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Nowhere near a .22 rifle, but just wanted to share this - shooting the Rem 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD rifle in .308 Win. This thing is ridiculous to shoot. :o Every steel target between 150 yards and 450 yards is truly a no-brainer. I had about an 8~10mph wind coming at me from 11 o'clock, to the 525 and 575 yard targets required some decent wind-dependent holdover. I hit the 150 target a little too close to the weld in it's centerbeam for the swing/hang, and the damn thing fell off the target. :grin: 1/2" thick plate, and the weld didn't hold, and I only hit it with a 150-gr softpoint. Oh well, hopefully it'll be welded back up there next weekend. :confused: I was supposed to be shooting it today with a new AAC brake, but I didn't make it to the gunshop before they closed on Saturday. Next week... :thumb:

Drew, you need to get to an Appleseed shoot. Here's what's coming up for CT. Note, you can't attend the first one listed, in July - that's for the Ladies. I mean, you can go, but you won't be able to shoot or train. If you can't shoot, they might think you're just there checkin' out the Ladies... :o ;D Hit up one of these, brother. Do it for me, man... :beer: http://www.appleseedinfo.org/search-states.php?filter=CT&statename=Connecticut

Pics, Drew, pics... Pics, or I know you get my point, brother... :grin:

Be careful on the rear sight w/ rail from them, if you're using one of their receivers - they have two different rear sights w/ rails - one for a Ruger 10/22 and one for their receiver (it's slightly different than the Ruger receiver). NDS-26 for Ruger receivers. NDS-25 for NDS receivers.

It was a real pain in the ass holding him down, while I shot the FDE stripes, too... :o

If you hit the "Reply" button at the bottom of the last post, it's a full-featured reply, with all toolbars. Just using the "Preview" function in Quick Reply opens the response to the full-featured version. Just checked it. :thumb:

Just an FYI - "Quick Reply" is typically only a text entry, just to respond to someone. You can't even quote someone's response with Quick Reply. There will be no toolbars or other posting aids in that feature. :thumb:

That's a sear issue, brother.

"Any Other Weapon," brother. Not an SBR for two reasons - not a rifle, and doesn't have a buttstock. If it had a buttstock, it would be a "SBS" - Short Barreled Shotgun." That's an actual NFA classification. "AOW" catches everything else that doesn't fit a certain NFA category or classification. That thing is damn sweet, too!!! :beer:

Not just Marines... :thumb: :beer:

Thanks, man - this rifle is truly one of most favorite, all around rifles. The little beast is a blast to shoot. :beer: Here is the final 10-rd magazine from last weekend. A true 50 yards, shooting Winchester M-22. This stuff work well through this rifle. I have today's targets, still in the truck, so I'll dig them out and get them up, too. I put a full 10-rd mag out at 100 yards, with Federal Premium HV Match. I am not impressed with that ammo, through this rifle. I did the same thing at 50 yards, and same results - this rifle shoots the Winchester M-22 better than it shoot Fed Premium HV Match. I should have put a few mags of CCI Mini-Mag and CCI Blazer through it, but I ran out of range time. I'll get that done next weekend. Gratuitous pic of the Tacti-Cat, doing what he does best: Yes, it's true - even my furniture is FDE... :confused: :o ;D

I perform this mod for anybody that brings a 10/22 to the Appleseed shoots that I work. It takes about 15 minutes with a hand file, so if there are any questions about it, just ask away. It really is simple to do. :thumb:

Another option in this arena is the use of the NoDak Spud NDS-26 rear sight setup on your 10/22. It will work perfectly with the TechSight front or you could use the NoDak Spud front setup. The Bushnell TRS-25 work well, as does the Primary Arms mini red dot. Here's the rear setup:

Pics just don't do the paint any justice - it's great out in the dirt. I wish I could get the pics to show what it really looks like. I'm already on the hunt for the Mark II TRR-SR in stock someplace... :thumb:

Drew is trying to ignore me, because he knows it'll hurt his wallet... ;D :beer: Here, brother: http://tactical22.net/forum/savage-arms/savage-mark-ii-fv-sr/

Once I get the target pics up, you'll like it even more. :thumb: It's shooting well, very well. I've got a couple small boxes of FGGM .22LR that I'll put through it today, but I've mostly been shooting Winchester M-22 - I'm quite happy with that ammo in this one. Here's the finished rifle, full paint, out in the wild: From finding the rifle in stock and ordering, to the finished final version, this project went about 3 weeks total. I went through this one fast... :o

The Savage Mark II FV-SR .22LR bolt action. I had been looking for one of these for months. I already have three different 10/22s, and wanted to build something different, and that little rifle fit the bill perfectly. It has the 16.5" fluted heavy barrel, threaded end with thread protector, larger bolt knob, and a full length top rail over the receiver. As it is shipped, it comes with a very lightweight, rather cheap feeling polymer stock. Boyd's Stocks offers the Tacticool stock for the Savage Mark II and 93 models, so that was the direction to take. I couldn't find any online dealers with this in stock, and I tried my local dealer. He looked it up, and none of his distributors had it, either. I wanted to give him the business, but he's actually cool enough to advise me just to get it if I can find it, and just transfer it to him. If I waited for him to get it in stock, the way everything is right now, then I might not ever get it. Find it and ship it to him. Luckily, about 2 weeks after that conversation, I found it on Bud's for $259. I was going to walk with it from my dealer for $230 OTD, but that was if it showed with his distributors. I wasn't really happy about going higher, but it was in stock, so I grabbed it. I ordered it on a Friday night, and by the following Sunday night they were out of stock at Bud's again. I think they came back in stock after that, but at $269... As soon as I ordered it, I ordered the Tacticool from Boyd's. It was listed as backordered, but shipping in 2-3 weeks - it shipped one week later. Ordered the Nikon 3-9x40 with 150 BDC, and put that in a set of Warne Maxima steel low rings, with QD clamps (great rings, by the way). On the "stock" stock, the trigger guard is integrated, and the bottom metal is very thin. Bottom metal and trigger guard for the new Tacticool stock came from DIP, and it is very nice. At the time, they had the black phosphate bottom metal in stock, but only the silver trigger guard. Since I was painting it anyway, I got the silver, and didn't wait for the black to come back in stock. In the span of one full week, the rifle was here, stock was shipped, and all over parts were on-hand. The paint was from Aervoe, and the stock got the "sponge-camo" treatment. All other parts got a solid color. This little moster shoots fantastically. I've got a few targets to post up, and that'll get done sometime today - last weeks "last 10 round mag" was great, at 50 yards. I'll have that up later. Here's the pics... As it ships, and as it is delivered - only comes with one 5-rd magazine: After paint on the stock, but hardware not painted yet: Hardware finished:

Hell yeah, man!!! :beer: Nigel Tufnel rules!!! 8)

Thank you guys!!! :beer:

Drew, how can I help you?... ;D FV-SR, brother. 16.5", threaded 1/2 x 28. :thumb:

I can't believe there's not a sub-section for Savage .22s in here anywhere... :confused: Can that be fixed, Drew-Meister? ;D :beer:

IMHO, yes. I have a Krylon'd AR. It has held up well, considering it's been moderately used, and I painted it sometime over the summer in 2010. This paint just feels far more durable than the Krylon. Time will tell, but initial impression is that it's very good. They primarily do industrial-application types of things, and so far that's exactly what it seems like - industrial. Here's a link to their paint products: http://www.aervoe.com/paints_coatings/Paints-and-Coatings/

HAHA!!! I'm planting Evil Seeds all over the place, and I think unforgiven just accidentally fell on one of them... :confused: ;D I'll be calling you soon about these - I love the design, and I hate top-loading the 700 with a one-piece scope rail on there. That's a tedious process. It's definitely a bonus that I can get the DBM from you, because I won't have to wonder or guess about the quality - I know the design and function will be as good as it can possibly be, from any manufacturer. I have to figure out how to tell people it's a BADASS-DBM, though... :grin: I'm going to experiment with this a bit once I get it in my hands. I've got a Ruger Gunsite Scout that uses "AI-designed" mags. The actual mags are made by Accurate Mag, on the AI template. If the Ruger steel factory "AI-designed" mag fits, then the Ruger polymer mags will fit, too, and I've got a bundle of those things already... :thumb: I'm running a Hogue overmold stock on the 700 now, so that shouldn't be too hard to inlet, with a few small Dremel sanding drums and bits. :beer:

Roger, I really need to know more about the BAD-DBM. I need that. BADly need that. :o

Nah, man - that right there is a BOFUS. If she falls off that fencepost, it's gonna take BOFUS to get her back up... :confused: