New Toy!

[wolfORACLE]

Was at the local hardware store today and saw this little dandy on the shelf and had to shoulder it. I have been thinking of going after a PSS in .223 for awhile now, but the pricetag has kept me away. This one was on sale, and I decided to jump at it. It is a 110FP without accutrigger, and IMO is just as crisp as my Remmington 700 in .270 . Now to take it out and get it zeroed! I put my Burris Fullfield 2 4.5-14x42+parallax on it, I hope it is as accurate as I have read about other Savage bolt actions out of the box!

http://www.users.qwest.net/~wjkeyser/pics/savage.jpg

[adaman04]

Very nice! I bet it's a shooter! Let us know how is shoots.

[Tankcommander]

Nice find, Don't you just love it when you take a look to see whats new and you find a treasure.

TC :cannon:

[2rangers]

Wolf-
One word-sahweeeeet!! :sniper:

[wolfORACLE]

Well, took the rifle out yesterday and attempted to get it zeroed using my buddies bench. Somthing with my Burris scope is fishy I think, because no matter where I put the scope, forward or back in the rings I wasnt able to bring the crosshair up into zero. I was able to get it about 2 or 3 rings out, but then the travel on the scope quit out on me. Anybody have any ideas of what could cause this? Higher scope rings maby? Im stuck here and got pretty frusterated out there, having to drive an hour+ each direction to figure out that my setup wasnt going to zero.

On a good note though, the rifle and rounds I pressed up for it performed flawlessly. I put together 100 rounds of 62gr fmjbt to get it sighted in, and it was shooting very tight groups if I were to just send a few rounds down range while holding steady. That makes me feel better, but now just to figure out my optics problem. :angry:

[scruffy]

I'd swap the rings front to back. It could be that one right is taller/shorter than the other. Or it could be the scope tube is bent. Or it could be the barrel is bent (I've never seen a rifle barrel bent, just thin shogun barrels, but I'm sure it happens if you run over it with a truck...).

If it were me I'd take some tools and a bunch of stuff to try at the range. First I'd take a scope and rings off another rifle and mount it on that rifle. Shoot the savage with the tried and true scope/rings setup from you other rifle to determine if the problem is the scope or the rifle. If it shoots great I'd put the burris scope in the tried and true rings from the other setup. If the burris shoots good you know you have bad rings (looks like millet rings you have on there right now). If the burris doesn't shoot good in the tried and true rings you know the scope is bent or something.

However, if the rifle doesn't shoot with the tried and true scope/rings it's one of two things, bent barrel or bad scope bases on the reciever. To rule out scope bases you'd have to try a new set of bases. If the barrel is bent you have a couple options. One, sell it, two send it to savage for repair, or three, shim the back scope ring. Go to an automotive or hardware store and buy a feeler gauge set with the different thickness metal gauges. Cut the different thickness gauges into shims to put between the bottom of the scope tube and the back ring. I'd take you scope "center" the adjustment (if the knob turns 8 turns up/down I'd turn it 4 turns so it's "centered". Then try different thickness shims until the POI (point of impact) is in the bulls eye. Now you have full elevation adjustment for your scope.

But if I were a betting man, I'd say it was either the rings or the scope. On nasty fall to the scope can bend the scope and cause this problem.

later,
scruffy

[wolfORACLE]

Thanks for the reply Scruffy, I will look into some of the suggestions you have made!

[cajungeo]

I got the Burris Signature for my 10FP with the Accuratrigger. The 10FP has 2 different mount configurations. The Non Accura-Trigger receiver is more flat. The Accura-Trigger receiver is rounded. Make sure you have the correct mounts for your rifle.

The Burris has less elevation adjustment than some other scopes, but this should only affect long-range shooting. To allow for this I got the Burris Signature rings with inserts. I also got a concentric insert kit that will correct receiver/mount error or give you more elevation for long range shooting.

You can try to rotate the scope 90 degrees and use the windage for elevation. If you determine it is the scope, Burris has a lifetime warrentee.

[BigUglyOne]

The other difference in the 10 and th 110 series is the scope mounts. On my 10FP LE both mounts are the same height, on the 110 one mount is higher (I know this because they ordered mine for the wrong model twice). Are yours put on backwards ?

[BigUglyOne]

Oh yeah, Nice rig ya got there!