I only have one rimfire ( a 10/22 ) but am considering the purchase of a more accurate bolt action rifle in rimfire and am leaning towards the Savage MkII BV with the heavy barrel. Looking for thoughts about this as a suitable, accurate, rifle for target shooting and practice.
Thoughts on Savage MkII BV Rimfire
- Thread starter Tomochan
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TangoSixNiner
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- SW Ontario
I love mine. I choose it over the 10/22 as a more accurate bolt action rifle. It's heavy compared to a 10/22 but i bought a bipod and usually only shoot prone with it anyways.
I would definitely recommend one! How much are you able to get one for?
I would definitely recommend one! How much are you able to get one for?
easyrider604
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- Greater Vancouver, BC
The Savage MKII family is the best buy in the field of 22LR bolt actions.
Smallest groupings for the smallest slice off your wallet.
Smallest groupings for the smallest slice off your wallet.
Maybe not the smallest slice off your wallet, brand new my Savage Mark II "G" cost me $330 after taxes by the time I go it out the door of Chilcotin Guns (not including scope mount bases, ammo, and an extra mag
). I could have saved myself $60 by switching to a .17HM2 but the price of the ammo compared to the .22LR put me off that idea since I wanted a plinker as well as a hunter.Thanks everyone. I decided to go with this model and, after first checking site sponsors to see if they had any in stock, went to WSS. Cost $359 + taxes etc so no special deal or anything. Savings on ammo ( I shot over 200 rounds of centrefire last weekend at anywhere between a buck and two a throw ) should pay for the rifle in short order. This will be mostly for practice ( trigger control and breathing ) but will also no doubt be popular with my daughter who likes the 10/22 and is sure to like this one.
Thanks again for the advice !
Bob.
Thanks again for the advice !
Bob.
I am just thinking about one thing. How many Mark II Savage has sold because of this forum? : ) I visited Chilcotin Guns last week, and they told me that there are quite a few people came to the shop and look for a base with a brand new Mark II. Well, and I am one of them. Wish you enjoy your new gun!
The new Savage MkII BV arrived last week. Initial thoughts - looked good, felt like a 'real' rifle', fit and finish was good ( one small mark on stock - no biggie - that may have missed the QC person at the factory ) and action seemed smooth. I mounted a spare orphan scope - which in this case was a Falcon Menace 4.5x18x56 which is too much scope for this rifle but was what I had available - on the factory installed Weaver-type bases using a spare set of no-name 30mm rings I had to hand. A quick boresight and I was good to go.
I took the new rifle out last weekend to Mission with a variety of ammo ( Federal 525 family pack , American Eagle 40 g, Eley Target, CCi Mini Mag and Remington Viper ) and its fair to say that this was the first time that I'd been really impressed by a rimfire. Previously I had considered this type of rifle to be just a plinker and hadn't really appreciated what a precise tool a rimfire rifle could be. I used the Shooting Federation of Canada .22 20 yard targets and at 25 meters it was too easy. At 50m I was able to place 10 shots into the #10 ring using all ammo. Moving to 100 m the American Eagle was the most accurate followed by the Federal 36 g which was surprising - maybe the rifle likes cheap ammo ? - as I assumed the more expensive stuff would perform better at that distance. I shot for about two hours and the rifle perfomed perfectly, no FTF and accuracy remained constant. I did have a bit of an issue with the factory magazine which didn't seem to hold the shells in place ( maybe the spring tension, maybe the lips - don't know yet ) on every reload but was ok the majority of the time.
All in all a very satisfying purchase. A rifle that I will probably start of most range sessions with and one that in and of itself is a pleasure to shoot.
I took the new rifle out last weekend to Mission with a variety of ammo ( Federal 525 family pack , American Eagle 40 g, Eley Target, CCi Mini Mag and Remington Viper ) and its fair to say that this was the first time that I'd been really impressed by a rimfire. Previously I had considered this type of rifle to be just a plinker and hadn't really appreciated what a precise tool a rimfire rifle could be. I used the Shooting Federation of Canada .22 20 yard targets and at 25 meters it was too easy. At 50m I was able to place 10 shots into the #10 ring using all ammo. Moving to 100 m the American Eagle was the most accurate followed by the Federal 36 g which was surprising - maybe the rifle likes cheap ammo ? - as I assumed the more expensive stuff would perform better at that distance. I shot for about two hours and the rifle perfomed perfectly, no FTF and accuracy remained constant. I did have a bit of an issue with the factory magazine which didn't seem to hold the shells in place ( maybe the spring tension, maybe the lips - don't know yet ) on every reload but was ok the majority of the time.
All in all a very satisfying purchase. A rifle that I will probably start of most range sessions with and one that in and of itself is a pleasure to shoot.
My mag also used to eject the bullets all over the place. I just bent in the lips a little and it was good to go. The trigger pull on that gun can safely be lightened significantly. It's also very easy to do, all you have to do is trim one spring. I have mine down to just a shade under a pound and love it.
The spring that needs to be trimmed is the one that you turn to adjust the trigger pull. Just clip off 1/4 of a coil at a time off the big end until you get it down to the weight you want. If you go a little to far you can just screw the spring back in a little farther until you get the tension you need for the trigger to operate correctly. I ended up trimming about 1.5 coils off of mine. When you get it where you want it put a little loc tite on the spring to help ensure it's setting doesn't change and you're good to go. This mod can be done in less then 15 minutes easily.
Enjoy the new BV! I know I'm very pleased with mine!
The spring that needs to be trimmed is the one that you turn to adjust the trigger pull. Just clip off 1/4 of a coil at a time off the big end until you get it down to the weight you want. If you go a little to far you can just screw the spring back in a little farther until you get the tension you need for the trigger to operate correctly. I ended up trimming about 1.5 coils off of mine. When you get it where you want it put a little loc tite on the spring to help ensure it's setting doesn't change and you're good to go. This mod can be done in less then 15 minutes easily.
Enjoy the new BV! I know I'm very pleased with mine!
Interesting that you mentioned that mark on the stock. All three BVs that I have seen (including mine) had a shallow little dent or mark somewhere on the stock. I suspect that Savage buys them from a third-party manufacturer, but they should insist on a little better QC from the supplier.
Defective magazines also seem to be common. I squeezed the lips together to keep cartridges from springing out, but it eventually happened again. I called Savage and they replaced it, no problem. I'm sure they're aware of this issue.
Apart from these minor defects it's a great gun.
