Newtosavage
05-15-2017, 12:38 PM
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I just have to say that after now owning three Model 10/11 Savage bolt guns (2 in .308 and 1 in 7.62x39) and fiddling with two Ruger 77 Hawkeye's for over a year, I am completely sold on Savage rifles. No muss, no fuss - like the commercial used to say.
My Ruger 77's were shiny, attractive rifles with superb actions, etc. But they drove me nuts at the range. Beyond nuts. I probably would have been satisfied with them if I hadn't already experienced the accuracy and near-boring consistency of my Savage bolt guns. No matter what I did, I could not get that kind of consistent performance from the Rugers. So I sold them both and replaced one of them with yet another Savage 11 in .308. After 25 rounds, that Savage was giving me .7's and .8's and gave me near-touching holes at 300 yards with my handloads. Best I ever did with the Rugers at 300 was about 3-4" groups. And that was maybe twice out of 20-30 tries.
Add to this how LIGHT my Savage rifles are on average (7 lbs. with the basic synthetic stock and a Luepy 2-7x33 scope) and they are just no-brainers. I lucked into a never-fired model 11 in .308 at Cabelas the other day that did not have a scope for just $399 and now I feel like I stole that gun. LOL
I also picked up a Tikka T3x in 30-06 for a stainless lightweight mountain gun, and will be comparing it to my Savage .308 over the next few weeks. I've read/heard nothing but good things about the Tikka's, but sitting next to my Savages - it's gotta tall climb to earn it's way into my gun safe permanently now. LOL
Yup, just another satisfied Savage customer here.
My Ruger 77's were shiny, attractive rifles with superb actions, etc. But they drove me nuts at the range. Beyond nuts. I probably would have been satisfied with them if I hadn't already experienced the accuracy and near-boring consistency of my Savage bolt guns. No matter what I did, I could not get that kind of consistent performance from the Rugers. So I sold them both and replaced one of them with yet another Savage 11 in .308. After 25 rounds, that Savage was giving me .7's and .8's and gave me near-touching holes at 300 yards with my handloads. Best I ever did with the Rugers at 300 was about 3-4" groups. And that was maybe twice out of 20-30 tries.
Add to this how LIGHT my Savage rifles are on average (7 lbs. with the basic synthetic stock and a Luepy 2-7x33 scope) and they are just no-brainers. I lucked into a never-fired model 11 in .308 at Cabelas the other day that did not have a scope for just $399 and now I feel like I stole that gun. LOL
I also picked up a Tikka T3x in 30-06 for a stainless lightweight mountain gun, and will be comparing it to my Savage .308 over the next few weeks. I've read/heard nothing but good things about the Tikka's, but sitting next to my Savages - it's gotta tall climb to earn it's way into my gun safe permanently now. LOL
Yup, just another satisfied Savage customer here.