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Hi All,
A couple months back I got my Savage from the Custom Shop and got tooled up to develop some loads. Overall, I was quite pleased with the build quality. I opted for a 26" medium profile barrel and predator stock. I was pleasantly surprised by the jeweled bolt as well. One issue was that the throat was a bit shorter than I had anticipated (I later found out that this can vary for this cartridge). This kind of precluded the use of the 143 ELD-X VLD bullet that I was planning to use but I found that the 130 Accubond could be seated .020 off the lands and was not seated too far in the case. I took a chance on Norma Brass (instead of Lapua) and have 4 to 5 load cycles out of my first 20 pieces, which still look really good. I was going to settle on a 51.4 grain charge of H4831sc, which was clocking in at around 2,830 fps, but having talked to some folks, I think I might bump it up a bit, so I got a 52.3 grain charge that's looking pretty good (have not chronoed it yet). BTW - The Scope is a Sig Sauer Tango 4 in 4X16. It's my first "First Focal Plane" scope and I really like it. Anyway, here's some pics.
A couple months back I got my Savage from the Custom Shop and got tooled up to develop some loads. Overall, I was quite pleased with the build quality. I opted for a 26" medium profile barrel and predator stock. I was pleasantly surprised by the jeweled bolt as well. One issue was that the throat was a bit shorter than I had anticipated (I later found out that this can vary for this cartridge). This kind of precluded the use of the 143 ELD-X VLD bullet that I was planning to use but I found that the 130 Accubond could be seated .020 off the lands and was not seated too far in the case. I took a chance on Norma Brass (instead of Lapua) and have 4 to 5 load cycles out of my first 20 pieces, which still look really good. I was going to settle on a 51.4 grain charge of H4831sc, which was clocking in at around 2,830 fps, but having talked to some folks, I think I might bump it up a bit, so I got a 52.3 grain charge that's looking pretty good (have not chronoed it yet). BTW - The Scope is a Sig Sauer Tango 4 in 4X16. It's my first "First Focal Plane" scope and I really like it. Anyway, here's some pics.