It did look mighty rough.
I will make it a point to see how the ones on display at the SHOT show are finished.
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BTW, check out the video I posted up on the homepage with JJ Reich and you'll see the Recon model has a billet lower receiver unlike the Patrol model shown above.
For those wondering if Savage was actually making these in house, the answer is in. I would still suspect that 100% of the parts are outsourced, but at least assembly and proofing are taking place in Westfield.
https://youtu.be/HQBHiA78fWA
Also posted this up today on the other site. Was feeling kinda lazy so didn't copy it here as well so you'll have to check it out there.
http://www.gunsafield.com/new-savage...308-and-6-5mm/
Wow. I foretold this.
The Savage Magnum 112 is within 90% of the quality of a $4k custom rig as far as the action and stock the barrel still has the jury out but if it sucks I can replace it for $400 and have a LR hammer for under $1500 WORST CASE.
That AR you could spend $1500 on and it still be a pile of junk. SAD.
Get toooooo far from your CORE BUSINESS.....and ya get stung.
Still love ya Savage but how you thought of getting into a market like the AR and having a place....IDK. Every part of the AR market is SATURATED TO THE MAX. I have 2 under $500 ARs that will go under 1MOA with handloads....how do ya compete with that? Oh and they look better. If you want a LR AR-10 there are 45245236 different models out there.
Bad business decision but Savage is my favorite and even if they go smooth off the rails I will keep buying older 10/110s in pawnshops and building hummers.
Well, color me underwhelmed by these Savages.
my only comment to the ar market.
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I handled both the MSR10 Hunter and MSR10 Long Range today.
Initial impression - they feel just like every other AR/MSR on the market.
While I can see Savage making some sales in the small-bore market, I really think they could exploit the large-bore market. At $1482 MSRP for the Hunter, the equivalent Armalite is going to run $1600+ (with no 6.5 Creedmore, only .308) while the equivalent DPMS is $1239. The DPMS also has a 24-in barrel vice the Savage's 18-in. The Savage is 3.25-lbs lighter than the DPMS LR-65 & Armalite AR-10(T).
Now - what I did not ask questions on, from any company, was magazine requirements.
The MSR-10 uses AICS mags.