After hearing all of the comments about ugly yet accurate
Savage rifles, I decided to give one a try. Actually I
already had a Savage Striker, in .308 Win, so I wasn't
totally clueless on Savage centerfire firearms. So, I
purchased a 16 FSS(Weather Warrior Series), in .22-250 Rem.
As has been reported in the past, the synthetic stocks,
from Savage are a little "rough". I took my random
orbital finishing sander to it, and when I was done, I
had a very nice smooth matte synthetic stock. So with
the stock "finished", I mounted a 6x24 Bushnell 4200,
on a one piece Leupold base, to the Savage, and headed
to the range. I hand loaded some 55 gr. Win FMJBT bullets,
over 33.0 gr of Varget, for break-in ammo. After aligning
the scope mounts, and the scope, I put a rough zero on
the scope at 50 yards, and developed a problem with the
gun. It keeps putting the bullets in the same hole!
I have to really get to wiggling off the rest, to get
a group that I can actually count the bullet holes
Soon I will get to a 100 yard range, with some higher
quality components in the ammo, where I can see if
I still have this one hole problem!

I am starting to warm up to the Accu-Trigger, but I sure
wish I could get it under 1 lb of force. Damn Lawyers!
All in all, I am once again quite happy with an Ugly
Savage firearm. My Striker is a 1 MOA hand gun, pushing
a 130 gr Barnes X Bullet at 2775 fps. I believe the
16 FSS is going to have itty bitty groups, when I find
it's favorite bullets, and powder. It already is making
itty bitty groups, and I am just break-in the barrel with
cheap bullets. Oh that Bushnell 4200 Elite, which is
a first of that brand/model for me...Well time will tell as
to it's reliability, but clear and bright, it is all of
that.

Squeeze

Sounds interesting. If you can, post us a picture of this piece.