Savage 10TR le/military
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No company will come out and explain themselves when there is an issue with only one of anything.
Remington has had hundreds of injuries and more than 2 dozen deaths occur with their 700 models firing without the trigger being pulled and they never voluntarily made a public statement.
Got mine today, and same feeling on the stock that everyone has had. Not a big deal for me though as Im more concerned with how she shoots. Rings and scope will be here shortly - likely Tuesday. I wont be running a Muzzle Brake yet, and I dont have a bipod picked out for it yet either.
Will be mounting a 20 MOA rail, and having the same issues as everyone with the rail being a bugger to get off. I will bring out the torch and try to heat them up enough to get them off without stripping.
Will be mounting a 20 MOA rail, and having the same issues as everyone with the rail being a bugger to get off. I will bring out the torch and try to heat them up enough to get them off without stripping.
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- Richmond, BC
Not sure about others, but I went with stupid tall rings because I ordered a chassis for it and figured the front bell might not clear the fore end. Now that I’m looking at other guys who’ve done a chassis on their Savage 10s, I’m not even sure if the extra tall rings I got will work. We’ll see when it gets here I guess.
The chassis I ordered has an adjustable cheek riser so it should eliminate the chin weld.
Definitely a pain in the ass to get the rail off. 2 of the 4 screws came off relatively easily, 2 stripped. I had to drill the head a bit and pounded in an allen key to fit and forced them out. Pretty disappointed about that, but oh well; could have been worse.
Will be grabbing some paint this week for the stock and getting that done; for the time being, stripping it down and cleaning it while waiting for parts is about all I can do.
For anybody who gets stripped screws holding on the rail:
1/8" drill bit opens the bolt hole enough to fit an S2 3mm (use a hammer to tap into place).
Will be grabbing some paint this week for the stock and getting that done; for the time being, stripping it down and cleaning it while waiting for parts is about all I can do.
For anybody who gets stripped screws holding on the rail:
1/8" drill bit opens the bolt hole enough to fit an S2 3mm (use a hammer to tap into place).
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I'm a refrigeration mechanic by trade with over 25 years in the business.
I have never had a fastner come loose on me even in equipment running 24/7/365 when they are properly torqued to specification.
There are charts for every size and grade of fastner on the planet.
Torque to value and forget about it.
At most use a drop of blue if it makes you feel better but it's really not necessary.
In the USA everyone who received their rifles stated that the rail was not installed.
Some rifles were even missing their rails.
notsorichguy
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Just a heads up, but the "civilian" model is the 10 FCPK.
Same rifle, non threaded barrel, different bolt knob, no rail...... For $995......
So this is quite the "bargain".
Mines supposed to arrive Tuesday
I found a HS stock at a local dealer, so that'll go on and get bedded...... Maybe I'll shoot this one first, just to be sure the tube is not crooked!
Same rifle, non threaded barrel, different bolt knob, no rail...... For $995......
So this is quite the "bargain".
Mines supposed to arrive Tuesday
I found a HS stock at a local dealer, so that'll go on and get bedded...... Maybe I'll shoot this one first, just to be sure the tube is not crooked!
Thanks
I see a lot of people talking about a 20 MOA rail. What exactly is that?
Up my way the rifles got sent without the rails. The store owner called his people and they didn't believe him so he had to actually take pictures and send it to them.
Sounds like the first batch that went out the door from whomever had rails, they didn't bother checking the next batch. Oops
Up my way the rifles got sent without the rails. The store owner called his people and they didn't believe him so he had to actually take pictures and send it to them.
Sounds like the first batch that went out the door from whomever had rails, they didn't bother checking the next batch. Oops
- Location
- Richmond, BC
Just a heads up, but the "civilian" model is the 10 FCPK.
Same rifle, non threaded barrel, different bolt knob, no rail...... For $995......
So this is quite the "bargain".
Mines supposed to arrive Tuesday
I found a HS stock at a local dealer, so that'll go on and get bedded...... Maybe I'll shoot this one first, just to be sure the tube is not crooked!
I think the Savage 10 FCP-K comes with a heavy threaded barrel, and I believe it came with a factory muzzle brake, but I’m not sure it had the 5R rifling. It does not come with the rail as you said, and I think the oversize bolt knob is a different design, but everything else is pretty much the same.
huh, I took the rail off mine really easily, hell, one of the screws damned near fell out. Had a TON of oil/grease under it, cleaned that all off and torqued them all down even. somewhere around 15-20 inch lbs if I recall... I just measured the tightest one that the factory had installed, and duplicated that across the other 4 after. Guess I'll consider myself lucky.
Initially I was concerned about the action not being real smooth but after cleaning everything very well to get that brown grease out of it, and putting some hoppes 9 oil on, is feeling much much much smoother. It actually feels like the metal has absorbed some of the oil into it. Hopefully I'll get out next week to see how she shoots. So far I'm impressed with everything else about it. Fantastic value. Except my wife is trying to lay claim to it... I'm having mixed feelings about that.
Initially I was concerned about the action not being real smooth but after cleaning everything very well to get that brown grease out of it, and putting some hoppes 9 oil on, is feeling much much much smoother. It actually feels like the metal has absorbed some of the oil into it. Hopefully I'll get out next week to see how she shoots. So far I'm impressed with everything else about it. Fantastic value. Except my wife is trying to lay claim to it... I'm having mixed feelings about that.
Yes - and the barrel's fluted. I'd gladly pay another $200 for that fluted barrel and muzzle brake. Some would prefer the different bolt handle and a few will remove and discard the rail anyways, etc., so it's not apples and apples. At $919.95, it's in fact easily as good a deal. I wonder if the muzzle brake from the 10 FCP-K would fit on the 10 TR LE, and if it can be sourced from Savage?
All this said, I have ordered the 10TR LE and am quite happy with the deal. Those boat, plane and bus drivers who thought that they should have not been excluded however, could buy the 10 FCP-K and be able to play with us.
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Yep I got the 10 tr but would gladly trade for the fcp-k as it would be better for the direction I will be going later on, I would have bought one from irunguns but they didnt reply to my email clarifying which savage in their catalogue was the fcpk they all just said fcp. This one will do for now!
