Need help with Savage model 25

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To make a long story short, I had an opportunity just before Christmas to acquire a new Savage model 25 in 204 Ruger. It has the nice laminated thumb hole stock, the accutrugger, and heavy profile varmint barrel.

I had been wanting to upgrade from the Stevens 200 I have in 22-250 for a while and this "deal" came along.

I swapped the scope from my 250 onto the 204, bore sighted it and headed out to punch some paper to get it close enough to hunt with.

Here's where the trouble started. It is shooting approx 3.5 inches high at 100 yards and I have no more room for adjustment. I checked another model 25 at the local dealer and it has the same bases as mine, M25 weaver style bases. The only thing I can find in the weaver catalog about the model 25 says with octagon barrel and lists 19 for the rear and 31 for the front. This I think would make sense but when I Google the model 25 with octagon barrel I get a pump action 22.

I have it close enough now to hunt with as I know where the poi is and it is shooting into one ragged hole at 100 yards. I ordered the bases ( 19 and 31) and will try them when they come in. Not a great loss of money.

Has anyone else had this same problem? I know it's one of Savages newer models but there is no talk about it on the internet at all other than basic reviews of the usual positive this and negative that.

I don't think it has anything to do with the scope as it was functioning fine on the 250, but I may try another on it tomorrow for S&&ts and giggles.

On another note the last two savage rifles I put scopes onto I had to mess around with the bases quite a bit to get them level to one another. Has anyone else noticed this. The other rifle was a 93 17 hmr.

Looking forward to some input. Thanks.
 
check to see the barrel is free floated.............if it is hitting the stock it could be forcing it to shoot waaaayyyy high..............
 
I have a 25 in .223, I don't know what bases I put on it but I had no problem with running out of elevation ajustment. Maybe a lower set of rings would help.
 
It shoots fine, like I said one ragged hole. Problem is the adjustment not the brand. Not to fuel the fire but I have a friend that is on his third Remington and can't get one that shoots like they say it should. He's going to try a full choke next. just sayin'

Shimmed the rings with two thickness' of pop can today and I have it shooting where I want it.

I did try different bullets and weights and it seems to shoot them all fine, I was just very preoccupied with getting it sighted in for hunting. Also tried another scope with the same result, couldn't get it any closer than 3" high at a hundred. The barrel is free floated fine with no contact points with the stock. Running out of ammo on the sight in, but love the trigger.

I'm going to call savage at first chance and see if they can enlighten me on the bases. Then maybe contact Weaver to see if they have new information since their catalog was last put out. I just thought maybe someone had already crossed this bridge.
 
It could simply be that the bases themselves are out of spec or the wrong model# slipped in at the factory or put them front to back ,that would be why changing scopes made no difference.
 
On my new Savage we took off the factory mounts and went with the Burris Zee rings and bases and then mounted an old B&L 3000 in 4-12, caliber is 250 Savage in the model 14 American classic.
Just picked up a 25 in 17 Hornet but found a weaver set of rings on an old tasco scope , so I peeled them off and mounted a 6-18 buckmaster. Don't look that great but we'll see if it shoots tomorrow. FS
 
there are a few plausible things to try...

swap rings around

are the base(s) reversed?

You DO have the windage knob sticking out the right side of the scope, right....?

if all else fails, you can a) Shim the front scope ring b) switch to different rings such as the Burris Zee rings that have the elevation inserts or c) swap bases.

Common these here on Nutz with people needlessly putting tapered bases on guns and running out of elevation at short range. maybe what happened. If you are using a 1" tube you'd run out of elevation whereas the last sope may be been a 30mm.
 
The bases are identical, and I've already played with them as much as reasonably possible.

I also tried swapping the rings thinking that one set may be out a little, nothing there.

I'm going to try the customer service lines after the new year and see if they can give me an answer on the bases.

Thanks for the replies. I'll update when I find an answer that makes sense.
 
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