Hey guys,
Traded a few things for a 17 WSM savage B mag last week, just thought I'd mention a couple things.
Chrono'd average at 3150 fps, most of the winchester ammo was between 3144 and 3157 fps. Edit 20 grain ammo)
The stock is cheap, I can see why the boyds is a popular upgrade, there is a lot of criticism that the forend is to soft and ": bendy", i found it is soft but not horrible, i did find the cheek comb much to low and strangely contoured to be suitable for a scope though. I'll probably want to build something tacti-cool one day, but I think most folks would do well to upgrade or add a cheek riser pad of some sort, as with its higher velocities it is worth having optics on it.
Group'd fine, I spent a bit of ammo getting it centered, and then the barrel was pretty hot that I didn't spend alot of ammo looking at group sizes, but I think it is anywhere between a .5 to 1.5 MOA rifle (I need to spend some more time with it and get a better cheek position).
The barrel is small, heats up a bit quicker then I would like, and a bit more then I would have thought with rimfire rounds, I would get a heavy barrel in hindsight (or foresight for those looking).
The bolt seems really stiff, well compared to most rimfires, they went with a heavy spring for the firing pin, but it opens with much more resistance then I expected, you have to be a bit more attentive to how you open and close the bolt then you do with an old lakefield. It appears you can swap put the handle like savages model 16's etc, that may be something I do in the future but the factory one is strange but not really awkward.
The trigger is light, really light, I haven't scaled it yet, but it seems ideal for a target or gopher gun, a bit light for a hunting rifle though.
Thought I'd share for those looking at the B mag.
Traded a few things for a 17 WSM savage B mag last week, just thought I'd mention a couple things.
Chrono'd average at 3150 fps, most of the winchester ammo was between 3144 and 3157 fps. Edit 20 grain ammo)
The stock is cheap, I can see why the boyds is a popular upgrade, there is a lot of criticism that the forend is to soft and ": bendy", i found it is soft but not horrible, i did find the cheek comb much to low and strangely contoured to be suitable for a scope though. I'll probably want to build something tacti-cool one day, but I think most folks would do well to upgrade or add a cheek riser pad of some sort, as with its higher velocities it is worth having optics on it.
Group'd fine, I spent a bit of ammo getting it centered, and then the barrel was pretty hot that I didn't spend alot of ammo looking at group sizes, but I think it is anywhere between a .5 to 1.5 MOA rifle (I need to spend some more time with it and get a better cheek position).
The barrel is small, heats up a bit quicker then I would like, and a bit more then I would have thought with rimfire rounds, I would get a heavy barrel in hindsight (or foresight for those looking).
The bolt seems really stiff, well compared to most rimfires, they went with a heavy spring for the firing pin, but it opens with much more resistance then I expected, you have to be a bit more attentive to how you open and close the bolt then you do with an old lakefield. It appears you can swap put the handle like savages model 16's etc, that may be something I do in the future but the factory one is strange but not really awkward.
The trigger is light, really light, I haven't scaled it yet, but it seems ideal for a target or gopher gun, a bit light for a hunting rifle though.
Thought I'd share for those looking at the B mag.
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