Savage Mark II TR w/ pics

As you all know, I recently picked one up from a sponsor here, Mr. gmshooter. Just wanted to post a few pictures and my opinion of the rifle so far.

The Savage Mark II TR is a tactical style .22lr that Savage designed as a training rifle. It has a wood laminate stock almost identical to the McMillian stock Savage uses on the Model 10 FCP. The stock is painted, which gives it a rough texture and makes it less slick. It is sturdy and has no flex to it. The butt has a decent rubber recoil pad on it, overkill for a .22 but it is nice. It has a 22" carbon steel barrel that is fluted with a matte black finish and target crown. Rifle is completely blacked out. It has a tactical bolt knob and is equipped with Savage's famous AccuTrigger. I personally love the AccuTrigger, others hate it. Trigger pull is smooth with no grit to it. Bolt is smooth for a .22 and locks up tight. The rifle comes with one 5 round magazine. At first the magazine required a good bit of force to drop, but after firing a few magazines it's much easier now.

Optics was a hard decision for me. I'm picky about what I like. 10x just isn't enough for me and 20x is pushing it. I've always been partial to Nikon, but decided to go a different route this time. I went ahead and picked up a SWFA Super Sniper 16x and dropped it in some Low Weaver Six Hole Tactical rings. Always wanted to try the SS line, and I'm glad I did. Simple scope with excellent glass with a mil-dot reticle and simple adjustments for a sweet price. Was clueless when it came to rings. Read some good reviews on these particular Weavers and found them cheap. The package said for optics with a maximum 38mm obj., but the SS has a 42mm obj. and there is still plenty space between the barrel and the scope.

Cost of entire setup:
Rifle-$470
Optics-$250
Rings-$32
Total-$752

Took it out to Sherburne today to zero the scope and see what it could do. Needless to say, this rifle can outshoot me. Realized today that I like to pull my shots to the left, I'll have to work on that. I know my shooting isn't very good, I'm just starting to practice, so no need to point it out! All the targets I'm posting were shot at 25 yards. I did shoot at 50 and 100, but I was plinking around with various types of ammo and didn't try to group anything. I have them all labeled with distance, ammo, and number of shots but the pictures suck and you can't make them out so I'll label them for you. Today I shot Winchester 333 bulk pack, CCI Standard Velocity 40gr Target, Winchester Super X Super Speed RN, and Remington Eley 40gr. .22 target rifle. Out of the four I got my best groups with the Winchester 333 and the CCI. The Remington Eley was next and the Super X was last. Still have a few brands of ammo I'd like to try, but if the cheap stuff keeps shooting this well, I won't complain! All in all, I am 100% satisfied. This thing is a dream to shoot. Anyways, here are the targets and a few pictures of the rifle. Let me know if you have and questions or would like to shoot it! I plan on heading out to Sherburne this Monday or Tuesday. Hell, as much as I enjoy shooting this thing, I may go both days.

My zeroing target. First shots fired coming out of a cold barrel, no bore sighting or anything. I was friggen' excited.


5 shots of Remington Eley Target Rifle


TEN shots of Winchester 333


5 shots of CCI 40gr Target


And a few shots of the rifle:







Turrets and rings:

I want one too, you lucky dog
Get some better ammo!

My Clark 10/22 likes the cci standard velocity also. Glad you liked it. Great write up also.

Working on getting some Wolf...noone wants to give any up. :[ Friday I should be ordering some Lapua, RWS, and maybe some Eley Tenex.

Also, what ammo do you suggest sgt. z?

Sweet looking rifle! The shots don't look bad. It's all a matter of time before you see groups of one small hole. Man, I wanna get another rifle now...

time to get it threaded and get a can for it

goteron said:

time to get it threaded and get a can for it

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I've been thinking about that. I think we'll wait a while on the can. It'd be cool to have one day!

Sweet rifle!
I wonder if they sell the parts separately so i can make my MarkII look like that.

Born4spd said:

Sweet rifle!
I wonder if they sell the parts separately so i can make my MarkII look like that.

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I know a lot of people have requested the stock from Boyd's, so I don't know if they've come out with one yet or if they are working on one. As soon as someone mentioned the can I went looking for a barrel online and came up with nothing. I didn't look very hard though.

Try Wolf Match Target, mine likes them.

I'm thinking of getting a SS scope for my 700. My
bro inlaw has one onhis 700 and he loves it. So who do u like yours?

Born4spd said:

Try Wolf Match Target, mine likes them.

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I'm trying to find some locally to see if it'll group well before I decide to order a brick online and I can't find squat. Cabela's only carries 500 round bricks and never have any in stock and I only need about a hundred to decide if it works well with my set up or not.

asianak said:

I'm thinking of getting a SS scope for my 700. My
bro inlaw has one onhis 700 and he loves it. So who do u like yours?

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I love the SS. I wish I would have bought one sooner. I have the 16X and the glass is perfectly clear. I pulled it out of the case after sunset to see what it looked like in low light and I was still able to see pretty well, which surprised me since it's a 42mm obj. Knobs are big, easy to turn, and have audible clicks. They can also be reset once you get your zero. Reticle is a simple round mil-dot set up. Works great. Sunshades are available for them through SWFA.

No other ammo recommendations?

Well, I have an ammo can devoted to .22 ammo and keep it packed with a little of most major brands, cause you just never know what your .22 will like. I recently decided to extended the selection to lower cost, high end ammo with a couple of bricks of Eley Sport and Wolf Match. I have a Mossberg M44 from the CMP and still haven't got it to group where i want it. I have heard from other shooters that their guns grouped well with common types like Rem golden Bullets. i have one M44 that likes the Rem Target, that is about $6 - $7/100. A buddy told me to try the Eley Sport because the smallbore shooters have good results from their M44's and it was $30/500. I got a 5/8-inch group at 50yds with my M44 using Aguila Interceptor, $50/500 but want better. Some of the target stuff can get kinda pricey, 30 cents a round.

Yeah. Eley Tenex is 18.00 for 50 rounds. Supposedly what most Olympic shooters use. Friday Im going to order 100 rounds each of whatever I can find and go from there.

My savage fv will do .5" with cci mini mags at 25 yards pretty often, although its about the only ammo I've tried with it

I'm trying to get decent groups at 50 and 100. I can decent accuracy out of pretty much any ammo at 25, well at least what I've tried to far. I still haven't had the chance to sit down and try my best for my groups. Once I get a decent selection of ammo on hand I will try to make out to Sherburne on a weekday when the range isn't so crowded. This rifle is capable of .15-.20" groups at 50, so I just need to find what it likes and do my part. I don't know if I'll ever get that good though.

11Bravo said:

No other ammo recommendations?

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Hebert's usually has a lot of match .22 ammo on the shelves, including wolf. Don't remember prices, its been a while since I was in there.