Do I have a Savage sniper?

[gsimmons]

Brian Dick of BDL Ltd. Is a.com)

[gsimmons]

Let me try this again. Brian Dick from BDL Ltd should be able to help. bdlltd.com

[tlvaughn]

Let me try this again. Brian Dick from BDL Ltd should be able to help. bdlltd.com

+1

Brian has been working on one of my Enfields, give him a call.

[SpikeDD]

+1 more for Brian. You will not be disappointed.

[jmoore]

In the US, Brian Dick would be an excellent first choice. At least get his recommendation!

[Brian Dick]

Gee, thanks guys. I'm humbled by your confidence. I had a very good teacher. I'd have to see it to evaluate it.

[Mudhut]

With the front sight centered, my group was on the left edge of the target. This morning, I drifted the front sight to the left and shot the rifle at 50 yards off of sandbags . The results are shown in the attached pictures. There are two groups. The second three shot group is on the front of the target after I lowered the aperature as far down as possible. The first group and the second group are shown on the flip side. I used South African ball ammo. I am confident the rifle's accuracy exceeds my ability...with glasses on, the front post fades out and without glasses the target gets fuzzy. If I understand Mr. Laidler's description at post 51 on this thread, the front sight might pass muster even if I drifted it a little bit more. However, I think I'll clean the rifle and put it in the safe as is. The rifle runs well. The pads are in good shape except the slots on two screws on the front pad are damaged, as is one screw on the rear pad. If I travel through Mr. Dick's area, I'll try to bring it to him for his evaluation.

[jmoore]

It would make a good road trip! Hit the various little pawn shops and gunstores along the way if you want to make a real "gun tour".

[Peter Laidler]

As a little aside, the foresight is permitted to be over to the left or right but the full details of exactly how much have previously been related in a thread about foresights and I don't want to look it all up again. However, if it was much more than a tad left or right on a sniper rifle, then I'd suspect something greater amiss.

I appreciate that you considered some of the comments rather barbed but quite clearly, many others on the forum agreed - after a fashion - because they're all suggesting that you get it fixed - and fixed properly by the US Maestro of these rifles. As soon as it's done, you'll have a grand old lady that wouldn't look out of place in ANY collection of the worlds finest, most reliabvle, accurate and simple firearms ever designed. Anmd given those three attributes, no soldier could ever ask for anything more.

You are also in the most fortunate position that even if you don't put a telescope and bracket on your rifle, it's still original. I mean, just how good is that? And what's more, it's still a rare beast too............, with or without

[jmoore]

The rivets in your front handguard ( shown in post #77) are a bit different than the usual British version, Mudhut. Could you remove it from the rifle and do some more detail photos inside and out of the entire handguard?

There was a thread started about handguard rivets, but it seems to have been TOO anorak-ish for most folk!

Rivet Tail Variations on No4 Front Handguard Nosecaps

limpetmine noted that Savage rivets aren't hollow tailed like most others, and your photo reminded me of that old thread. Maybe you could contribute some photos of your example.

It would also be interesting to see any penciled in markings on the underside of the handguard.


ETA:
The most pertinent points of Captain Laidler's article as it refers to your situation and the drifted sight are on pages 3 and 4 of the following ".pdf" thing:

http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerd...ching%20Up.pdf

He has another article or two on proper fittment of fore ends, which may be the real cause of the off axis groups- That or a bad crown.