Savage is making some exceptional rifle's these days.

They used to always be a trade off: accuracy in an ugly package.

- New Accustock: best designed bedding available IMO
- New P.A.D.: recoil pad soft now
- Accutrigger: great trigger and safe
- Smooth headspace action nut:
- ugly bolt release gone
- accuracy better than ever

gotta work on accuracy first, get people to by'em, then make enough money to hire a designer.

they NEED a 7.62x39 bolt gun with a .311 barrel!

I have a growing interest in Savage as well.

I have never held one but to me it seem they have a lot of good ideas.

A month ago I bought a new model Savage, their Precision Carbine in .223Rem. I spent at least 10 months searching for what I thought would be the most accurate out of the box .223 that would not need after market upgrades. I even bought a new Remington but sold it without firing it after realizing it would need a new stock at minimum.

The latest issue of Petersen's Hunting has an article about the Savage Precision Carbine by Wayne van Zwoll. He likes it.

Savage rifles are a love of mine.

Yes, they are ugly, but they shoot! When I bought my first bolt actuon, I went to a small gun shop in my home town. The guy there knew me a bit, and even though I kept looking at the Remmingtons, he kept putting a Savage in my hand to look at.

It took awhile, but he convinced me to buy the Savage, and use the money I saved to "upgrade" it a bit (new scope). It is ugly, but it works!

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Originally posted by LionHunter:
A month ago I bought a new model Savage, their Precision Carbine in .223Rem. I spent at least 10 months searching for what I thought would be the most accurate out of the box .223 that would not need after market upgrades. I even bought a new Remington but sold it without firing it after realizing it would need a new stock at minimum.

The latest issue of Petersen's Hunting has an article about the Savage Precision Carbine by Wayne van Zwoll. He likes it.

Yes, the PC was the exact rifle I was thinking about. Went into 7-11 store and browsed that Peterson Zwoll editorial. Very nice weapon.

http://www.savagearms.com/10pc.htm

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Originally posted by NEJack:

Yes, they are ugly, but they shoot!
It took awhile, but he convinced me to buy the Savage, and use the money I saved to "upgrade" it a bit (new scope). It is ugly, but it works!

Nothing wrong with having an ugly weapon. Spend less wasted time thinking about them.

That is pretty much all I buy now.

I own a couple of Savages now...

I am not buying any more of them....

all I am doing is buying more barrels for them and waiting to be able to get a Hogue Rubber stock for them...

two short actions.. one with a 223 bolt face and the other with a 308 bolt face...
and one stainless 116 action... with a magnum bolt face and a 308 bolt face...

pretty much tack drivers..

I have to admit..I would like to get a Savage Predator tho...would probably end up with 3 tho..as I would not be able to make up my mind over a 223....22/250 or 243...or put one together in a 260 for a deer rifle...

several companies are now chambering Remington Barrels to use a Savage Barrel nut...that has possibilities..