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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by tylercreek2 » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:43 pm

i've got a 303 model 99 and a 30.06 love em both :thumb

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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by MULEY7MM » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:35 pm

I have a savage 270 and i like it a just recently went with a rem 7mm
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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by silvertip-co » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:39 am

If I were to only EVER have one rifle for bverything short of a grizzler, it would be my Sav 111F .270 package gun withthe 3-9 scope on it. It's light for carrying to the backcountry, is decidedly not pretty, is very durable, is extrreemely accurate, and with Hornady Light Mag 130SST ammo is a laser straight death ray. Sadly I dont use it as much as I'd like and may buy a youth stock and give it to my 34yo dau. (Or I may just buy her her own 111 :thumb )
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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by MTduckslayer » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:14 am

Thanks again for all the help guys. Cant wait to get my hand on a new Savage. :thumb Silvertip, Im lookin at the Savage 111F right now. Looks sweet.

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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by heiner39 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:50 am

I have a Savage 116FCSS in 30-06 and a Savage Mark II-FV rimfire...love both those guns!! I had done a lot of research before purchasing my 30-06 and found that Savage makes a great gun and is quite inexpensive as far as guns go. The beauty of Savage rifles is that you get a very straight shooting gun at a decent price which means you can throw a top notch scope on it and have a great gun that will last you a long time. I'm hooked on Savage. Love that AccuTrigger too...have both mine adjusted to around 3lbs!

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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by cjohnson3006 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:40 am

I'm a Savage nut as well. My first was a model 99E chambered in 308. Excellent gun, but prefer bolt so traded for a new 111 chambered in 30/06. VERY ACCURATE!!! Also own model 11 in .243. Very accurate as well, but doesn't care for hot loads with light bullets. Also have a 116BVSS accu-tigger in 300WSM and very accurate as well. cJ

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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by AJ » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:15 pm

I too have a few of them in my safe. I have an old J model 110 in .223 Rem, a late version 110 in 6mm Rem Ackley Improved, another in .25-06 Rem, and my baby, the 10 ML II muzzleloader. While they are very nice shooters out of the box, they are one of the easiest guns to customize. If you can reload, you can rebarrel a Savage bolt rifle. You can get drop in barrels from a few suppliers and you can change from a light recoiling long range deer gun with a 25-06 barrel to a 338 Win Mag with a few tools and parts.

The round receiver (like a Remington 700) makes them easy to inlet for and aftermarket stocks are easy to find. Pillar bedding the stocks can be a little tricky as the sear's location makes you modify the rear pillar a bit but its not that difficult.

Changing the boltface to accept the .223 Rem, the .308 Win, or the belted magnums is easy. The barrel nut while not the most attractive thing in the gun world, makes headspacing a replacement barrel extremely easy.

One of the big sleepers in great guns for the $ is the Stevens 200. It's a Savage action with even fewer frills. So you can pick them up really inexpensively. Swap the barrel, recoil lug, and laminated stock for some aftermarket parts and you have a semi custom gun for the price of a factory Rem 700. I'll bet the Frankenstein Stevens shoots better also. :thumb

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Re: Savage rifles?

Post by wingmaster36 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:20 am

I've owned several over the years and still have a .243 in the safe. They were all shooters. I do regret letting the .257 Roberts get away as they didn't make many of them.
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