Fitch
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I saw this on GunBroker and couldn't resist it.
It is a Savage 112 BVSS long action in 7mm Rem. mag.
I didn't know they even made such a thing but apparently they made a run of them sometime back. I was looking on gunBroker for a cheap 7mm Mag to be a donor action for a long range predator rifle when I saw this rifle which was almost exactly what I was going to build. Bout dropped my teeth. It was just what I wanted. Picked up this one for less than the cost of an action plus an unfinished stock.
I like the stock. I'll bed it of course but have to shoot it first just to see how it does. It has a decent hunting trigger as is so I'll leave that alone.
The rifle weighs 13.0 lbs as it sits in the picture. I've put 5 breakin rounds through it (the shoot one, clean for ever rounds) and the recoil is completely managable. I'm planning to develope a load for it using the 168g Berger Hunting VLD. If it shoots well enough, that should make it into a 1,000 yard rifle for WhiteTail and anything smaller. If it doesn't shoot well enough I'll rebarrel it.
Looking forward to getting in some range time with it next week.
Fitch
It is a Savage 112 BVSS long action in 7mm Rem. mag.
I didn't know they even made such a thing but apparently they made a run of them sometime back. I was looking on gunBroker for a cheap 7mm Mag to be a donor action for a long range predator rifle when I saw this rifle which was almost exactly what I was going to build. Bout dropped my teeth. It was just what I wanted. Picked up this one for less than the cost of an action plus an unfinished stock.
I like the stock. I'll bed it of course but have to shoot it first just to see how it does. It has a decent hunting trigger as is so I'll leave that alone.
The rifle weighs 13.0 lbs as it sits in the picture. I've put 5 breakin rounds through it (the shoot one, clean for ever rounds) and the recoil is completely managable. I'm planning to develope a load for it using the 168g Berger Hunting VLD. If it shoots well enough, that should make it into a 1,000 yard rifle for WhiteTail and anything smaller. If it doesn't shoot well enough I'll rebarrel it.
Looking forward to getting in some range time with it next week.
Fitch
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