acurrate with out breaking the bank . Does trueing up the action and the bolt worth the money , or going to a new 24 in. barrel make sense .This gun is a shooter but am just wondering can I make it better . If so does any body have an idea what these things would cost and who could do it. I live in eastern Ontario (belleville area).Thanks for any ideas.
Making gun more acurrate
- Thread starter Linedog
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Just what kind of accuracy are you talking about and what ranges? Are you planning on shooting F class? If the gun is already a shooter the cheapest way would be to find the right load, shoot the gun till the barrel is worn out and then do the re barreling.
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Bedding the stock and stiffening that stock will be a good start or order a Boyds for $100 and have it bedded.
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Without any references to go by, then anything is only speculative. What kind of accuracy are you getting now? What distances? Factory or Handloads? Weight of bullets? Type of bullets? If reloads, what primers, powder, bullet are you using, and the weights?
What are your expectations? What are you intending to use it on? Type of rest - or sandbags? Shooting and weather conditions?
Without any references to go by, then anything is only speculative. What kind of accuracy are you getting now? What distances? Factory or Handloads? Weight of bullets? Type of bullets? If reloads, what primers, powder, bullet are you using, and the weights?
What are your expectations? What are you intending to use it on? Type of rest - or sandbags? Shooting and weather conditions?
Any idea where I could get a Boyd's stock and have the work done . I have been on their site and they say they won't ship tp Canada .I plan on using this gun for coyotes and some shoots at our local club . I just started to reload and am using 75 gr. Hornady VMax bullets ,IMR 4064 , Winchester primers ,brass fired from my own gun .A little over 1" groups right now at 100 yard. But a lot of that is me flinching .My front rest is a Caldwell and my rear is as all bag with ears on it .
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Off hand - you could try free floating the barrel, shimming up the action about 1/32" should do, by placing shims under the rear & front
action bolts. If it works you can leave it alone / get it done properly.
Get some trigger work done, maybe lighten the trigger pull and smooth it out, nothing like a "so so" trigger pull to mess you up.
Nothing wrong with your loads but suggest, without messing with anything else, try some 70s and 80s, some guns are bullet wght.
finicky more than anything else. FWIW --- John
action bolts. If it works you can leave it alone / get it done properly.
Get some trigger work done, maybe lighten the trigger pull and smooth it out, nothing like a "so so" trigger pull to mess you up.
Nothing wrong with your loads but suggest, without messing with anything else, try some 70s and 80s, some guns are bullet wght.
finicky more than anything else. FWIW --- John
Boyd's can only ship stocks under $100 and cannot ship the "tacticool" stock due to weird US regulations. Here is an example of a nice stock for your rifle that they would ship.
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As mentioned to try to improve accuracy you could try different component combinations as the first load is rarely the best.
Without spending any money, you could only necksize your reloads and choose a consistent load with a good bullet seated as close to the rifling as your magazine will allow. Pay attention to detail.
Tune the trigger and make sure all screws are tight. These can all be done at home by you. Once you are sure of load and rifle, you become the greatest variable to accurate shooting. Practice, practice, practice.
Tune the trigger and make sure all screws are tight. These can all be done at home by you. Once you are sure of load and rifle, you become the greatest variable to accurate shooting. Practice, practice, practice.
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Thanks for all the ideas , I do just neck size and measure every powder load . Am going to try and lighten up the trigger as she has an accutriger .I also haven't tried different seating depths , not just sure how to measure how far off the lands .All my other guns are pumps or levers so I haven't tried to get them this accurate before . this is kinda fun 
Seat your bullet long in a loose case (unsized with the case mouth slightly out of round) then chamber it and let the rifling push the bullet the rest of the way into the case and measure the length. Adjust your seating die so your cartridge OAL is about ten-twenty thousandths shorter than this length.
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