Savage .22 with threaded barrel

[sniper7]

Looking at either the Savage Mark II TRR-SR or Mark II FV-SR.

I would like to have the longer barrel, but the shorter one would be find as well. I tried out the later and liked it, but was wondering if the extra $$ spend on the TRR-SR would be worth it?

Just wanted to see if anyone has any experience with them and what their opinion was.

[Skullworks]

I have a std 20" barrel Mark II GL ( I'm a lefty ) and I got a FV-SR as a loaner gun for my guests here at the ranch.

Both are tack drivers, and there is little benefit to the longer barrel.

If your intent is to add a can then you might be using sub-sonic loads - which again the longer barrel may even cause some loads to go over the sound barrier.

At some future date I may look into getting a FV-SR barrel fitted to my Mark II.

I think I paid $195 for my FV-SR from Bud's Guns last New Years Eve.

BTW buy extra 10rnd mags as the FV-SR comes with a 5rnd that I hear is somewhat finicky. I will say the few times I've used the 5rnd its worked fine for me - I just usually use the 10's.

[sniper7]

Yeah I have a can to put on it. I have a 20" barrel on my 10/22 and it shot amazing with Remington subsonics at the last prairie dog match.

Im curious if there are any accuracy differences as well between the barrel lengths.

[hatidua]

Doesn't a .22 run out of burn at about 13" - and it's just increased drag past that point?

I had my 20" CZ453 threaded at the original 20" and dearly wish in hindsight that I'd had it cut to 16".

[BPTactical]

Doesn't a .22 run out of burn at about 13" - and it's just increased drag past that point?

I had my 20" CZ453 threaded at the original 20" and dearly wish in hindsight that I'd had it cut to 16".

We can do that ya know[Muaha]

[hatidua]

We can do that ya know[Muaha]

It's likely gonna happen...not like it'd be the first time that barrel was in your shop!

[BPTactical]

It's likely gonna happen...not like it'd be the first time that barrel was in your shop!

The pipe cutter has no prejudice.

[COeskimo]

Have two savages both with accutrigger, and love them. I've had great results with the heavy barrel models. I bought a cheap fv and after tightening down the stock and keeping the trigger at there lowest setting have had great results around <1 moa at a hundred yards depending on ammo.I have several thousand round of all types of ammo though the gun and after fouling with a chosen ammo it mine seemed to like mini mags, federal 510, federal champion, and even decent results with remington cyclones. But I'm not shooting out past 100 yards usually. over a 100 I'd defiantly go with sub sonic rounds. Even at closer ranges sub should work better I've just had good results with those prior listed.

[Tim K]

Doesn't a .22 run out of burn at about 13" - and it's just increased drag past that point?

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I've heard this, too, but don't know if it's true. I suspect it may not be. We're i a smith, I'd take a cheap barrel and cut it back an inch at a time and measure velocities. I'd like to know.

[hatidua]

I've heard this, too, but don't know if it's true. I suspect it may not be. We're i a smith, I'd take a cheap barrel and cut it back an inch at a time and measure velocities. I'd like to know.

merely posts I pulled from other boards:

"Bob Milek wrote an article titled: BARREL LENGTH VS VELOCITY, where he took a number of barrels and guns and cut down the barrels in one inch increments, measuring the velocity loss at each step of the process for a number of centerfires as well as the 22LRs. It's a very interesting article. Here are the velocities recorded for the 22LR starting at 14 inches and going down to 4 inches.

14" = 1,105 fps.
13" = 1,106
12" = 1,110
11" = 1,089
10" = 1,114
..9" = 1,077
..8" = 1,063
..7" = 1,057
..6" = 1,024
..5" = ..959
..4" = ..927 fps."


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http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums...hortest+barrel (http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345393&highlight=shortest+barrel)
"24-26 in bbls are good/required to attain max-velocity for these 'hyper-velocity' rounds. Otherwise, 16 in or so is good for non-hypervelocity stuff."
"22 LR has burnt up it's powder in the first 4.5", however, it will still gain velocity past that. Anything more than a 20" barrel and you are loosing velocity."
Then someone calls BS on the "all powder is burned up in 4.5 inch" thing.
On the 2nd page there is a graph that may be worth looking at (chamber pressure v. barrel length).

From WikiPedia (fact? fiction? anecdotal? You decide) :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle
"Most .22 Long Rifle powders increase velocity up to about 19 inches (480 mm) of barrel length; the powder used in the Stinger increases velocity up to the longest .22 barrel length tested by the NRA, 26 inches (660 mm)."

[blacklabel]

I've been thinking about picking up a FV-SR to replace the 93r17 that I sold last summer. It seems like a hell of a deal for the money.

[raz-n-co]

I got the MARKII-FV-SR 22LR about a year ago for my YHM 22 Mite. It is awesome, it shoots really well and the trigger is great. It is way quieter than with my 10-22 and will run any ammo you want.

[O2HeN2]

I've heard this, too, but don't know if it's true.
Sounds like you folks don't know about the Ballistics by the Inch (http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/) site. Here's the .22 data (http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/22.html).

O2

[Inspector Fowler]

+1 on the finicky magazine. I love my MkII, but the magazine design is super weak. A Google search will reveal a bunch of ways to "fix" it, but it seems like it's mostly quality control stuff that should have been fixed at the factory - the follower being made a little incorrectly, the spring being weak, the magazine lips being bent wrong right out of the box, etc.

It seems like most people feel like the stainless versions are a little better, but I don't see any science in that, unless the manufacturing process for them is substantially different. I haven't found any aftermarket magazines for them either.

As far as shooting goes, I love it. I wanted something different from my wife's 10/22, and I got it. I felt like everything nice I got her rifle I would just want for mine, so I got something totally different. Now we can go out plinking all day long and she doesn't have a heart attack at the ammo cost.

[Tim K]

The plastic stock is pretty bad. I started with that and then put it in a Boyd's "Tacticool". Much better. I think it's the same stock used on the TRR-SR.