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I got a model 10 chambered in 223 about 4 years ago.. bought it used at a lgs in ky. Brought it home and put a hawke scope on it calibrated for a 223. Shot it some and developed a load for it with sierra 69 gr. Match kings and re15 powder.. would pull it out and shoot it now and then but hadn't shot it for a year or more..
  This morning it's cold and windy and cloudy and drug it out and thought I would bore scope it.. can't remember the last time I cleaned it.. it looked pretty ugly in there.. lol
 So I get the thrro clean stuff and go to town on the barrel.. after a bit I had it back to bare metal.. course it's a typical savage barrel.. not pretty.. chatter marks in the grooves.. little pits now and then.. typical savage pipe.. makes you wonder how they ever group.. but they do..

After cleaning it I stuck it out the window and started shooting it.. took 6 foulers before it settled back in.. then I shot a 3 shot group.. 100 yards.. inch or so high and a fuzz to the left.. made the adjustment and bullseye the next one.. she's good to go again I believe..😁

That will work.

I wish I had a spot to be able to work on my rifles, load, and shoot a group all at the same place.

That sounds like every savage boreni have looked through, and they all seem to shoot great.

My poor old 30-06 is so bad, mainly from me when I was a kid out hunting in the snow with it, letting it warm up before throwing it in the safe, but negletting ever putting any patches or anything down the barrel. It's so pitted in the last half of the barrel. But it shoots insanely good groups once it fouled.

Quote from: Denver Steve on January 08, 2024, 01:06:26 PMI wish I had a spot to be able to work on my rifles, load, and shoot a group all at the same place.....

I'll second that! I'm pretty fortunate in what I have but do not have that/\

It makes it nice to test stuff.. about 3 years ago I spent most of the winter testing stuff.. and figured out what works and what didn't matter for me..

I'm fortunate to have that ability..

I need to make a better portable reloading station, and pack a breakfast and lunch.

I do only have a 8.5km drive to the range, so it's close. But still time consuming if I have to pack everything up, and head back to load.

Although that new Garmin chronograph I got sure speeds up the process.its pretty unbelievable how amazing that little thing is.

I'm 28kms to a 300 meter and 72kms to my 1000+ yard seasonal range.

About 5 miles to my 600/1000 spot with PRS steel at random yardage, pretty fortunate LOL