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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 24,315 Senior Member

  August 2020 edited August 2020 #62

  This will be more of a hunting rifle than a LR Target Rig. 

  
  

  I have other guns for dedicated LR work. 

  
  

  But, this one will easily let him play at 800 yards. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Bigslug Senior Member Posts: 8,320 Senior Member

  August 2020 #63

  Just so happens I set my Pop's new rifle up with a VX5 2-10 x42 with 30mm tube and HD glass.  Thinking it would work REALLY well on this rig.

  WWJMBD?
  
  "Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee

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• Michakav Senior Member Posts: 2,765 Senior Member

  August 2020 edited August 2020 #64

  Zee said:

  This will be more of a hunting rifle than a LR Target Rig. 

  
  

  I have other guns for dedicated LR work. 

  
  

  But, this one will easily let him play at 800 yards. 

  
  I believe you went the right direction. Except that it's not a Savage...

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 24,315 Senior Member

  August 2020 #65

  Michakav said:

  Zee said:

  This will be more of a hunting rifle than a LR Target Rig. 

  
  

  I have other guns for dedicated LR work. 

  
  

  But, this one will easily let him play at 800 yards. 

  
  I believe you went the right direction. Except that it's not a Savage...

  Get Thee BEHIND me, Satan!!!

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 24,315 Senior Member

  August 2020 #66

  Bigslug said:

  Just so happens I set my Pop's new rifle up with a VX5 2-10 x42 with 30mm tube and HD glass.  Thinking it would work REALLY well on this rig.

  I have a 4.5-14x Mark 4 (MOA Turrets) he will start with. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Ernie Bishop Senior Member Posts: 7,561 Senior Member

  August 2020 #67

  Michakav said:

  Zee said:

  This will be more of a hunting rifle than a LR Target Rig. 

  
  

  I have other guns for dedicated LR work. 

  
  

  But, this one will easily let him play at 800 yards. 

  
  I believe you went the right direction. Except that it's not a Savage...

  
  That is funny!
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 24,315 Senior Member

  August 2020 #68

  Muzzle Brake/Suppressor Adapter  arrived today. 

  
  

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Great Outdoors Member Posts: 320 Member

  August 2020 #69

  I finally shot a 6.5 creed and now understand the attraction- brand new Savage model 11 6.5 creed package gun with the Nikon 3x9 scope- Hornady American Hunter 129 grain- first 3 shots a touching cloverleaf at 100 yds off a folding table and a bag- very mild recoil, right between a 243 and 308

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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 24,315 Senior Member

  September 2020 edited September 2020 #70

  The ransom has been paid. She should be awaiting me at my LGS when I return home some time next month or so. 

  
  

  
  Sight shift towards possible Lapua. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• GunNut Posts: 6,071 Senior Member

  September 2020 #71

  Progress is good!

  Old West Saying: God created men, but Col. Sam Colt made them equal.
  
  

  General George Patton:  “Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

  
  

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• Ernie Bishop Senior Member Posts: 7,561 Senior Member

  September 2020 #72

  Good news!

  
  

  Ernie
  
  "The Un-Tactical"

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• pjames777 Senior Member Posts: 1,421 Senior Member

  September 2020 #73

  Lucky young man!  This will be a certain keepsake for him down the road and the fact that his father built it and just didn't pull a box of a store shelf is fantastic.  Great job!

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