welcome to the Social Regressive it's time for the final review of the savage
model 10 GRS in 6.5 Creedmoor we're going to take a look at some of the
various challenges that we put this rifle to and I'm gonna put a link to the
playlist for everything that we've done so far but yeah we're gonna take a close
look at what we've done with this rifle what its accuracy is like we're going to
delve down into the hardware and then we're going to have a discussion of kind
of the functions of this rifle and some of the good places that this could be
put to use we're going to take a look at a couple of different kinds of ammo that
we've put through it and before we really jump into all of this I just want
to give a quick thanks to the patrons of the destructive arts on patreon thanks a
bunch you guys for helping to make this possible Thank You Jackson Beach the the
300 Win Mag sponsor the destructive arts and thank you a bunch to you guys at
savage and at Bushnell and at federal for helping to provide some of this
equipment that I can test after stripping the base off the rifle and
making sure that it was properly locked tided and torqued down and then checking
the torque on everything else I went out I did the break-in period and I did some
basic accuracy testing including a six hundred yard group test but then the
real challenges started up I did the egg challenge which is an attempt to scramble
six eggs at 300 yards and you only get six shots to do it and despite the
difficulty of this challenge I was able to hit it four times I was able to hit
four of those eggs out of six which is a personal best for me and I think that's
a really good testament to the accuracy of the rifle aside from you know the
sort of groups that I was seeing on paper if I can nail eggs at 300 yards
yeah the rifles accurate next up was the unknown distance challenge and this is
one that really puts the whole system to the test this is one that isn't a
special challenge for the user the spotter and then as far as equipment
goes it's a real test of the Bushnell HD mr2 that we had out there that's a three
and a half to twenty-one power scope it is all mill it has a horse age 59
reticle in it and this thing really showed its stuff all the little things
that are inside this reticle we're just perfect for being able to not
only you know be able to hit the targets at various distances but it was
the only equipment that we use to find out what the distances were in the first
place so we use that fine reticle to figure out an approximate range to the
target and then fire and really by the end we were able to range and then hit
these things in one shot including my friend Cole's shot at 425
yards it was just his first shot at a spray paint can and he totally took it
out great rifle great scope and I think these practical tests are really showing
what the whole thing is capable of next was the sound test where we got to hear
what 6.5 Creedmoor sounds like if you are the target if bullets are incoming
toward your quarry what kind of sounds are they going to hear they're going to
hear the crack of the bullet they're going to hear some of the pop of the
rifle but yes it does start to affect that sound the further back you go I've
demonstrated the accuracy of the rifle on paper a little bit but for the most
part I've shown it through these practical tests the 140 grain American
Eagle ammunition that stuff printed very well in all distances it did very well
I'd say that it was probably overall about 3/4 MOA
but it may actually have been tighter than that as it was starting to break in
I didn't do a final group with that but I wouldn't be surprised if it was
starting to tighten up from that 3/4 amaway just because pretty much anything
that pointed to that I would hit it now on the other hand the federal gold medal
burger ammunition with 130 grain burger hybrids this rifle didn't seem to care
for it all that much watch this it looks like this particular rifle has a
preference for the 140 grain federal American Eagle ammo this is the size of
that group you know you can see that okay it's kind of between these fingers
about that distance and that's at 300 yards and down here this is my 600 yard
group with the 140 grain stuff so you can see that okay that's about this size
everything in here that's about the size of the 300 yard group I just got with
the gold metal burger open it up just a bit
that is the 140 green so double the distance but it's definitely not double
the size this is still a decent sized group right here I had intended to take
this rifle to a 600 yard match and see how it does but by that time I was out
of the 140 grain ammo and the 130s just weren't performing as well as I had
hoped I'm gonna save up the rest of that 130
grand ammo and hopefully we'll be able to test that in the new savage stealth
evolution rifle it's coming out I'm gonna see if I can get my hands on one
at 6.5 Creedmoor and show what it's capable of
I also hope to be able to do some reloading for 6.5 Creedmoor so watch for
that what made this rifle work so well in
these challenges let's take a look at the hardware and first off we have to
pay attention to this the GRS Berzerk stock this is a Norwegian stock it's a
fiberglass reinforced polymer stock and it's not hollow like you typically see
in a lot of the polymer stocks that you buy or at least it's not as hollow it's
it's a pretty dense thing you can see that it has an adjustable cheek riser it
has an adjustable butt pad and it has that bizarre grip that is both canted
and offset and it may look a little bit strange but it just plain works they put
your it puts the finger right exactly where you want it on the trigger it is
just as natural as breathing you can choose whether you want to put your
thumb up on the side of the stock or if you want to wrap it around and out front
you get a decently long little forearm here and you get a little bit of rubber
padding just in case you do want to use this for off hand work it attaches to
this model 10 action via two large pillars and they're not exactly rounded
like you usually see they're kind of a rounded squared-off deal and they seem
to do their job just fine the bottom metal features an oversized trigger loop
so you can get your gloved fingers in on this very fine Accu trigger this is an
extremely crisp two pounds right here and then this mag well can fit these
accuracy international magazines this is a Magpul that fits that that size you
can also use the original accuracy international
Thanks this is a 10 rounder right here and that's what the rifle comes with I
think that magazine is one of the major factors in making this bolt throw as
nice as it is this is a very slick bolt through there's really nothing hanging
up on it since it's only feeding one round at a time it's not having to deal
with anything staggered or anything like that there seems to be very little
pressure on the bolt and so unlocking is very slick and can be done with
fingertips slides easily and then slides back in easily as well this oversized
bolt knob feels really good the muscle end of the barrel is threaded for 5/8 to
24 and you can see that it has a varmint taper it's it's a pretty aggressive
taper and it features these flutes and it really makes the rifle overall much
lighter than you would expect and it makes the balance pretty good if you do
have to take a standing shot or some other awkward shot it doesn't feel like
you're trying to hold up a cannon as usual since this is a savage you do get
this barrel nut so if one day you want to either replace the barrel because
it's been shot out or you want to swap to a different caliber there you go all
you have to do is just take that off get your head spacing right and you're good
to go three position safety cocking indicator one quick note on the GRS
stock it does not sit on a rear bag well you can see that I just kind of have it
jammed in that vacuous area below there but what I'm used to firing is a rifle
that has a straight sort of area here from the toe up to the grip kind of your
traditional stock shape that's going to work really well for sliding the bag
back and forth and getting your elevation and in this case it it's kind
of clunky what I ended up doing is using the good old sock full of rocks you can
use airsoft BB's or something and of course there are those little tactical
squishy bags but you want something that you can change your elevation by
squashing and stretching the bag to fit underneath because really you just kind
of have this little flat section that's all you get if you're gonna raise and
lower it it's not going to be moving the bag this way it's gonna be by moving the
bed this way one thing that I can't
emphasize enough is the comfort of this rifle stock and how important that is to
getting good shots we're used to contorting ourselves to fit a stock that
doesn't really fit the human proportions we're used to kind of twisting our
wrists around and doing all kinds of things in order to see through the scope
and in this case it kind of gets the rifle out of the way which is exactly
what you want you want to be able to focus on your breathing on your trigger
pull and this just gets everything lined up nicely if you're a righty I noticed
first of all the comfort of the adjustable cheek rest right here
this is unbelievable and this is important when you're using different
heights of scope mounts this will get your head at all ages and levels where
you're at where it's comfortable for your head to take the pressure off your
neck to fire a lot of rounds in a match also when I heard about the slight can't
in this handle on the GRS I was like yeah it's not straight up and down I
wonder you know why is it like that well I took my hand at home and I grasped I
took it like this and I held it straight for a long period of time and I can feel
different muscles in there you know they're working of course so then I just
went a natural can't in my wrist the same pressure hold on it and I
understand now why it's so comfortable there was a lot of degree lesser degree
of fatigue when you're candid this is more of a natural position so GRS
putting that in there I really like the feel of that I know it sounds different
you're thinking well I'll hold my hand when I'm down and prone my hands gonna
be like this no it really felt natural and I use a thumb rest to keep the
pressure on my thumb rester a lot of us you'll see guys not holding it this but
they hold it here there's a little place in this stalk that's perfect for your
thumb it's what it's for it just rests your thumb right there and I used it and
unbelievably comfortable after all the rounds that I've put through this rifle
and all the time that I've spent with it I think I have a pretty good bead on
what it's good at what it's particularly capable at first off you can just kind
of think of it as a custom rifle in a box and not just a custom rifle for you
but a custom rifle for your friends your your family you know if you have a
younger sportsman in the family it's really easy to get this thing down to
that I think about 13-inch length of pull so if you do have a younger
teenager or you know an older boy or girl or somebody that wants to fire
then you can get a pretty short length of pull of course that cheek riser is
going to be very adjustable there and overall you get just magnificent
ergonomics the thing feels really good in hand and the weight overall is also
very nice so as far as you know the type of work that you can do with it it's
definitely designed to be a prone rifle it's designed for your tactical styles
of firing but it will flex into some other things so for you know long range
hunters I think this would be a really good option I think varmint errs would
love it especially in that 6 millimeter Creedmoor loading 65 would be pretty
awesome too for maybe some of the bigger varmints like I don't know groundhogs
coyotes that'd be really cool it's a little be a really good long-range
type of guns so if you want to be able to take a rifle just straight
out of the box get some good ammo for it or make
especially make some good hand loads for it and try to you know work up your
ranges maybe you're out west and you have the kind of range we can do that
fantastic rifle for that sort of thing and that's the cool thing about this it
just comes out of the box all sorted instead of having to swap over to a you
know a different stock or come up with a different barrel and all this sort of
stuff or go you know send your barrel off to go get it threaded that sort of
thing it kind of just has everything you need
all in one package and when you consider that the GRS Berzerk stock by itself
generally costs about I think 650 bucks and you're getting the model 10 the old
model 10 hardware fluted threaded accuracy international magazines you
know the bottom metal and all that it really is a great price for a rifle that
I think that you can grow with and enjoy in all kinds of situations thanks for
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