Savage 116 Weather Warrior $250

[haugenna]

Good advice shoot em.  When I get a new toy I am "joe joe the indian cirucus boy with a pretty new pet"

Name that clip.

I think I found what I need at brownells.  

[haugenna]

why did you buy it if it was such a piece of crap...tens of thousands of savage shooters must be wrong i guess.
 

Post purchase stress syndrome.

[Pathfinder101]

Eastman's just reviewed them in their current issue.  Not too bad a review, but they did mention the stock.

[MikeWalking]

Name that clip

Tommy Boy?

[haugenna]

Name that clip

Tommy Boy?

bingo

[Skinnyman]

I bought that same gun and caliber about a year ago and have put about 300-350 rounds through it. I have found mine shoots Barnes TSX/TTSX bullets really well (5/8 to 3/4 MOA). That gun is a real tack driver, you will really like it once you start to shoot it. As with all guns you might have experiment to see which bullets it likes. It is a great gun despite the stock. I haven't replaced my stock, but probably will someday.

[haugenna]

Thanks skinnyman.

I hope mine likes a cheaper bullet 

[Mookie]

My 300wm with the POS stock was helped a TON by a simple bedding job. It shot good without it but a devcon bedding job locked it up.

Why was the rifle so cheap? Our wholesale sports is anti good prices and sales.

[Skinnyman]

Mookie, I called Wholesale sports to see of they had anymore cheap savages (they were all out) but he told me that they were clearing out old models and discontinues so they could free up some cash to buy new/current gun models.

[Skinnyman]

Thanks skinnyman.

I hope mine likes a cheaper bullet  

Yeah, its not a cheap one, but shoots really good. The only other one I have tried is the 210 grain Nosler CT Silvertip Ballistic (just for shooting paper, because they are so much cheaper than barnes), they dont group as well as the barnes but aren't too bad. Not bad for shooting paper. If you reload Barnes, the cost isn't too bad (at least in comparison to factory Barnes loads). For me the 225grain TTSX with 67g of IMR 4350, with Federal 215 primers shoots great.

I am trying a new load, a 160grain Barnes TTSX (I know why the heck use a 160g in a 338, but!!??) my thoughts are to use it in deer and smaller animals, I just have a hard time thinking of putting a 225g bullet through a deer. So far my first trip to the range looked real good, 3 out of 5 bullets had their holes barely touching, the other two were shooter error. I used 68 grains of RL15 with fed 215 primers. And according to the charts at 2.5 inches high at 100 yds it should be about 2.5 to 2.7 inches low at 300 yds. pretty cool!!

[bobcat]

I am trying a new load, a 160grain Barnes TTSX (I know why the heck use a 160g in a 338, but!!??) my thoughts are to use it in deer and smaller animals, I just have a hard time thinking of putting a 225g bullet through a deer.

I've shot a couple and know of more deer that have been shot with a 430 grain, 50 caliber bullet. Didn't seem to be a problem. Course this was out of a muzzleloader...

Point being, I don't think the weight of a bullet has much to do with anything. Your 225 Barnes won't be hard on meat if that's what you're worried about. Might be a little harder on YOUR shoulder though, than the 160!

[actionshooter]

I tried the 160s out of my .338 winchester more for fun than anything, but found they wouldn't stabilize. Good luck though.

[haugenna]

I called Savage and they are sending me some new pieces.  I just got them in the mail and the trigger guard was the wrong one.  Good customer service.  Mistakes in parts happen.  I am happy with their customer service so far though. 

[Skinnyman]

I tried the 160s out of my .338 winchester more for fun than anything, but found they wouldn't stabilize. Good luck though.

After 2 more trips to the range, I unfortunatly found out the same thing. They wont shoot very well (I am guessing a stabilization issue, very inconsistent results). Too bad, back to the 225 TTSX for everything.

[actionshooter]

I tried the 160s out of my .338 winchester more for fun than anything, but found they wouldn't stabilize. Good luck though.

After 2 more trips to the range, I unfortunatly found out the same thing. They wont shoot very well (I am guessing a stabilization issue, very inconsistent results). Too bad, back to the 225 TTSX for everything.

 I found that the twist rate was wrong for the 160s.