Savage day at the range.

[dan belisle]

Had a couple of Savages out to the range today. A 224 Clarke (the blue one) and a 30-06 Improved. The first I bought from another gunnut, the second I put together myself. Both shoot well.



Using 88 gr Hornadys in the Clarke this year. And 190 gr SMK's in the 06 Imp. - dan

 

[Longstud]

The blue stock is awesome looking. Nice

 

[iron cat]

Those Clark's are screamers!!
Cat

 

[dan belisle]

Those Clark's are screamers!!
Cat

Yes. I've been playing around with 88 gr Hornady bullets, already have a good load with 80 gr. I need to find some 90 gr bullets as well, in 22. Should make a great LR coyote rifle. - dan

 

[iron cat]

Yes. I've been playing around with 88 gr Hornady bullets, already have a good load with 80 gr. I need to find some 90 gr bullets as well, in 22. Should make a great LR coyote rifle. - dan

Prophet River and Neerlandia have 90's
Cat

 

[dan belisle]

Thx Cat. - dan

 

[adamg]

Hirsch was selling out their Hornady bullet inventory on sale pricing this weekend.

 

[dan belisle]

I see some Hornady 90 gr 22's. I'll give them a call on payday, hopefully they will have some stock left. - dan

 

[titch--]

Thought I saw some the other day in the EE

 

[dan belisle]

Thought I saw some the other day in the EE

I'll take a look. The for the tip. - dan

 

[pimbom]

A Clarke big in Canada, not familiar with it. Do you have 22-250. It can do 4000 fps. I guess you know. There prairie dogs and ground squirrels. The real test. Not bragging there just a a few farm where to shoot them, private property. Now I’m really full of questions about Canada.

 

[boxhitch]

Yes. I've been playing around with 88 gr Hornady bullets, already have a good load with 80 gr. I need to find some 90 gr bullets as well, in 22. Should make a great LR coyote rifle. - dan

if 55 gr are good to over 400 and 69 gr good to over 600, how far are you shooting?
I have some 77's I should sell

 

[dan belisle]

if 55 gr are good to over 400 and 69 gr good to over 600, how far are you shooting?
I have some 77's I should sell

Out to 700 meters at the local range. - dan

 

[sard]

How is the 30-06 Improved? 40°?

 

[dan belisle]

How is the 30-06 Improved? 40°?

Yes, though I haven't actually measured the angle to verify. It's my second one of those, I've also had an rcbs version, and a 30 Gibbs. Gibbs gives you the most gain in case capacity. - dan

 

[remington jim]

Yes, though I haven't actually measured the angle to verify. It's my second one of those, I've also had an rcbs version, and a 30 Gibbs. Gibbs gives you the most gain in case capacity. - dan

So what FPS you shooting ? What bullet ? What barrel lenght ? I’m interested RJ

 

[dan belisle]

So what FPS you shooting ? What bullet ? What barrel lenght ? I’m interested RJ

Right now I'm running 190 gr Sierra BTHP's out of the Savage at just over 2700 fps. Cases are holding up well. No pressure signs at all yet, I can likely push it a little faster, but I'm more interested in an accurate then a fast load. Both would be great, but we'll see. Barrel length is 26 inches. - dan

 

[remington jim]

Right now I'm running 190 gr Sierra BTHP's out of the Savage at just over 2700 fps. Cases are holding up well. No pressure signs at all yet, I can likely push it a little faster, but I'm more interested in an accurate then a fast load. Both would be great, but we'll see. Barrel length is 26 inches. - dan

Kool what powder ? Primer ?

 

[dan belisle]

Kool what powder ? Primer ?

Primers are Fedral LR. Powder is WC852, I think. I don't have my notebooks right here. I'll check next time I'm in the loading room though and let you know for sure. - dan

 

[dan belisle]

A Clarke big in Canada, not familiar with it. Do you have 22-250. It can do 4000 fps. I guess you know. There prairie dogs and ground squirrels. The real test. Not bragging there just a a few farm where to shoot them, private property. Now I’m really full of questions about Canada.

I have a 224 Clarke, 22-243 Middlestead, 22-250 AI, and a regular 22-250 (as well as numerous small case centerfire 22's from 22 Hornet to the 222 Rem Mag). Have used them all on ground squirrels (what we call gophers), badgers, coyotes, wolves, crows etc. They all work, they just give you a little more range than the smaller cases. I dont use them on deer, illegal here (in Alberta). - dan