Gday
Thought I would document the progress of my little Savage Mk 2 and its slow transformation from $280 rabbit / plinking rifle to hopefully a reasonably competitive BR/Fly rifle.
I will first mention that this is going to be a large thread with lots of info that I have collected over the time I have owned this rifle.
Some of this content is content I have posted on other websites and also typed with different mindsets .
That being the case some info maybe in detail, some may not.
If more information is required please feel free to ask and I will tell you what I know.
Also I better ad a disclaimer that I am not a gunsmith and this information is not a guide and should not be followed and is to be taken with a grain of salt.
The build has not been finsihed yet.
I still have to :
* Re barrel
*True action
*Finish and paint stock
*Fit a better scope mounting system
*Perhaps the addition of a barrel tuner
Money is tight so things may be slow ! So far this project has costed very little and I hope to have a finished scoped and very accurate rifle for around $1000
Anyway here we go.....
Basicly the rifle started as a stainless steel Savage Mk2 22lr in the black tupperware stock.
I purchased the rifle second hand for $450 fitted with rings and a Leupold VX1 3-9x40
The rifle as is did not shoot too bad. It was very light and using Winchester Z's it was busting bunnies out to 70m.
Although the standard stock functioned fine I was not happy with the feel and it was almost too light which I found hard to control.
I turned to the cheapest option and purchased a Boyds stock for $150 delivered. After looking at the choice of colours for a while I decided to not play it safe and ordered the colour " Applejack" as I wanted a rifle that would look a little different.
After a week or so the stock arrived and I was very happy with the way it was made and the finish.
What I was unsure about was the colour as it was very pink compared to the red that it appeared on the website.
Anyway I fitted the stock and decided to live with it as it looked ok (great for a ladies rifle :P )


The Boyds stocks require a new trigger guard and longer action screws.
I was very lucky and found a Gregt Australian made trigger guard and for the action screws I drilled and taped the existing holes to M6x1.
I am yet to purchase new bolts with nicer looking heads.
I also purchased a 3mm Stainless steel magazine plate off forum member "Doc hollowpoint" which not only looks the part but also helps the rifles bedding ten fold.

The rifle came with a broken front site. This plus the fact that the factory crown was very poor I decided to take the barreled action to work and chop the front dovetail slot off and ad a 11deg target crown. With some time and effort I had the bore dialed in to 0.0005" and I very slowly and carefully parted off and cut the new crown. Before removing from the lathe I also used a little valve grinding paste to de bur the muzzle.

The next stage I did some work on the trigger . Unfortunately I did not take any pics as I was very focused on not stuffing things up.
Basically I followed this great thread http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227014
These mods work very well and with a little playing of my own I have achieved a trigger that breaks at around 4-5 ounces and function fine with the bolt being slammed closed. The trigger will adjust lighter but it becomes a little annoying to use as the sear slips when closing the bolt in a hurry.
After all this mucking around I took the rife for a shoot and things had improved a fair bit and making very small groups using CCI SV HP.
Whilst the rifle shot well that day I did discover that the bedding had major issues as I was able to move the action and barrel side to side.
Tightening the action screws more was not a option due to the design of the stock and only resulted in cracking sounds and bending of wood in the stock.
This inspired the nest stage and that is to glass and pillar bed the stock.
(Copy and paste from another forum)
Thought I would document the progress of my little Savage Mk 2 and its slow transformation from $280 rabbit / plinking rifle to hopefully a reasonably competitive BR/Fly rifle.
I will first mention that this is going to be a large thread with lots of info that I have collected over the time I have owned this rifle.
Some of this content is content I have posted on other websites and also typed with different mindsets .
That being the case some info maybe in detail, some may not.
If more information is required please feel free to ask and I will tell you what I know.
Also I better ad a disclaimer that I am not a gunsmith and this information is not a guide and should not be followed and is to be taken with a grain of salt.
The build has not been finsihed yet.
I still have to :
* Re barrel
*True action
*Finish and paint stock
*Fit a better scope mounting system
*Perhaps the addition of a barrel tuner
Money is tight so things may be slow ! So far this project has costed very little and I hope to have a finished scoped and very accurate rifle for around $1000
Anyway here we go.....
Basicly the rifle started as a stainless steel Savage Mk2 22lr in the black tupperware stock.
I purchased the rifle second hand for $450 fitted with rings and a Leupold VX1 3-9x40
The rifle as is did not shoot too bad. It was very light and using Winchester Z's it was busting bunnies out to 70m.
Although the standard stock functioned fine I was not happy with the feel and it was almost too light which I found hard to control.
I turned to the cheapest option and purchased a Boyds stock for $150 delivered. After looking at the choice of colours for a while I decided to not play it safe and ordered the colour " Applejack" as I wanted a rifle that would look a little different.
After a week or so the stock arrived and I was very happy with the way it was made and the finish.
What I was unsure about was the colour as it was very pink compared to the red that it appeared on the website.
Anyway I fitted the stock and decided to live with it as it looked ok (great for a ladies rifle :P )


The Boyds stocks require a new trigger guard and longer action screws.
I was very lucky and found a Gregt Australian made trigger guard and for the action screws I drilled and taped the existing holes to M6x1.
I am yet to purchase new bolts with nicer looking heads.
I also purchased a 3mm Stainless steel magazine plate off forum member "Doc hollowpoint" which not only looks the part but also helps the rifles bedding ten fold.

The rifle came with a broken front site. This plus the fact that the factory crown was very poor I decided to take the barreled action to work and chop the front dovetail slot off and ad a 11deg target crown. With some time and effort I had the bore dialed in to 0.0005" and I very slowly and carefully parted off and cut the new crown. Before removing from the lathe I also used a little valve grinding paste to de bur the muzzle.

The next stage I did some work on the trigger . Unfortunately I did not take any pics as I was very focused on not stuffing things up.
Basically I followed this great thread http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227014
These mods work very well and with a little playing of my own I have achieved a trigger that breaks at around 4-5 ounces and function fine with the bolt being slammed closed. The trigger will adjust lighter but it becomes a little annoying to use as the sear slips when closing the bolt in a hurry.
After all this mucking around I took the rife for a shoot and things had improved a fair bit and making very small groups using CCI SV HP.
Whilst the rifle shot well that day I did discover that the bedding had major issues as I was able to move the action and barrel side to side.
Tightening the action screws more was not a option due to the design of the stock and only resulted in cracking sounds and bending of wood in the stock.
This inspired the nest stage and that is to glass and pillar bed the stock.
(Copy and paste from another forum)
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