Optimal length of pull, comb height and vertical positioning of the buttpad can be different when shooting prone than from other positions, and precise adjustments in the stock make those changes quick and easy to make as seconds tick away during a stage.Īll trigger fingers are not the same length and fore/aft adjustment of the MDT vertical grip has that covered as well. Design and precision machining are impressive. Savage went straight to the top by resting the barreled action in an Adjustable Core Competition chassis built by Modular Driven Technologies. Peeks inside with a Lyman Borecam revealed mostly smooth button rifling with only a few minor tool marks running across the tops of the lands.Īs is commonly seen on extended-distance competition rifles, a 16-slot rail attached to the receiver has 20 m.o.a. Glare on bright sunlit days is virtually eliminated by a matte surface finish on the barrel.
338 Lapua barrels are threaded, those rifles do not come with a brake. The brake is on short-action rifles in 6mm Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor and. The 26-inch stainless steel barrel is 1.125 inches in diameter at the receiver, and from there it tapers to 0.875-inch at the muzzle where it is threaded for an included dual-chamber brake. As is typical for one of the best and most reliable mass-produced triggers available, the break was match-grade smooth and crisp with no detectable creep or overtravel. The fully adjustable AccuTrigger has a pull weight adjustment range of 1.5 to four pounds, and the test rifle departed the factory at 1.75 pounds. The MDT grip allows shooters to customize reach to trigger, and of course, the rifle incorporates the AccuTrigger, which came from the factory set at 1.75 pounds.
A slight protrusion of the cocking piece at the rear of the bolt sleeve indicates a cocked firing pin. It was too much for my digital postal scale, so I weighed the gun’s barreled action and chassis separately and came up with a total weight of right around 13 pounds.įull forward is Fire, to the rear is Safe with the bolt locked, and the middle position allows the bolt to be cycled for loading and unloading with the safety engaged. The Elite Precision appears heavy, and looks are not deceiving in this case. I had managed to round up loads from several companies and was curious to see how accurate they would be in a factory-built target rifle. Then there is the matter of the 6mm Creedmoor. One, Savage rifles are predictably accurate, and as much as I shoot each year, I still enjoy shooting an accurate rifle. I was looking forward to shooting it for two reasons. The 110 Elite Precision is the latest thoroughbred to enter the race, and as off-the-shelf rifles for PRS and other long-distance competitions go, it represents Savage’s finest hour. It is still available, but wait time can be lengthy. Mag., and while the 40X was still being cataloged by Remington, options had started to dwindle. In 1994, Savage introduced the single-shot Model 112BT Competition Grade Rifle with laminated wood stock and heavy 26-inch barrel in. I’m not sure when Remington began to relinquish its lead, nor am I sure when Savage picked up the baton, but it was sometime during the 1990s. × The Modular Driven Technologies aluminum chassis has adjustments for length of pull, comb height and vertical recoil pad positioning. Winchester soon dropped out of the accuracy race. It was the first factory rifle built in America to depart the factory with an accuracy guarantee. That rifle eventually evolved into the 40X target rifle, and when the Remington 700 was introduced in 1962, a switch to its action was made.ĭuring the following decades, many different 40X variations chambered for a variety of centerfire cartridges and the. in the hands of its designer, Mike Walker, began winning benchrest matches in 1950. Then came the Remington Model 722 in 1948, and a heavy-barrel version in. 22 Long Rifle was your cup of tea, the Winchester Model 52 was offered with both standard and heavy barrels with Redfield International sights as an option. was just the ticket for keeping bullets close together on a 1,000-yard target. If being top shooter in the Wimbledon Cup match at Camp Perry was on your bucket list, the Model 70 Bull Gun with an extremely heavy, 28-inch barrel in. 30-06 reigned supreme across America and a few other countries.
Beginning during the mid-1930s and reaching into the late 1950s, the Winchester Model 70 National Match with optional light, medium and heavy barrels in. Leadership in the manufacture of accurate rifles designed for competitive shooting has changed only a couple of times during the past 85 years or so.
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