The 110 Hog Hunter LA or SA?
A few years ago I bought a Hog Hunter in .308. It has an internal magazine. One of the first things I did with it was put a nice after market stock on it. Now, I want another Hog Hunter in .223 and the first thing I want to do with it is put a nice after market stock on it, however, the Bell and Carlson site makes a distinction of long action or short action with detachable magazine. The Savage site says the Hog Hunter now comes with a detachable magazine, but says Nothing as to whether the Hog Hunter is a long action or short action.
So, my questions. Do all Hog Hunters now come with a detachable magazine?
Is the Hog Hunter in .223 a short action or long action?
This is the stock I’m looking at.
Savage's ever-changing marketing language further confuses their ever-changing design
The Model 11 and 111 Hog Hunter was introduced in 2012. It came in both long action (338 WM) and short (223, 308). It had a threaded "medium" contour 20" barrel, open sights. It followed the older naming convention of three digit model numbers for long action and two for short. It had the standard (non-Accustock) Savage plastic stock in OD green and top bolt release.
In 2015 Savage dropped the long action Hog Hunter Model 111.
In 2018, Savage changed the model numbering convention and stock on the models it used to market as "Specialty Series" rifles (Bear Hunter, Hog Hunter, Scout, etc). These are now marketed as the 110 series; All other 110-style series retain the previous convention: Varmint, Hunter, Long Range, etc). Whether a model in the new series is a short action or long is determined by the cartridge it is chambered for. All stocks in this new series sport a plastic Monte Carlo-ish butt with palm swells on the pistol grip and inserts to adjust LOP. Some of the new models are fitted with the Accustock + Accufit stock features (aluminum block bedding and adjustable comb). The Hog Hunter has neither (but does have the LOP inserts). All models with the new stock design have a detachable magazine. Those with the standard Savage magazine have a bottom bolt release (the Hog Hunter is one). Those with an AICS-style magazine have a top bolt release.