Savage 220 Accuracy Problems - staging

Guys i am an avid savage fan, have several savage centre fires from model 10's, 12's in lrpv and f class.

So i accumulated a bunch of boxes before taking them out and shooting them in my ithaca.

Web — i'm looking for the most accurate slugs for a savage 220 bolt action slug gun.

I have an inquiry in with savage, but perhaps.

Web — if your shooting distances out to 200 yards get the savage 220 / 3 accutips or h&r ush 20ga & 2. 75 sst's and a quality bipod.

I bought 6 different types and tested them all.

If worse comes to worse i want to be able to make shots at 200 yard.

Web — problems with failure to eject and feed, have tried three different magazines and vigorous operation of the bolt.

Web — those slug step out at 2000 fps.

If fired cases are having the shoulder pushed too far (or unnecessarily ).

Web — it does still have ejection problems, but all in all i think its the best slug gun money can buy except for a tarhunt rsg.

I called him he said he.

Problem is bolt cycling , extraction is sticky ,.

Web — the problem is i pulled my 220 out and recreated the improper trigger pull scenario and could tell instantly by the sound of the decocking that this was not the.

Web — i would have to say that randy is on the right track with his advice for you to send it back to savage as most every review i've ever read was pretty positive about the.

Web — savage 220 accuracy issues.

It wouldn't feed a shell from the clip.

Web — anyone here own one of these ?

The tarhunt is vastly superior in every.

When i did, the disappointment is hard.

Web — i heard they had early issues with the 220 as mentioned, but not sure what was done to fix it or when.

I have had no luck with the hornady sst slugs in anything i have tried them.

Web — buddy of mine bought a new 220 savage 20 gauge slug gun.

Recently got one and accuracy with remington premier accutips is really good.

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That being said i recently purchased a mod.

Webthe ballistics were still relatively weak, though, the gun was still both heavy and uncomfortable to shoot for extended periods, but it was accurate, was built like a real.

I hit the dot (about the size of a quarter) about 11:00 high.

He wanted me to line it up so i did it today.

Web — sounds like a headspace/bump issue, especially it was happening before the new trigger.

These gun/ammo combos are a.

I do not believe there is a better out of the box shooter than savage.

Will leave you with a sore shoulder but i think you’ll.

Web — my 220 will shoot honest 1 edge to edge 5 shot 1 moa at 100 with factory sabot ammo, a bench rest and scope.

I consider it to be my 62 cal.

Two of my buddies have 220s without any complaint, and i.

Web — mine shoots 1” at 100 from a rest and nearly as tight prone.

Web — my son had his. 44 out shooting @ about 117 yards yesterday so i decided to pull out the 220 for 1 shot.