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Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle #5517265 08/13/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	Here's my latest Savage I assembled a few months ago.... Savage single shot Target action (large shank) Pac Nor 28" no taper tube 8 twist/3 groove Choate Varminter stock Aftermarket bolt knob Millett TRS-1 4-16x50 30mm scope Burris Signature rings using +10 & -10 inserts Weighs just a tad over 18# Been a real back burner project gun... Using Lapua brass..Sierra 142 & 123 MKs along with 140 A max and 140 Bergers...powders the usual Swede RE22..RE19..H4831 Longest p/dog kill has been out to 775 yds...weather cools down I'll be taking her back out to exceed that... Yes I used the barrel nut to set it up along with FL sized Lapua brass... Last edited by tikkanut; 08/13/11. T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5517292 08/13/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	Started out with a new Target Action from Savage Trigger is fantasic ! T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5517337 08/13/11
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger
65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana	Why no Tikka action NICE rifle btw, great shooter/shot on the PD.

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle 65BR #5517850 08/13/11
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Nice rig, how is the Millet scope performing? Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle hillbillybear #5518113 08/13/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	The Millett scope was kinda on a dare...was waiting for a new Vortex PST 6-24 and it never showed up....actually took 18 months before I got one...but had since picked up the Millett to test out...its not a PST or 6500 Tact...but glass is clear...clicks do what you tell them to do...reaches to 1K yds...warranty by Bushnell....so far so good...its one big honkin' scope..the 6-24 PST landed on my 223 AI p/dogger and gets much more use than the 6.5x55.... T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

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Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5518516 08/13/11
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	Thanks for the info on the Millet. I had never run into anyone who had used one. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle hillbillybear #5518521 08/13/11
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle
Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121	Kill it with Millet "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle Steelhead #5518885 08/13/11
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,993 J Jericho Campfire Outfitter
Jericho Campfire Outfitter J Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,993	Nice looking rig sir. Believe it or not Walmart can order Savage target actions if you want

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle Jericho #5518953 08/13/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	At the time of this action purchase...only a 223 bolt face was available....a quick & easy fix to change it out to a 308 face...fits the Lapua x55 brass just fine..which is a few thous' larger head size than domestic x55 brass..Savage also prvides a machined 'fat lug' with action.. T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5525418 08/15/11
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,628 Mi. E efw Campfire Ranger
efw Campfire Ranger E Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 29,628 Mi.	That is a cool rig and you're shoot'n 'er right on! What a classic round, and sweet shootin' get up. I like the finish on the barrel, too.

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Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle efw #5525732 08/15/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	Thanx.... I have Pac Nor bead blast the barrel when finished with a nylon webbing material...a snake skin effect.... Also Pac Nor used their 'no throat' reamer for this project.. for me that means longer useful barrel life with the short throat...123 SMKs..130 NABs..142 SMK's & 140 Bergers are the planned bullets....I'll soon be running it over the Chrony.. T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5597102 09/07/11
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA T tikkanut OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP tikkanut Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 30,760 Rural Utah USA	Finally got a chance to build some test loads... 44/H4350 & 142 SMK is my starting point..3 rds @ 100 Lapua brass Fed 210 primer @ 2.950" OAL 44.5/RE19 & 140 A Max shows promise too Last edited by tikkanut; 09/07/11. T R U M P W O N ! U L T R A M A G A !

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5597812 09/07/11
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 10,445 north central PA S shootinurse Campfire Outfitter
shootinurse Campfire Outfitter S Joined: May 2005 Posts: 10,445 north central PA	Nice outfit. "Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." Robert E. Howard

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle tikkanut #5599495 09/08/11
Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,949 Nomad V varmintsinc Campfire Tracker
varmintsinc Campfire Tracker V Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,949 Nomad	Get rid of those fliers and you might have some decent groups. Tempted to just run the one load and be done or are you going to play with other components? I had a .243 built and the load recommended by the smith punched similar groups, never bothered wasting components to try to improve on groups that were the best of my abilities. Hunt hard, kill clean, waste nothing and offer no apologies. "In rifle work, group size is of some interest...but it is well to remember that a rifleman does not shoot groups, he shoots shots." Jeff Cooper

Re: Savage Custom 6.5x55 Target Rifle varmintsinc #5599549 09/08/11
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 753 SE Kansas 68injunhed Campfire Regular
68injunhed Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 753 SE Kansas	Nice. I've got a 7mm-08 Stevens that throws similar groups. Some people call them an ugly action, but with results like that, I think she's beautiful. Last edited by 68injunhed; 09/09/11.

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