I made a trade with Hotshot on this. It arrived today, and is in pristine condition, with Butler Creeek flip-up caps and Leupold scope coat.
A couple weeks ago, I was out shooting targets with my .204's for only the 2nd time past 100 yards. I had zeroed my AR-15 in at 200 yards, and was going to check zero at 100 on this Savage 16. This rifle wore a 2x Aimpoint red dot scope at the time. I loaded it, and looked through the scope, and before firing a shot decided right there that this rifle had to have a scope better than 2x on it for prairie dogs. I put it away and started looking.
This Savage 16 I put it on is a sporter weight barrel, so it as light and compact as possible for carrying around in the winter. The rifle now weighs 8.5 pounds with scope and sling. I think this scope looks more proportionate to the shorter 22" sporter barrel than a longer one would. I mounted the scope in Burris Signature Zee rings, on an EGQ 20MOA base. I won't need the 20MOA with this rifle, but figured the 1 piece base should stiffen the whole receiver, and if I ever want to put a barrel on this action more capable of longer ranges, it's ready. Shorter, 2 piece bases would have dropped the scope down tighter to the barrel, but the rifle shoulders at this height quite well.
If this rifle/scope combo performs out in SD, I may consider getting a Leupold CDS elevation turret installed with standard MOA calibrated markings on it. I doubt I'd ever use more than 15MOA on a 14x scope, so I wouldn't need the revolution counters on the much taller M1 turret. Who knows though, I may get the Varmint Hunter Reticle in sync with my load and skip the elevation turret altogether.
Thanks Hotshot for a great transaction!
Anybody have a stock better than this factory plastic one they want to get rid of?