Posted on 01/30/2020 8:29:20 AM PST by w1n1
Savage Model 110. Great value and the best out of the box trigger on the market.
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The ‘hardware’ in a Remington 700 today may be the same as yester-year, but the polymer stocks are trash. If you get the 700 with the polymer stock, get a magpul hunter stock to replace it. The ones that come with the rifles actually twist as you hold them, inconsistently make contact with the barrel, and will not allow for consistent grouping. Not a barrel problem, but major stock issue.
I have a Savage .308 plain jane (well, timney trigger) bolt deer gun, but a Remington 700 chassis gun for long range precision stuff.
Notice how Savage quietly changed their logo?
Yes. The Chief is dead, long live the Chief!
Combine both price and accuracy, Savage ranks very high.
Savage bolts are hard to beat for the money.....or the Ruger ...American I think
My son has a super cheap 22-250 Handie rifle
Its an ok very cheap utility rifle but man whoever set trigger pull on such a great caliber for trajectory should be flogged
Trigger pull is crazy hard
Yep
I have a well used Savage Model 99 250-3000 takedown; it’s the one I reach for when I need to clean a gun.
I love my savage axis bolt. Awesome rifle.
Weatherby snob here, and I just won’t associate with the ruffians and their proletarian choices in hunting rifles.
There are three words that triple the cost of anything:
Airplane
Boat
Sniper
I own a weatherby vanguard. Picked it up used, cheap. 243 Winchester bought it for the kids when they were young. A friend owns one (not a vanguard) in 270 weatherby Nice accurate guns. But for the excessive weight not for me (or my kids). Living in the NE my .35 Rem marlin 336 is short, easy to maneuver and great for anything in the NE. Ps. The weatherby is way too glossy for a hunting rifle.
First, full disclosure here...I’m a blued steel and walnut stock rifle bigot. That being said, my daughter and I went elk hunting awhile back. I shot my elk with a Ruger M77 Hawkeye. She shot her elk with a (cheapo), Ruger American. Both rifles are chambered in .30-06 Sprg. Both elk became equally dead and are resting comfortably in our respective freezers.
“””””””””Weatherby snob here, and I just wont associate with the ruffians and their proletarian choices in hunting rifles.”””
I worked in the stockroom at a sporting goods store in the 1970’s. I sent Weatherbys back all the time due to poor fit on the stocks. Maybe they got better.
You made a good choice, I hunt on the Great Plains and am not worried about hitting our tree with a long 24” barrel. It’s a good tree.
Those would have been Japanese made? Anyway mine was made in USA with a Bell and Carlson stock which in 20 years has been nothing less than excellent on all accounts. Throw in the VX-III Leupold and it amounts to being a Wundershooter.
Weatherby pulled up stakes and moved out of California and went to Wyoming. Freedom flight.
I have a Savage 99 lever action .308. Spent some money on a Zeiss scope. Good combination.
In reality, a good shooter with a so so rifle can do very well. Practice and accuracy makes up for an expensive weapon.
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