Re: savage aics in bound- PICS
Got my AICS from Euro optic friday and finally got a chance to hit the range and get some pics up. Model 10 fp 4.4" side bolt release, NSS lug, shilen select match 26" 6.5 cm varmint contour, BO 20 moa rail, tps tsr rings, and SS 5-20. Barreled action is alumahyde earth brown. Pretty simple drop in if rifle was completely stock, but it isn't stock so... Factory lugs fit, as does NSS lugs. SSS recoil lugs do not fit without being milled shorter. Luckily my barreled action has a NSS lug on it. Factory accutrigger, stevens, rifle basix sav-1, and timney triggers should be drop in. SSS match and rifle basix sav-2 will need some inletting done. This barreled action has a SSS trigger on it, two options include either milling the slot the trigger shoe goes through farther back or modify the trigger.
I hated to mill on a new stock, so I clearenced the trigger. The SSS trigger is very similar in appereance to a 700, it is a 3 lever design. I pulled the trigger off the action and used a air cut off tool to nip the rear corners off. They real don't do anything but protect the different adjustment screws. As this is protected by an aluminum chassis I saw no harm. Here is a pic with the "ears" nipped off.
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Here the action is torqued down, the tang is not floated, but after testing for stress and finding none with this action I considered it a non issue.
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Here is a pic showing the clearence below and in front of a NSS oversized lug [img:left]http://
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The completed rifle
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Went to the range on sat, got there late and wanted to spend most of the time chronographing and testing different loads for my tikka/krieger. I started first with the savage/aics to get rezeroed, had to move scope back on the rail. This is 5 shots cold clean bore/cold shooter. The rifle typically shoots in the hi.3s-lo.4s. I was pretty happy with a .452" group.
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Shot another group for confirmation after scope was redoped. Ended up adding .1mrad right after this group, aiming point was the tip of the diamond(pen mark for clarification)
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