CONTACTS
Bob Moss • 620-428-5401 1003 S Adams • Hugoton, KS 67951
(Savage 12 & 112 Switch-Barrels) Savage Arms, Inc. 118 Mountain Road Suffield, CT 06078 (413) 568-7001
www.savagearms.com
Holland’s Shooters Supply Inc. P.O. Box 69
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www.mossrifles.com to see a photo gallery of our Custom Built Rifles.
From the onset, the .308 Win-
chester rifle handled most any of the loads I offered it with a good share of high twos and threes in the mix. Then I struck on a load that set ’em all back. This was the 168-grain Berger with the Lapua small-rifle-primer cases using 41 grains of Reloder 15 powder and CCI 200 small rifle primers. One target showed a 0.231 minute of angle 300- yard group and two five-shot 100-yard groups measuring 0.195" and one 0.009" (and yes, the decimal points are in the correct place). These three groups translate to 0.145" minute of angle average. The Savage stock barrel in .220
Swift shot four groups using Hornady 52-grain bullets into 0.473", 0.435", 0.279", and 0.233" for a respectable 0.355" average. One of my favorite .25 caliber
wildcats, the .257 Ackley Improved, fared well with six straight five-shot groups with none outside of 0.650". Here I used Sierra’s 100-grain bullets and IMR 4350 powder. In my planning, I chose to chamber
a Krieger 1:12" twist barrel to the 112 action for the 5mm/35 SMc. The more I use this cartridge the better I like it. It is a worthy addition to the .20 caliber
family. Six groups using a few of the bullets stayed well under 0.400" aver- age at 100 yards. At 300 yards it also grouped very well. Last, I’ll reflect on the .22 PPC
as used in the Savage Model 12 short action with a Shilen 1:14" twist barrel. Though this entry may be thought of as a bench rest cartridge, along with its rather pricey cases, it also is a very capable varmint cartridge. I shot seven groups shortly after barrel break-in us- ing the 52-grain Sierra bullet along with 26 grains of N133 powder. These seven groups averaged a ho-hum 0.160". I then switched to the 300-yard range and shot three five-shot groups which measured 0.795", 0.850", and 0.940", which trans- lates to 0.862" MOA average in a mild crosswind. Whenever my varmint rifles group inside two inches at 300 yards, I don’t complain, but inside an inch at this range is above and beyond! To summarize, the many hours
devoted to planning and building switch-barrel rifles has been worth every minute of it. Had I known how effective the Savage rifles would be, I would not have waited so long to work with them.
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