A buddy wanted a great long range coyote rifle, and jumped on a deal from Cabelas for a Savage bull 22-250. He had nothing but issues with factory ammo. All Cabelas would do is sell more ammo to try and a shrug of the shoulders. Nick put the rifle in his closet for a couple years and about gave up on it. When I was in CO this last fall, I tried to tinker with it a bit. Checked the OAL off the ogive and his jump to the lands. On average, the jump (varied by each type of ammo) was about .312 – YES way over a quarter inch. Nearly all my custom loads are .005 to about .070.
Called Savage and talked to C/S about the reloading issue I was having with it. Out of warranty – they just said to box it up and send it back. If it was poor workmanship, they would take care of it. So, we did.
Nick just received his rifle back. New barrel and new bolt. He did some test firing with Hornady 55gr Vmax and he’s drilling figure 8’s at 200yrds. And the best part was NO CHARGE!!! Savage did the right thing and took care of him. Its awesome to see companies do this. Way to go Savage!!!
