Hello all, my first post here so thanks in advance for your advice and opinions.
I have a Savage Elite Precision 110 chambered in 338 Lapua Magnum. I haven't been able to obtain the accuracy I have come to expect from most of my other savage rifles. Best I seem to be able to do is 3/4moa. I know this isn't horrible by any means, but I'm used to 1/4 - 1/2 moa max out of most of my rifles. I finally obtained a bore scope and decided to take a look after the latest cleaning and noticed the area identified in the pics below. Perhaps this is not that unusual for factory barrels I don't know, first time using a bore scope, but would like opinions from people with more experience than me. Does this look like a major defect in the barrel or just what you get with factory barrels?
These components are too expensive and hard to come by to just keep blowing through testing if I've already reached the max potential of my barrel.
Barrel has 120-130 rounds through it at this time. I have taken it out to 1000 yards so far and no problem hitting silhouette steel target (30"x18.25"), but grouping is about the size of the target unfortunately. Wanted to take it out to a mile and beyond, but if this is all I can get from her I don't see much success in trying that.
Commponents:
Projectile: 300gr A-Tips for now, but have some 300gr Berger OTM to try.
Brass: Lapua Brass
Powder: H1000
Primers: CCI250
Thanks,
Brent
I have a Savage Elite Precision 110 chambered in 338 Lapua Magnum. I haven't been able to obtain the accuracy I have come to expect from most of my other savage rifles. Best I seem to be able to do is 3/4moa. I know this isn't horrible by any means, but I'm used to 1/4 - 1/2 moa max out of most of my rifles. I finally obtained a bore scope and decided to take a look after the latest cleaning and noticed the area identified in the pics below. Perhaps this is not that unusual for factory barrels I don't know, first time using a bore scope, but would like opinions from people with more experience than me. Does this look like a major defect in the barrel or just what you get with factory barrels?
These components are too expensive and hard to come by to just keep blowing through testing if I've already reached the max potential of my barrel.
Barrel has 120-130 rounds through it at this time. I have taken it out to 1000 yards so far and no problem hitting silhouette steel target (30"x18.25"), but grouping is about the size of the target unfortunately. Wanted to take it out to a mile and beyond, but if this is all I can get from her I don't see much success in trying that.
Commponents:
Projectile: 300gr A-Tips for now, but have some 300gr Berger OTM to try.
Brass: Lapua Brass
Powder: H1000
Primers: CCI250
Thanks,
Brent
