jimbo88mm
03-22-2016, 02:06 AM
We have seen the same corporate decisions in the past from Big Green and Big Red. When the bargain model starts to chalange the company's flag ship model for sales and accuracy, they tend to go away. Ala, the Rem 788. Corporations and stock holders tend to like big numbers.
I doubt these rifles were actually cutting into the sales of other models. Seeing that a bunch of them are being sold on GunBroker for a discount tells me they have extras. Savage making them available for the rebate sounds like they want to help purge remaining stock.
I think dropping the HB is just a matter of keeping the product line fresh. Lately silencers have been in the news a lot, more and more people are buying them. I believe the Axis SR is replacing the HB as the current "specialty axis". The HBs may come back if there's demand.
I doubt these rifles were actually cutting into the sales of other models. Seeing that a bunch of them are being sold on GunBroker for a discount tells me they have extras. Savage making them available for the rebate sounds like they want to help purge remaining stock.
I think dropping the HB is just a matter of keeping the product line fresh. Lately silencers have been in the news a lot, more and more people are buying them. I believe the Axis SR is replacing the HB as the current "specialty axis". The HBs may come back if there's demand.