Savage Mako

[P9shooter]

I made my first trip to the range today with my new Savage Mark II Mako. I love this thing! The Accutrigger is awesome, the action is smooth, and the stock fits me really well. Cringe if you like, but on my Burris rings I added a Barska 3-12x40mm scope with Mildot. I actually find this is a decent scope, its an air rifle one, which I have been told will easily hold up on a rimfire. I only shot it at 30m today, some groups with 2-3 pretty much in the same, but I am getting fliers, thats my inexperience obviously, this rifle shoots really well. Surprisingly I was getting decent results with Winchester 40gr copper plated ammo, nearly as good as what I was getting with Eley club. I am just wondering if anyone out there is using one of these rifles, and what they have accomplished with it. I am also wondering what people have found shoots best with the Savage Mk II for ammo. The Federal I tried didn't group nearly as good as the Win. ammo, the Eley no surprise was good, but the Winchester lead hollow point stuff was all over the place. A local dealer has Remington ammo, I am going to grab a brick to try. Any suggestions? Appreciate any input, thanks

 

[KDX]

I would buy a box or two of every type of ammo you can find and try them all out before you go buying bricks of untried ammo. When you find something your rifle likes, then go buy a few bricks from the same lot (if possible).

 

[skeetgunner]

I made my first trip to the range today with my new Savage Mark II Mako. I love this thing! The Accutrigger is awesome, the action is smooth, and the stock fits me really well. Cringe if you like, but on my Burris rings I added a Barska 3-12x40mm scope with Mildot.

what people have found shoots best with the Savage Mk II for ammo.

In both my Mark II BV and BTVS, Lapua Super Club is the best! But .22's are notoriously finicky, so like KDX says, grab a box of everything you can get you hands on and shoot it.

 

[FlyingHigh]

I would buy a box or two of every type of ammo you can find and try them all out before you go buying bricks of untried ammo. When you find something your rifle likes, then go buy a few bricks from the same lot (if possible).

i've heard people say this all the time. however, i don't know exactly how to test what my guns like. do i sight in with each ammo, and then shoot it all and the one that has the best results is the one that my gun likes?

 

[skeetgunner]

i've heard people say this all the time. however, i don't know exactly how to test what my guns like. do i sight in with each ammo, and then shoot it all and the one that has the best results is the one that my gun likes?

For me, its not so much sighting in, as it is shooting groups...assuming you're on the paper. I'll clean the barrel, then fire a few fouling shots. Then I start shooting 5 or 10 shoot groups of each different ammo type; clean, foul, shoot etc.

The brand/lot/type that groups the smallest (and feeds, is reliable etc) at the range I'm shooting at gets "sighted in" for that range.

 

[whammy]

My brothers MK II does just fine with both CCI Stingers and American Eagles

 

[Slowbalt]

Once you found out the kind she prefers, DO NOT BUY A BRICK OR TWO OF THIS AMMO!!!!


BUY A CASE OR TWO!!!


You'll thank me later

 

[P9shooter]

"...a case or two..." that's what I'm talking about! I will see if the missus will take some pic's for me. When I did try a few different brands of ammo, I paid no attention to POI, just how they grouped. I was impressed with the 40gr Winchester ammo, it shot pretty good. Good results with Eley, no surprise, I may get some Remington this week to try as well. Are there any suppliers that deal in bulk ammo and will ship it? I wouldn't mind a supply on Eley if I could get a decent deal on it. While on the subject of ammo: opinions on this- best luck with plated or lead ammo?