223 adventures

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Originally Posted by Tahr

@Tentman bolt?

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Sorry but none here. I have had good luck with secondhand parts from the guys at NOIA, if you haven't already get in touch with them via a properly helpful dealer. Some of the Axis rifles had a few issues, I bet there are a couple in gunsmiths racks. I'll ask at Custom Guns on Monday, I know he had one at some stage.

As to Savage accuracy, there have been several here (still 3 or 4) and I've never had a dud and most have been exceptional.

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Originally Posted by JaSa

Have a Savage Stevens 200 in 223 here. My second rifle ever. Chopped down to be just legal and have a DPT on it. The plastic stock is soooooo terrible it is beyond imagination. BUT it out-shoots every other rifle I have, including Tikka's, Bergara's and Lithgow's. That's why I upgraded ages ago to a Timney Trigger that cost me more then what I paid for the rifle itself. 26.2gr of H335 and Sierra Blitzking 55gr is the magic combination. Used to run Barnes for bush but working on a load for T-Rex 62gr currently.

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Mates 7mm mag with pencil thin barrel...the stock had been leaded he said... I took it apart,his buddy had put wheel weights inside stock cavities...still booted like Billy oh...so I added more and hot glue guned them into place inside stock... Much more rigid... You don't need weight but could do worse than to fill cavities in foreend with something that sets hard.

All resolved now, got my money back Friday and bought a Tikka Monday :thumbsup:

First load I tried lived up to the 3 shot moa guarantee, happy days.