Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle

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Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle

As gun manufacturers crank out higher quality production rifles, custom-barreled actions are becoming less necessary for shooting crazy-small groups. It’s tough to beat a skilled gunsmith, but shooters are realizing that a factory piece can be nearly as accurate and just as much fun.

That trend was on full display earlier this month when Scottish benchrest shooter David Sharp (yes, his real name) posted a 3.090-inch 1000-yard group using a Savage Model 12 F-TR barreled action chambered in .308 WIN, according to a report from AccurateShooter.com. That group set the UK record in the Factory Sporter Class, and his aggregate for all four five-shot groups (6.756 inches) also beat the previous 1000-yard UK record in that class.

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Sharp replaced his factory stock with a Choate Varmint stock and his trigger with a Timney trigger. He mounted his Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope on a 20 MOA Ken Farrell rail with Vortex rings. Otherwise, he made no other changes to his firearm.

“My rounds are nothing special,” he told AccurateShooter.com. “I’m using Sierra 2155 155 grain bullets over Vihtavuori N140 powder and CCI 200 primers. I use Lapua brass (large primer) full-length sized in a Redding S bushing die to give 0.002″ neck-tension.”
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Scottish Benchrest Shooter Posts Record-Breaking 3-Inch 1000-Yard Group with Factory Savage Rifle

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Funny. People are interested in and buying guns that are great shooters at long distances yet it's getting harder and harder to find places to shoot long distances.

 

[Acer-m14]

Sharp replaced his factory stock with a Choate Varmint stock and his trigger with a Timney trigger. He mounted his Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope on a 20 MOA Ken Farrell rail with Vortex rings. Otherwise, he made no other changes to his firearm.

Savage Arms - 12 F/TR

$1,538.00

so it really was not Factory .. fkin Really ..

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Sharp replaced his factory stock with a Choate Varmint stock and his trigger with a Timney trigger. He mounted his Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope on a 20 MOA Ken Farrell rail with Vortex rings. Otherwise, he made no other changes to his firearm.

Savage Arms - 12 F/TR

$1,538.00

so it really was not Factory .. fkin Really ..

Factoryish

 

[ECU Pirates]

This is impossible. Everyone knows the .308 is worthless not that the 6.5 Creedmoor is available! Savage rifles are the most accurate factory rifles I have shot. I have also had good luck with some rugers also. I shot some 200 yard three shot groups with different factory ammo yesterday (in windy conditions). This most accurate was the Remington 168 gr match. This was the best group but all were below moa. This is a completely factory savage .308. It’s a picky bitch though. With the wrong ammo it’s all over the place.

 

[meketrefe]

Savage is no malarkey!

 

[FrankenCub]

Sharp replaced his factory stock with a Choate Varmint stock and his trigger with a Timney trigger. He mounted his Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope on a 20 MOA Ken Farrell rail with Vortex rings. Otherwise, he made no other changes to his firearm.

Savage Arms - 12 F/TR

$1,538.00

so it really was not Factory .. fkin Really ..

Yet some invest $5000 to try to do the same. 3" group before he changed the stock and trigger, not bad.

Savage is no malarkey!

I've always had a sweet spot for Savage, just couldn't afford the better models. I have an old 7a .22 that's older than I and still shoots great, and my budget Axis 22-250 which picks off chucks at 400yds with a budget 3-9.