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Savage model 116

tbredhorse
We purchased a "new" Savage .338 from GB approximately a year ago. We followed the recommended break-in procedure to the letter, yet this gun will not site in. We have about a 3 inch pattern at 100 yards, but the bullets splay wildly at 200 yards to the point of not even hitting a 18x24 target. We have replaced the mounts and rings 3 times and the scope 2 times. Savage informs us that the gun is an "older" model, and that they will not repair it. Do you have any suggestions? We are very unhappy[V]
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  • carbine100
    I have had luck glass bedding the action and free floating barrel on several guns that would not group well. This is probably where I would start, because a glass bed kit is inexpensive and easy to do.
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  • He Dog
    I would be inclined to the same action, but first I would check the barrel to see if it is free floated. If not I would remove the contact points, and if it is free floated I might fold some paper to create a contact point at the front of the forearm. Some rifles don't like being free floated. If none of that works, then I would glass bed it (use the gel glas from Brownells, much easier to work with, particularly for a first time) and free float it and then see what you have.
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  • Frogbert
    Has the crown got a nick in it?

    Frog.

    RiBBButt...You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you've a mind to. -Roger Miller
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  • bub8889
    I also have an "older" 116 in 7mm stw. After the break in and handload testing it would put 5 into a skoal can at 400yds. After maybe 200 rounds the accuracy just went away, like you say your is, couldn't hit the broad side of a barn standing in side it. The problem on mine was simple, There are 2 screws going up through the trigger guard that were apperently never completely tightened from factory and had started to back out allowing slop between the stock and barrel.The savage stock ain't the sturdiest to begin with. THese screws mist be tightened evenly or it will torque the action into the stock.
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  • easygo6
    As Sugg by bub8889, the solution he suggests will work temporarily. In a magnum caliber it is best to put some 'glass under the action. That way the tightening of the action screws do not compress the wood/wear the stock to the point of loosening again. If your are hady, installing pillar bedding AND fiberglass would be the best.

    Again, Brownells for the pillar bedding kit.

    Luck
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