Savage 10TR le/military

bobdbldr said:
From my experience, start at 25 yards, with a large target, just use duct tape crossed on a large piece of cardboard etc. ( this is just to get you on paper without wasting ammo) you will soon see if the barrel is bad! I missed at 100 and 50 yards, out by 3 feet at 100 some fellas were even worse! So at 25 you should still get on target! Center your scope and see how much you are out, I could not get centered even with the scope dialled all the way to the stop! It would be normal to have to adjust a bit of course, at 25 yards I was 9" out if memory serves me right! You will know within 3-5 shots if it is bad! Good luck!
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Like we were saying, save ammo and start at 25, mine was only out on windage not elevation, no need to blow all that cash on ammo till you find out, seems like only 3% ish are bad so you will likely be fine! Sfrc was taking the bad ones back with out a hassle, mine came from Frontier and they just gave me Grechs phone # and said that's all they could do, a year and a few months later, Savage gave me a new rifle!


MartyK2500 said:
Exactly
I will buy 40 rounds of federal premium factory loaded with SMKs, and not even expect it to be MOA
I understand how much fine tuning reloads will play a role in the MOA
But if i cant even get a zero at 100M because im out of elevation, i will know something's up

Edit : I just sure hope SFRC wont give me any problems changing it if it's the case
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I have one , love it , shoots better than I can shoot !

400 rounds of 308 ( 150 gr ) through it , No issues , a real pleasure to shoot , add a mussel break and it's like shooting a 233 , fire 50 rounds with the mussel break and my shoulder feels the same as when I started .

You don't need an expensive break , a $50.00 does great !

Just my 2 cents .
 
Just pre-ordered a Viper PST gen ll FFP 5-25x50 for my 10TR
With a 20 MOA base i have the feeling i should go medium rings, it would also leave a little space to bolt a level and angle indicator on rail

Guys running 50mm objectives, you going low or medium rings?
 
Some photo's of my buddy's 10TR from last month, little long range plinking off a tripod:

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MartyK2500 said:
Just pre-ordered a Viper PST gen ll FFP 5-25x50 for my 10TR
With a 20 MOA base i have the feeling i should go medium rings, it would also leave a little space to bolt a level and angle indicator on rail

Guys running 50mm objectives, you going low or medium rings?
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I'm running low rings with a Sightron 5-25x50. It's the stock rail though.

 
I'm having great result with the hornady superformance 168gr match but the cost (50$ a box) is killing me. Since I dont reaload yet, a friend of mine offered me to do some reloading for my savage 10tr, and he already have berger 168gr in stock and 150 winchester brass that he dont use. All I need is a proven load, can someone help to us save some time and $ by sharing a recipe for the berger 168gr bullet that we could try first? 1/2 moa is my goal! Thank you!
 
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I'm still new to long range and this gun, but is it realistic to expect 1/2 moa from this rig?
Myself will expect 3/4-7/8 moa with good loads and practice,

Do you have the 20" or 24" barrel?
With a 24" with current 1:10 twist, i was told that 175gr was the sweet bullet weight
 
MartyK2500 said:
I'm still new to long range and this gun, but is it realistic to expect 1/2 moa from this rig?
Myself will expect 3/4-7/8 moa with good loads and practice,

Do you have the 20" or 24" barrel?
With a 24" with current 1:10 twist, i was told that 175gr was the sweet bullet weight
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1/2moa is achievable with good hand loads. When my 10TR was all factory and still a .308 I was able to get in the 1/2 moa range as long as I did my part. I was using 168gr berger VLD and varget, 41.5gr if memory serves me right
 
mine just showed up so i gave it a once over and took it to the range.
tried a couple types of cheap ammo just to get a feel for it so i wasn't looking for any spectacular groups but i am looking forward to figuring out what it likes and trying out some longer ranges.
 
MartyK2500 said:
I'm still new to long range and this gun, but is it realistic to expect 1/2 moa from this rig?
Myself will expect 3/4-7/8 moa with good loads and practice,

Do you have the 20" or 24" barrel?
With a 24" with current 1:10 twist, i was told that 175gr was the sweet bullet weight
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The best group I have gotten from my 10TR is a little over 1/4" at 100 meters, with a Hornady 168 Gr A Max with 39.5 gr of VV 150 powder. Normally I am able to maintain 1/2" range though. If you find the right load these guns are quite accurate. Oh and mine is the 20" model.
 
I have the 20" and achieved 1/2 with off the shelf hornady A-max match 168gr, If I can get the same result with handload ill be happy.

Ill try 41.5 or varget and 39.5 gr of VV 150 powder
 
I must say i'm both impressed and have a hard time believing an el cheapo rifle like this can perform this way.
Don't get me wrong i'm excited to have ordered one, it almost sounds like too good a deal
 
I am by no means an expert marksman or veteran reloader but this was my best group at 100y last week in the bitter cold. These rifles CAN shoot!
Savage 10TR with 24" and ATRS muzzle break, nothing special done to it.

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MartyK2500 said:
I'm still new to long range and this gun, but is it realistic to expect 1/2 moa from this rig?
Myself will expect 3/4-7/8 moa with good loads and practice,

Do you have the 20" or 24" barrel?
With a 24" with current 1:10 twist, i was told that 175gr was the sweet bullet weight
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So if i got this right, you take 0.955', minus .308'', so your group would be 0.647''MOA?

Yeah, i was underestimating these rifles for sure as i am browsing here and there in this 100+page thread, savages 10tr can sure shoot for the price!
 
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