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    Posted: March/18/2010 at 21:11
As posted before I ordered myself a new Savage 10 series rifle last week.  The expected delivery date is 22 Mar.

Well I have gotten everything for the rifle but the RIFLE!

The SWFA SS 16x42 scope looks good.  The range of elevation is 403 clicks, Dam^!

I don't have a canted base so I am kind of curious if the zero will be some where close to the center point of the rifle of higher/lower?  Never really worried about this until I got a rifle that I want to be able to shoot 800M with.

Any suggestion of experience on scope mounting would be helpful.  I have the two level system you can get from _______(don't want to type the Name).  In the past I have just used a plumb bob at about 20 yards and was done.  With the added yardage I am not sure if this is going to be a good enough method for my current situation?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote diggler1833 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/20/2010 at 10:37
LOL good thing you didn't order a custom, or you would really hate the wait.  Hopefully you got low rings as anything else is too high IMO.  The 16xSS is a good scope for the money, I had one a while ago and it worked just fine for me.
 
I always did the bubble level method for mounting the scope.  Adjust it in the rest (hopefully you have something sturdy to use a s a rest) and make sure you are getting a level reading off of the base.  Then I get a level reading off of the elevation adjustment knob, use some feeler gagues to make sure that the bottom of the housing is sitting flush with the base, and I also look through a Wheeler leveling kit (kinda crappy).  I figure if I go at it with three things something is going to get it where it needs to be.
 
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Waited almost 8 mos for my custom 300 wsm...It was brutal.  I have a 16x42 SS... You will love it.   Good luck!


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Still waiting.....The UPS website say's tomorrow is going to be the day!  Yea....

I am going to have to shoot wal-mart Winchester and Remington ammo to start with.  My reloading stuff is somewhere in Texas in transit to me now.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote armyhooah Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March/23/2010 at 18:16
Well I got it...YEA!

Now if I could only figure out how to post the pics?

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http://i748.photobucket.com/albums/xx123/armyhooah/Guns/SavageClose.jpg



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Ding Ding Ding Figured it out...


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good looking stick
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Excellent Very nice... I like that. If she shoots half as good as she looks, you got a winner. Then again, it is a Savage, so the shooting part is almost a given. 
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Originally posted by cyborg cyborg wrote:

Excellent Very nice... I like that. If she shoots half as good as she looks, you got a winner. Then again, it is a Savage, so the shooting part is almost a given. 


That is what I hear, lets see if see can put her money where her mouth is tomorrow morning.

Fingers crossed.  Made a cheek pad for her and used _____USA's scope levers to get her as close I can.  This should be interesting, my first ling range shooter!  HOOAH!
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HOOAH back atcha. Range report expected troop. Salute
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Yea for me....I got a good set up!

656 yard milk jug kill with 5-10 MPH wind with 10-20 Gust!

This rifle and SCOPE (SS 16x42) is Great!
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Very good shooting! Thunbs Up

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