savage 110 fcp vs. 110 ba which is best?

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Im looking to get myself one of these rifles in 338LM. I was hoping that some of you all would be able to help with decision. I have used the search and came up with very little. Lets get a good savage 110 thread going.

1 - I believe they are both the same barrel and action. True?

2 - I have looked everywhere for accuracy reports on these rifles. Found some all with minimal info. If you have some range time with either please post results.

3 - If you own one of these have you bedded it? Was there a great accuracy increase?

4 - Is there any reason to pay the extra coin for the ba model? I have a 10fcp hs precision and like the stock.

5 - Are the included rails good or junk?

6 - Have you had any failures? How many rounds?

7 - How is you accuracy after lots of use. 1000 rounds?

Looking forward to your input.
 
I have the 110 fcp-k in .300 win mag. Its pretty damn accurate. Ive got a couple loads that are true 1/3-1/2moa. The BA has a different receiver, it has a smaller ejection port, the fcp has a conventional open top port, I believe the barrels are the same medium taper fluted, they share the same trigger and bolt. I bedded my fcp-k and found an improvement. As far as i know the fcp-k was discontinued to make way for the BA and BAS-K.
 
As some like to say Google is your friend. Search Savage arms and pick browse models. Both are in the Law Enforcement section. If you scroll down you can see a high res pic of the model your browsing. The receiver looks similar for the 110 BA and 110 FCP, although I've never had both in front of me at the same time
 
I have a 110 BA - had it for about 6 months. I like it, it feels really solid, zero issues to date.

disky1 said:
Im looking to get myself one of these rifles in 338LM. I was hoping that some of you all would be able to help with decision. I have used the search and came up with very little. Lets get a good savage 110 thread going.

1 - I believe they are both the same barrel and action. True?

Not sure - check with Savage

2 - I have looked everywhere for accuracy reports on these rifles. Found some all with minimal info. If you have some range time with either please post results.

Mine is pretty good, still working on loads, but if I do my part right it works very well. I'm still learning, but this gun makes it a pleasure to learn.

3 - If you own one of these have you bedded it? Was there a great accuracy increase?

110BA uses the heavy aluminum chassis - no bedding to do. Tighten all the screws and good to go.

4 - Is there any reason to pay the extra coin for the ba model? I have a 10fcp hs precision and like the stock.

Your call - I like the aluminum chassis (heavy mutha tho), like the butt stock - adjustable cheek riser and lop.

5 - Are the included rails good or junk?

Rails on the 110BA are good

6 - Have you had any failures? How many rounds?

Zero failures of any kind

7 - How is you accuracy after lots of use. 1000 rounds?

Can't say yet, prolly have 3-400 thru. 338LM is a little on the pricey side to go blasting hundreds of rounds each outing ;)

Looking forward to your input.
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The 110FCP and the 110BA have the exact same barrelled action the only difference is the BA has a slightly different muzzle brake and that ridiculously huge scope rail. I guess it would be advantageous if you had an additional nightvision unit.

I have fondled both(as well as the long range hunter) and if it were me I would pick the 110FCP.
 
Also, go to a forum called longrangehunitng and do a search there. One gentlemen in particular did a very good write up on his 110FCP in 338 Lapua. He was getting awesome results from 300gr Scenars.
 
I have had my 110BA in 300WM for about a year and a half now. I'll do a little review for you.

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My rifle seems to be very accurate and consistently accurate in all kinds of weather. Under 1 MOA is the norm even at longer ranges.

Last time I was out shooting I shot a 3 shot group at 925 yards that was about 7" or so. I was very happy with that.

kb007 said that the 110BA does not need bedding and I think that is what most people think about most chassis systems on the market. That is 100% false. The factory bedding job is not very good.

Its easy to see that the amount of contact the action has to the stock is very minimal. You can see where the finish is rubbed of the chassis and the action. There is just a line on each side of the action.

All this ware came from around 700 rounds of 300WM.

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I will bed the action over the winter. Its still shoots sub 1MOA so I'm fine shooting it like that for now.

I took the big ugly factory Savage rail off and switched it for a Ken Farrell 40MOA. (if anyone wants the stock rail PM me)

I have had no problems at all. There isn't all that much to go wrong.

If you have any more questions about the 110BA let me know. I can take pics of things you want to see as well.



Now to my opinion on which would be best.

I originally wanted the FCP but at the time Savage wasn't offering it in 300WM so I went with the BA. I personally like the look of the FCP better.

The extra weight of the BA is nice for days that your going to shoot a lot. But the butt pad sucks. Its hard rubber and has lines that go across for extra grip on your shoulder maybe? normally I will have the lines visible on my shoulder at the end of a day shooting.

No matter what gun you choose it will benefit from a proper bedding job. But like in my case both rifles will shoot great out of the box with the factory bedding.

Since you have already have a 10FCP and like it I think you should save the cash and go with the 110FCP over the BA. That’s what I would do.
 
Kona - Thanks for the great write up. I do really like the hs precision stock. In my reading on the 110 ba rifle i came across a guy that bedded his and recommended the gel bedding because of the magwell and trigger opening and the overflow coming out. In the end he had to dam off both. It looks like the action wouldn't sit right on the bedding blocks since they are flat and the action is rounded on the bottom? Do your action screws come loose? Thanks for the close up picture of the action. I took some advice from earlier in the post and looked at the high res pictures from savage site on the 110 fcp. It appears to me that the actions are the same. Both have the same ejection port cutout. Nice choice of scope, got myself a 6-24 ffp S3 just showed up and needs a rifle.

Fuzzy nuts - I believe you are wrong with what you said about the actions. After looking at the high res. pics on savage website they both appear to be the same. I have seen some pictures listed as 110 fcp that show the regular action. I dont exactly know whats up there.

Thanks for all the input. Keep it coming, still interested in accuracy reports from gun nuts that own one. I hope the FCP is as accurate as the 10 FCP mine shoots one hole groups!
 
My action screws havnt come come loose.

When I was at my local gun shop they had a 110 fcp in a normal 110 open top action with out a muzzle brake and with a flush mag.

It seems like savage does runs of different guns with different specs and doesnt post them on their site.
 
K0na_stinky said:
My action screws havnt come come loose.

When I was at my local gun shop they had a 110 fcp in a normal 110 open top action with out a muzzle brake and with a flush mag.

It seems like savage does runs of different guns with different specs and doesnt post them on their site.
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They make that model in 300WM. The 110FCP 338 Lapua has the smaller ejection port "target action" while the 110FCP 300WM has the standard 110 open top action and the standard savage flush bottom metal. They make the 110 BA 300wm with the new action but not the 110FCP, not sure why. If you read closely on the savage website it even explains it.
 
disky1 said:
Kona - Thanks for the great write up. I do really like the hs precision stock. In my reading on the 110 ba rifle i came across a guy that bedded his and recommended the gel bedding because of the magwell and trigger opening and the overflow coming out. In the end he had to dam off both. It looks like the action wouldn't sit right on the bedding blocks since they are flat and the action is rounded on the bottom? Do your action screws come loose? Thanks for the close up picture of the action. I took some advice from earlier in the post and looked at the high res pictures from savage site on the 110 fcp. It appears to me that the actions are the same. Both have the same ejection port cutout. Nice choice of scope, got myself a 6-24 ffp S3 just showed up and needs a rifle.

Fuzzy nuts - I believe you are wrong with what you said about the actions. After looking at the high res. pics on savage website they both appear to be the same. I have seen some pictures listed as 110 fcp that show the regular action. I dont exactly know whats up there.

Thanks for all the input. Keep it coming, still interested in accuracy reports from gun nuts that own one. I hope the FCP is as accurate as the 10 FCP mine shoots one hole groups!
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my 110 fcp- .300win mag does not have the same port as the one pictured, its a regular open top.
 
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