Looking to get into PRS, already have a stock Savage Model 10. Looking to shoot 6.5 CM at distance. Ordering 26" Heavy Palma barrel & tools from Northland. What chassis should I put this thing into? Trying to keep it cheap, but want something that works well.
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Savage SA chassis suggestions?
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Get to a match.
There will be plenty of guys that'll let you fondle their rifles.
There's nothing like first hand experience to get a feel for what you like/dislike.
There will be plenty of guys that'll let you fondle their rifles.
There's nothing like first hand experience to get a feel for what you like/dislike.
The MDT Oryx is decent on the lower end, but I've heard it's not Arca compatible without modification. MDT is coming out with the XRS in the near future for $100 more at $500, seems like a competitor to the KRG Bravo. After that your getting towards the $800-$1k mark if you stick with a chassis. There are the Bell Carlson, HS Precision, and Manners stocks that are about $600+ if you wanna go that route.
Get a KRG and you have a competition ready and adjustment in that chassis.
MDT Oryx is not bad, but if the KRG you have all the adjustment you need.
And it looks better too.
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MDT Oryx is not bad, but if the KRG you have all the adjustment you need.
And it looks better too.
Savage Chassis, Savage 10 Chassis, 180-Alpha Chassis
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Get a KRG and you have a competition ready and adjustment in that chassis.
MDT Oryx is not bad, but if the KRG you have all the adjustment you need.
And it looks better too.
Savage Chassis, Savage 10 Chassis, 180-Alpha Chassis
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I own an element from XLR and love it.
Just looked and KRG doesn’t offer a Savage chassis that I saw.
Just looked and KRG doesn’t offer a Savage chassis that I saw.
They sell an Arca rail cut to the RRS standard now that fits to the curve of the Oryx. Fits real nice actually.
It's a factory 'hunting' style stock with blind mag., not as nice as the LRP stock. It has a pretty heavy barrel on it, 20" .308, and there is plenty of room at least at the sides for an even heavier profile.
I'm looking at mine right now, I must have an older stock but the shape is the same. Grip looks a little less pronounced and more swept back. What profile & length is that Shilen?
Steel Head, what else did you upgrade on your Savage? Mine is a pre-Accutrigger model, and it has the two piece scope mount so that stuff will need fixing.
My first started life as a Tupperware 111fp in .300wm.
Then circa 2010:
Schilin Select Match barrel, stainless, varmint contour, 1:8 twist, 6.5x55
Sharp Shooter Supply stainless competition recoil lug
Stockade stainless bolt handle
Stockade bolt lift kit
Sharp Shooter Supply Competition trigger
Sharp Shooter Supply single shot ramp
NOS Savage 112FT stock, action bedded with Brownells Acraglass
Weaver 2pc scope bases (replaced with EGW 1pc 20moa)
Burris Signature Select rings
Muller 8-32x44
She was more of a hunting rig on a budget when I was in school full time.
Then circa 2010:
Schilin Select Match barrel, stainless, varmint contour, 1:8 twist, 6.5x55
Sharp Shooter Supply stainless competition recoil lug
Stockade stainless bolt handle
Stockade bolt lift kit
Sharp Shooter Supply Competition trigger
Sharp Shooter Supply single shot ramp
NOS Savage 112FT stock, action bedded with Brownells Acraglass
Weaver 2pc scope bases (replaced with EGW 1pc 20moa)
Burris Signature Select rings
Muller 8-32x44
She was more of a hunting rig on a budget when I was in school full time.
EGW 20 moa rail.
PTG bolt head because the original cratered primers badly.
Now has a. NSS lug and nut.
Glades bolt handle.
Recently got a tactical works extractor/ejector upgrade kit.
I was looking at a Criterion barrel, but the two posted photos have Shilens. Is there much of a difference?
Holy shit someone posted a direct link right to it and even then you missed?
Here you go, Mr Magoo...
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Easy there 308buttpirate it will be ok. I said “that I saw”. Doesn’t mean I was certain. Now that I have my spectacles on I see I was incorrect.
My first was a model 10 308. Replaced the barrel and trigger then installed an XLR element. I still have it and it shoots great
I love KRG products, and own several, but i would not recommend their Savage chassis for PRS.
The forend is too short to run a gamechanger or fortune cookie bag with the bipod attached, and because the 180 Alpha uses a different backbone than the Remington and Tikka chassis, you can't add a spigot or use any of the standard forend options that KRG makes for the Bravo/X-ray/Whiskey-3.
There are lots of better Savage specific options for the PRS game, including MDT, MPA, and even smaller companies like PDC and ARS.
The gamechanger fits if you use a bipod that takes minimal space like an Atlas. True you can't add a spigot, but an ARCA rail can be adapted with minimal work.
I have two Howa-inlet 180-Xray chassis, which have the same exact forend design as the 180-Alpha
I have the CZ455 chassis, which uses the same plastic clamshell forend as the savage chassis.
There's 10 inches from the front of the mag well to the tip of the forearm. That's the same as the length of a full sized OG gamechanger (and only about an inch longer than the first model AG Gamechanger, Mini Fortune Cookie, Solo Sack, etc.), so even using an Atlas over something like a Harris, there's still potential for issues with the rifle sitting neatly on the bag without interference (and you're letting the chassis force you to choose a more expensive bipod).
You could choose a shorter bag, like a pint-sized GC (7" long), but again, you're letting the outdated chassis design dictate your other equipment choices.
So, you're either limited in your choice of bipod and bag (and still maybe stuck with some interference), or forced to adapt an aftermarket arca rail to overcome the outdated forend. And unless you can find a way to adapt a barricade stop to the chassis (or use the Area419 stop that clamps to the arca rail you've had to modify to fit the chassis), there's nothing to prevent a bag putting rearward pressure on the magazine.
Lastly, since the metal backbone stops under the Savage barrel nut, the forearm is also considerably less stiff when compared to other KRG chassis, or to competitors options.
Either way you're stuck with having to work around a shortcoming of the chassis.
An MDT LSS-XL with the aluminum skeleton rifle stock is within $30 of the 180-Alpha, has the same buttstock adjustability as the KRG, plus 13 inches of forend (enough for a bag plus any bipod option), and has M-lok so that you can easily add Arca, weight kits, etc.
The 180-Alpha is a great chassis, but at this point there are much better PRS specific options for the Savage.
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