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Today was a pretty cool day for me. I got my first rifle delivered from Frontier Firearms. It's a Savage 111 FXCP in .270. I plan to use this as a multi purpose rifle for up to deer sized game and make some custimizations to it along the way. Probably a new scope and rings and keep this one for a .22, brown Houge stock and maybe a new bolt, bipod and sling.

I was building a fence in the backyard and almost missed the delivery guy. Luckily he gave a yell and I came around the corner to see a perfectly sized card board box. I immediately signed off on it and took it inside to take a look. I know Savages aren't the prettiest rifle out there but they are not terrible and I've heard nothing but great things about them in terms of performance. You can't beat the price either. I got it shipped to my house for $423.15 all said and done. The guys at Frontier arms got it out quick as I ordered it late Saturday night, they were closed Sun and Mon and had it delivered today, Thurs. I checked today and saw they still have a bunch of these rifles, as well as others, in different calibers available which surprised me. I'm so happy with the purchase I have to throw them a shout out and a link on here for them to their sales page. It's

http://www.frontierfirearms.ca/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=764_766&sort=20a&page=1

I don't think I'll get a chance to shoot it in the next week or so but I'm looking forward to putting some rounds down range. I bought some ammo off another member here who ended up living about ten minutes from me so I'm pretty much ready to go. Just need a cleaning kit and do some reading on here to decide how I want to break the rifle in. Any comments on that matter would be appreciated as again this is my first rifle.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.
 
Barrel break-in

wellsy said:
Today was a pretty cool day for me. I got my first rifle delivered from Frontier Firearms. It's a Savage 111 FXCP in .270. I plan to use this as a multi purpose rifle for up to deer sized game and make some custimizations to it along the way. Probably a new scope and rings and keep this one for a .22, brown Houge stock and maybe a new bolt, bipod and sling.

I was building a fence in the backyard and almost missed the delivery guy. Luckily he gave a yell and I came around the corner to see a perfectly sized card board box. I immediately signed off on it and took it inside to take a look. I know Savages aren't the prettiest rifle out there but they are not terrible and I've heard nothing but great things about them in terms of performance. You can't beat the price either. I got it shipped to my house for $423.15 all said and done. The guys at Frontier arms got it out quick as I ordered it late Saturday night, they were closed Sun and Mon and had it delivered today, Thurs. I checked today and saw they still have a bunch of these rifles, as well as others, in different calibers available which surprised me. I'm so happy with the purchase I have to throw them a shout out and a link on here for them to their sales page. It's

http://www.frontierfirearms.ca/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=764_766&sort=20a&page=1

I don't think I'll get a chance to shoot it in the next week or so but I'm looking forward to putting some rounds down range. I bought some ammo off another member here who ended up living about ten minutes from me so I'm pretty much ready to go. Just need a cleaning kit and do some reading on here to decide how I want to break the rifle in. Any comments on that matter would be appreciated as again this is my first rifle.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.
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Nothing like the arrival of a new rifle. Two years ago I took delivery of a TC Icon .308 from Cabelas Canada. Same thing. Shipped right away and arrived at my door in a few days.

I took it to the range and got it sighted in and ran a bore snake through after the first 15-20 shots. Then ran the snake through after every three shot group. Of course all of this should not happen on the same day in my opinion. You don't want to overheat your new barrel. My Icon went from shooting sub-1-inch groups when I first sighted it in to consistently shooting three-shot cluster groups in the same 1/2-inch hole within about 4 outings to the range. If I knew how to paste photos into this message (maybe someone can help with that) I would send you the last group I shot at 100 yards. My 22-year-old son dubbed it the "Butthole Group". Indeed it is one hole just under .5 inch in diameter. That means that I am shooting less than .5 MOA. This of course is with match grade .308 ammunition. I am a former commander of a SWAT team so I do have a lot of time on rifles under my belly.

I hope your Savage serves you well.

Cheers,
Motor
 
Thanks for the replies. I'm trying to find a day to take it out. Another question for you guys is dry firing the gun to see what the trigger is like. Should I have snap caps or is it alright to dry fire it a little bit? The salesman at the counter of Wholesale sports a couple weeks ago dry fired a Ruger to show me the trigger pull on it. I always thought this was a no-no. What's some thoughts on it? Thx.
 
Nothing like the excitement of getting your first rifle. Congratulations and welcome to the obsession :)

Hey are you the same Wellsy from 4wheeler?
 
I normally bring two boxes for the first range date. Clean the gun thoroughly before you head out.

For the first ten shots, I fire a round, let cool a couple minutes, run a wet patch, run a dry patch, then repeat.

For the next 30 shots, I do a 3-shot group, cool, wet patch, dry patch, repeat.

Don't let the barrel get too hot when shooting. Give lots of cool-down time. If you can't comfortably touch it, you shouldn't shoot it.

Don't overly worry about groups until after your done. Bring some tools to adjust the scope, and remember to double check the tightness of the rings around the halfway mark - some of those package guns aren't as tight as they need to be in terms of screws.

Dry firing a modern firearm a few times shouldn't cause any problems if you want to gauge the trigger feel. Just don't do it to a rimfire.

Take the time to work on breathing technique and getting comfortable with shooting off a bench (less things to think about at once). Get a good technique down and the gun should take care of the rest. They aren't pricey or fancy but the Savages shoot well, so I suspect you will be happy! If it's not a tack-driver, don't worry overly much about it, just try some different ammo types on subsequent range trips and find something that works.

Congrats!
 
The day a fellow gets his first rifle is a day to remember, alright! Congratulations. That 270 will put meat in the freezer no problem .... deer, Elk, Moose, Pronghorns. You got a good one there.
 
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