geezerhood
01-15-2016, 03:29 PM
I used to lurk and post on the old Savage board years ago but stopped coming by when life got too busy.
Well, I am now semi-retired and getting back into shooting more often, so here I am.
I own about a dozen Savages including two Italian made combination guns that were imported by Savage years ago (really nice guns by the way). I do find the Savage bolt guns ugly to look at but they are my favorite bolt action because of the ease of changing barrels / bolt heads and the fact that they tend to shoot better with similar barrels than my Remingtons. I have only sold ONE of my Savages, and I still regret it. It was a Stryker with a heavy 16" ER-Shaw 308 barrel on it that was amazingly accurate but I rarely shot it. I wish I still had it!
Most of my shooting is for fun, though I have looked at some kind of long distance rifle competition like F-Class or PRS but there aren't any matches near me. I like to shoot at 300 to 1000 yards+ with the 338 Lapua, 50 BMG, 6.5-284 or the good old .308 at the 1k or less distances.
Well, I am now semi-retired and getting back into shooting more often, so here I am.
I own about a dozen Savages including two Italian made combination guns that were imported by Savage years ago (really nice guns by the way). I do find the Savage bolt guns ugly to look at but they are my favorite bolt action because of the ease of changing barrels / bolt heads and the fact that they tend to shoot better with similar barrels than my Remingtons. I have only sold ONE of my Savages, and I still regret it. It was a Stryker with a heavy 16" ER-Shaw 308 barrel on it that was amazingly accurate but I rarely shot it. I wish I still had it!
Most of my shooting is for fun, though I have looked at some kind of long distance rifle competition like F-Class or PRS but there aren't any matches near me. I like to shoot at 300 to 1000 yards+ with the 338 Lapua, 50 BMG, 6.5-284 or the good old .308 at the 1k or less distances.