Savage B-Mag

Originally Posted By: marcoI've got call BS on that!!! Dog!!!


Like I said I used my trigger pull scale. It may be off weighing that much. 6pounds-8 pounds, not really that much difference when your carrying more crap than you really need anyway, like most of us usually do. I'll get it on something more reliable than the scale I used and get back to you. I can be wrong and have no problem admitting it. Just told you what my scale said.

FYI, its the prairie hunter I think is what its called. The PH and the Heritige look the same on Boyd's stocks but mine doesn't have a cheek piece.
 
Well, I stand corrected. I weighed it again and still used my trigger pull scale and the first time it weighed 8 pounds and the second time, just under. I was wrong.
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But it still doesn't feel that heavy to me.
 
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Savage shows my B mag at 4.9 pound . I have a 2x7 Weaver and a light weight nylon sling! I bet it's under 6 pound . Great pick up truck rifle cause that's where it stays most of the time. And I did a great job painting the stock that OD Green. Looks beautiful !
 
Originally Posted By: marcoSavage shows my B mag at 4.9 pound . I have a 2x7 Weaver and a light weight nylon sling! I bet it's under 6 pound . Great pick up truck rifle cause that's where it stays most of the time. And I did a great job painting the stock that OD Green. Looks beautiful !

All that really matters is you like it. Glad it is serving you well. I wish the weather would break so I can shoot mine. It setting on the table but the rain won't let up. Maybe by the week-end.
 
I couldn't tell you how many crow and turtles I've killed with that rifle 20gr V max! It's my turtle gun really . And yes I love it!! Didn't like the B Mag at first, but boy I do now!
 
I got 20 grain V-Max and some ammo with the Browning label that are 25 grain. Do these rifles prefer one weight over another? Or is it like other rifles, just have to shot it to see what it likes best? The Browning is a plastic tipped bullet but it got a kinda brown colored tip. I hear ammo is all made in the same place no matter whats on the box.
 
It's all loaded by Winchester, all the same stuff! Like all Rimfire Ammo find a lot # it likes keep your fingers crossed!
 
Originally Posted By: marcoIt's all loaded by Winchester, all the same stuff! Like all Rimfire Ammo find a lot # it likes keep your fingers crossed!

While it is all loaded at the same plant my chronograph sees a difference and one loading in particular causes extraction issues in my B-Mag that repeats itself every time I test them side by side. I suspect that there is some variation on powder charges from "brand" to "brand" and lot to lot variation means you find a good one and go buy a grundle of that lot number.

Greg
 
Originally Posted By: marcoCompletely unnecessary and inappropriate response. Deleted.

the kid does have a mouth on him. can not believe he is even still allowed to post here after the reply he made about a year ago. it was the nasiest thing i have ever read on here.
 
Well I shot the B-Mag today. Better than I thought it would shoot but not as good as I was hoping. No bug holes for sure but the Browning 25 grain ammo shot 5 shots around an inch and the Hornady 20 grain just over. The wind picked up pretty hard and cut my range time down before I got very many rounds down range but just about anything at 100yds would have felt the sting.
 
That and tree rats and armadillo's will be all I use it for. Its just a stress reliever rifle. Something I don't need to reload for. I'm not going to say it won't kill a coyote, I just have rifles that will get the job done better.
 
Originally Posted By: pyscodogWell I shot the B-Mag today. Better than I thought it would shoot but not as good as I was hoping. No bug holes for sure but the Browning 25 grain ammo shot 5 shots around an inch and the Hornady 20 grain just over. The wind picked up pretty hard and cut my range time down before I got very many rounds down range but just about anything at 100yds would have felt the sting.

How's the trigger in your Bmag?

The trigger in mine, even adjusted as light as it would go, still was fairly heavy and had a good amount of creep/pretravel in it. I took mine apart, cleaned up then polished the surfaces on the sear and it helped it out a lot. Its been a few years and a lot of trigger jobs ago so I don't exactly remember what I all did but if I recall I clipped a coil or two off of the spring as well. Tuning the trigger in mine helped get it down to a little under 2 lbs with zero creep and probably did as much for my groups size as anything.

Also, since tuning up the trigger, I rarely get a FTF and before that, I was getting a lot of FTF and had to strike some of them 2-3 times before they would go bang.

FWIW, MOA for any 17 WSM right out of the box isn't to bad and will likely only improve. Did you by chance clean the barrel before you shot it? I've only owned Savage rimfires but their barrels don't seem to require nearly as much cleaning out of the box new as my CZ's and if you're interested, Possum Hollow makes a bore guide for the Sav Bmag.
 
I recently purchased the standard model bmag for a truck gun. I topped it with a 6x Leupold.
After burning it in I can say it is super light and mine is more accurate than I expected. It does like the 25 grain bullet the best.
The bolt is an issue as I had to mount the scope back far enough so it doesn’t hit the rear bell of the scope. It still taps but barely. All my rifles are bolts but this one takes getting used to with the cock as you drop system.
I broke mine in and worked it over thru the lead sled and it does less than 1” at 100 no problem and tears same hole often. That being said... the ammo is not well made. I have not gotten thru a box of 50 25 gr without 2 or 3 misfires. Indentation is fine. I suspect the spinning of primer powder in the case is very poorly done overall.
Someone above mentioned bullet tips. The red tips are the 20 grain, grey tips are 25 grain. I think there are 17 grain out there as well?
Fun gun to plink with and it will cut a pdog in half. Seeing what it does to skunks it will be kind to fox fur out to 200 no doubt. With care I would stretch to coyotes that far if a soft shot was to be had.
For under 300 bucks and cheap ammo, worth the effort.
Hef-A
I forgot as I look back above. I used jewelers files to take some burr out of the first stage of the accutrigger and then re set trigger pull to 1.75 with no trouble at all.
 
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Trigger is just OK. Sure nothing to write home about. As far as cleaning. I ran a wet bore snake threw the barrel a half dozen times. Didn't really scrub it but did do the snake. I only shot about 30 rounds threw it today as the wind came up pretty good. I didn't have any FTF's though. The little rotary mag is kind of a PITA. It can be a little stubborn to load at times but not terrible. I'm using a BSA Sweet 223 6x18. I know its a POS but it worked just fine today. I set the dial at 100 and I plan on trying to make a reference tape out to maybe 300 yards. Not sure if Iz can make it work or not but it will be fun trying.
 
An update for any interested. Yesterday morning being calm I took the Bmag and stretched it out. 25 grain bullet. On the bench using the lead sled I was able to dial it in at 250 yards which is what I set my .243 and .220 swift work rifles in at.
Target was a hanging metal square 4" x 4". 7 for 7 all within a 1.5 inch wide column and 3.5 inch variance vertically. I'm impressed with that bullet.
I'm not impressed with another 4 misfires out of a box of 50.
The gun will have to be re sighted now when time allows, being zero at 250 is much to hi at 100-200.

Unclehef-A
 
I put a BSA 223 scope I had laying around on mine. Gonna try to make the dial system maybe work for the B-Mag. Not getting my hopes up but it worth a try.
 
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