I have seen different posts with varying responses about the issue but never a complete thread. What is a consistent freebore that everyone has seemed to find work for the 110. Everyone seems to be at odds over these being a star/turd and getting a good/bad one. I got mine in sept '10 and it seems to be a "good" one as it shot 1/2 moa during break in and didn't turn into a copper mine. That being said its been forgotten about since then along with the rest of my guns and I have the time to get back to it again. Everything shot was 250gr, some bthp ppz and soft nose lapua (bought for the brass, but cheap). This was at 100 yards and only represents a full day out, and 40 rounds down the pipe.
I have a another box of ppz 250's, some herters 250's and a box of bvac 300 smk's. The 250's are going to be for friends to try or when just driving steel at short range. I'm going to use the bvac to compare my own loads with, and its lapua brass to reuse when done.
I'm going to be putting together Norma brass, 300gr lapua scenars, fed 215m primers and work up to 91gr of H-1000. I have seen reports of this shooting very well and being consistent.
What about freebore? I have seen everything from .01 off to book length of 3.680. The .01 was reported to shoot 1/2 moa or better, but I have also seen guys with good results in the .025 to .03 range as well.
Also, I have read a lot of people who have become very frustrated while trying to develop 250gr loads when savage says that it won't shoot them well. They flat out say it was designed for the 300gr projectiles and heavier they anticipate to come out soon. It seems like a lot of frustration could have been avoided by just working up 300gr loads from the beginning. What was the drive to work up a load that the barrel is too fast for?
I have a another box of ppz 250's, some herters 250's and a box of bvac 300 smk's. The 250's are going to be for friends to try or when just driving steel at short range. I'm going to use the bvac to compare my own loads with, and its lapua brass to reuse when done.
I'm going to be putting together Norma brass, 300gr lapua scenars, fed 215m primers and work up to 91gr of H-1000. I have seen reports of this shooting very well and being consistent.
What about freebore? I have seen everything from .01 off to book length of 3.680. The .01 was reported to shoot 1/2 moa or better, but I have also seen guys with good results in the .025 to .03 range as well.
Also, I have read a lot of people who have become very frustrated while trying to develop 250gr loads when savage says that it won't shoot them well. They flat out say it was designed for the 300gr projectiles and heavier they anticipate to come out soon. It seems like a lot of frustration could have been avoided by just working up 300gr loads from the beginning. What was the drive to work up a load that the barrel is too fast for?
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