Here's something for those of you who appreciate some old school stuff. I bought this Savage 110-S in .308 in 1977 or 78 when I became interested in high power silhouette. I didn't have the money to have a custom rifle built like all the cool kids were doing, so when Savage came out with their ready-made silhouette rifle, I bought one after reading some favorable reviews. I put a Weaver T10 in Weaver rings on Weaver bases on it. Right off the bat I was disappointed in the accuracy, at best 3 MOA. I was surprised because even then, Savage had a reputation for good barrels. Load development didn't help, so I got some acraglas and bedded the action. My first group after the new bedding cured with Hornady 168gr match bullets and some 4064 was 5 shots into 1/2" at a 100. Problem solved.
I fired a couple thousand of those 168 grainers at matches over the next few years, then stopped competing for various reasons. So the rifle sat idle and I missed shooting it, as informal plinking with jacketed bullets was never something I did. I was shooting cast in 30.06's, 30-30's and a Voere in .300 Weatherby, so tried it in the Savage but wasn't having success with the bullet mold designs I had on hand because of the .308's short neck. So then I ordered an NEI 182308 mold and it was perfect in nose diameter and every other dimension for the rifle's chamber and bore. The rifle will stay at 1 MOA out past 300 yards in good conditions with this bullet and 3031. 8" plates at 300 is easy in calm conditions, but becomes fun and challenging when the wind is squirrely.
Anyway, I had the rifle out a couple of days ago and it performed as well as ever. Crazy to think I have been shooting it for over 45 years. So here's a photo -