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Post by regnar on Dec 27, 2008 22:27:27 GMT
Well after a lot of research I bought a new 93R17. I got it home yesterday and striped her down. I Disassembled the bolt and polished everything. I then primed the barrel and the stock and preceded to attempt my first camo job. I dont think it came out to bad. I fired a few rounds to get the scope close so I dont have to fool around with it tomorrow. Something is not right. I am shooting way low and right. I ran out of room on adjustment to raise the impact and it is maxed out for windage but is centered. In my haste to get out I used the savage tasco rings that came with the gun. From the looks of it they dont match up very well with the gun and scope. I took them off and switched them front to back and left to right on the base part of the rings. I will try it again tomorrow. The good news is that once I did get on the target the 17gr federal vmax grouped very well.
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Post by omega47 on Dec 28, 2008 5:34:19 GMT
Nice job on the camo. Give us the rundown on how you did it. If that scope came with the rifle, Savage usually does a pretty good job of centering the scopes before they ship. I've never seen a Savage factory installed scope off more than a half inch or so, and that's usually because the ammo is different than what Savage used. If that is a factory installed scope, you may want to check to see that it didn't get whacked somehow. It might be bent or the rings may be tweaked. If they are, or if the rings are out of round, you may have to shim one or the other. If you do, just use a 1/4" or 1/2" square of business card. That ought to bring it back. You can safely use up to a stack of 3 pieces if needed, but it doesn't sound like you're that far off. Just re-center the scope dials before you start to test the new setup. If you can't fix it that way, try a set of better quality rings, or better still a one piece mount. Also, you may want to consider a different scope. That one looks like it is made for shooting prairie dogs at 300 yards. Around here, you need fast acquisition and your longest shot is going to be within 100 yards. Maybe 150. You may want to try a shorter 3x9x50 or something like that with raised see through rings so you can take a quick close shot if needed. Just a suggestion. In any case, have fun with the new toy
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Post by regnar on Dec 28, 2008 17:58:21 GMT
Not a factory scope. It is a Bausch & Lomb 6x24. The rings are simmons rings that came with the scope that came with the gun.. The bases are factory installed weaver style.
Scope worked very well on the last rifle I had it on. A 10/22t that I could make 100Y shots with. I believe that I had to shim that for vertical adjustment as well but not sure.
I am going to get a set of either millet or burris rings that have windage adjustments on them. If I have to shim the front I use feeler gauges. I dont like the idea of paper sitting on my rifle. It deteriorates and could change POI and it collect moisture.
Need to get is squared away this week as I plan on whacking some yotes with it in the new year!!
As far as the camo job. I sanded the stock to ruff it up. I primed the barrel and receiver then applied tan camo spray paint to both as a base. Then I made some templates out of heavy stock paper to resemble grass and leaves and sprayed them with brown, green and black. I then dusted them with some of the green to take some of the brightness of .
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Post by MK-M-GOBL on Dec 29, 2008 1:06:25 GMT
Nice job
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Post by omega47 on Dec 29, 2008 4:46:11 GMT
^^^ What he said
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Post by bbcustomboxcalls on Jan 9, 2009 23:57:05 GMT
Nice job on the camo! Bill
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