Sighting in the Savage on the bench behind?
So what is the prognosis?
Like it - love it - Meh?
Yup. I was experimenting with a few brands of 17 HMR. CCI, Hornady, Federal, and Remington. The CCI stuff shot the best. 5 shot groups were around an inch with the others a bit more open. We had some light gusts so that might have contributed to it. That little 17 grain pill will blow all over the place with the slightest cross-breeze. But, in calm conditions, it's a laser out to just under 150 yards. No .22 LR rainbow trajectory here.
The ergonomics of the rifle are excellent. Laminated thumbhole stock with a palm-swell grip. The best factory trigger I've ever handled on a rimfire. And putting 20 rounds through in rapid-fire (for a bolt-action) hardly heated up the barrel at all.
Best $410 I've ever spent on a rimfire target rifle.
I hope to take it up around Alturas this fall to help a buddy with some prairie dog thinning exercises on their sheep ranch.
