New Hunting Rifle_Please Help

[timwill]

Jarrett Signature and be done with it.

[SOUTHERN WOODS]

I'd look into a Savage 11/111 Lightweight Hunter

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=510630400

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/11LH

[YoungBuckTX]

that is a sharp looking Savage

[Saltydog235]

There's no such thing as a sharp looking Savage. Savage rifles are butt ugly in any configuration. They'll shoot no doubt about it but they are tools to be used and abused.

[YoungBuckTX]

opinions and assholes

[Saltydog235]

No fact and more fact. I own and shoot Savage guns, they shoot like hell and look like shit. There's a lot of classier, more polished, cleaner looking, refined guns out there for the people that want a nice rifle. You want a tool to knock around in the mud and muck, buy a Savage.

[sftull]

No fact and more fact. I own and shoot Savage guns, they shoot like hell and look like shit. There's a lot of classier, more polished, cleaner looking, refined guns out there for the people that want a nice rifle. You want a tool to knock around in the mud and muck, buy a Savage.

I agree. Closing the bolt on a savage is like "throwing a hot dog down a hallway." It has the smoothness of glued up sand paper and if you can make it past that 18lb trigger (assuming its not an acutrigger) it will hit the mark. I would put their accuracy right behind Tikka and their fit and finish behind a Remington.

[britton40]

Model 70. Look for new old stock rifles that don't say assembled in Portugal. Up until 2014, all model 70 rifles were assembled at the FN plant in Columbia SC. The barrels and maybe the actions are still made by FN.

[Bad Habit]

I've posted this before...Browning A-bolts all in .30-06.

I really like both of the A bolts that I have owned- flawless and great accuracy with selected ammo

[YoungBuckTX]

No fact and more fact. I own and shoot Savage guns, they shoot like hell and look like shit. There's a lot of classier, more polished, cleaner looking, refined guns out there for the people that want a nice rifle. You want a tool to knock around in the mud and muck, buy a Savage.

So you bought multiple ugly savages, why? With so many other options...

I will concede with them not being pretty. I meant sharp, in a weapon sense. I have a walnut savage that gets complemented a lot, and it's old as hell. Maybe we just hang out at different deer camps.

[Nolo Contendere]

I have a Savage model 111 I think in 30-06 - it's as accurate as all get out but it's a butt- ugly rifle.


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[Duck cutter]

So you bought multiple ugly savages, why? With so many other options...

I will concede with them not being pretty. I meant sharp, in a weapon sense. I have a walnut savage that gets complemented a lot, and it's old as hell. Maybe we just hang out at different deer camps.

I too have had several compliments on my old 110

[Highstrung]

Excuse the mess and look to the right of my ugly Sako, BLR 30-06. It's not a bolt, I don't plan to shoot across open plains with it, but Browning can make a pretty rifle.


[IMG]

There's no scratches on it either, anywhere, must have been mud at the time

[Duck cutter]

HS, how do you like that Filson shooting bag you've got in the backseat? I find myself going through the cheap ones every other year and have looked at the Filsons. Are they worth the money?

[Highstrung]

It's held up, I got that one from Hart a few years back. I normally only wear one the first few shoots a year then switch to a vest when it cools down.

[CAJUN LAB]

Best shouldering rifle I've ever shot Kimber 84m Classis Stainless


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[santeerangerman]

Salty - If I remember correctly, your Super Grade is a 7mm Rem Mag. That is the rifle I just got rid of in a different make (Browning BAR Grade II). The Super Grade is a beautiful gun but I'm not looking for a 7mm right now.

Re: Sako 85, I'm seriously considering those as well just didn't mention them above. The chat online is that they can suffer some accuracy out of the box as well. I fully understand everyone online is an "expert" and you have to take each review lightly but is this something to be concerned about with a new Sako? I mean, I don't want to have to spend more money bedding and working the trigger just to get 2.5" groups at 150 yds. Am I being too sensitive to the bad reviews on Sako and Kimber?

Take MOST of what you hear about Kimber with a grain of salt. At the moment, I own one. A 84M in .260 Rem. It's EASILY, the best shooting rifle I've ever owned.
Kimber DID have some trouble with a run of 7mm-08 barrels, and actually halted production and sales on them till they solved the issue.
The .308's are typically the most consistant on accuracy.
Can you get a bad one? SURE! But the same can be said for most any gunmaker. I'm still searching for a round that shoots consistantly under 2" in my mom's Tikka T-3 stainless .243.

Here's a couple examples of my Kimber .260. Granted, they're 3 shot groups, but you'll get the idea...

[Lynchmob]

HS, how do you like that Filson shooting bag you've got in the backseat? I find myself going through the cheap ones every other year and have looked at the Filsons. Are they worth the money?

I love mine. Definitely worth the money.

[Shotunderit]

I'd look into a Savage 11/111 Lightweight Hunter

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=510630400

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/11LH

There's no such thing as a sharp looking Savage. Savage rifles are butt ugly in any configuration. They'll shoot no doubt about it but they are tools to be used and abused.

No fact and more fact. I own and shoot Savage guns, they shoot like hell and look like shit. There's a lot of classier, more polished, cleaner looking, refined guns out there for the people that want a nice rifle. You want a tool to knock around in the mud and muck, buy a Savage.

I agree. Closing the bolt on a savage is like "throwing a hot dog down a hallway." It has the smoothness of glued up sand paper and if you can make it past that 18lb trigger (assuming its not an acutrigger) it will hit the mark. I would put their accuracy right behind Tikka and their fit and finish behind a Remington.

I have a Savage model 111 I think in 30-06 - it's as accurate as all get out but it's a butt- ugly rifle.


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I too have had several compliments on my old 110

I can't argue with any of the points that these gentlemen have made, so I'll echo some of them. There is no reason to buy a Savage if it isn't equipped with an Accutrigger. If you want to buy pretty, look somewhere else. Like Salty opined, it's a tool, and as such it does the job it was designed to do. Personally, I feel that the Savage offers tremendous value for your dollar.

[Mobetter]