Typical Savage?

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roy reali

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A fellow worker showed up with a target he shot over the weekend at the range. He used his new rifle. It was one of those Savage "package" deals, you know the rifle and scope combos. His is chambered in .223 Remington.

I couldn't believe the groupings. Five shot groups at or under an inch. I trust that he fired them at one hundred yards. He also used intial reloads just to test the gun, he has yet to work up better loads.

Is this typical accuracy for Savage rifles?
 
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TXGunNut

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I keep hearing the stories and have even seen a few targets. Personally, I don't believe them. :rolleyes: I think I'll be forced to buy one to see for myself. That M10 Precision carbine in .223 with the Accustock has found its way to the top of my "want list".
 
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.300 Weatherby Mag

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Is this typical accuracy for Savage rifles?
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Between my dad and I... We do not own a savage that does not shoot an inch or less at 100 yards....

Here are a couple of examples.... Top is the first three shot group I fired with my savage 17HMR... The second is a representative group of what my .22 savage will produce... My 22-250 savage is very accurate, but I don't have any pics of the groups...

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mt_dren

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I would agree. I have a 10fp in 223 and 12FV in 22-250 those both do an inch or less at 100. Both seem to like 55gr bullets in just about everything.

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Bigjfb

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Savage: ugly and clunky but as accurate as you can get for under $1k


I have one in .243, .338, 22-250

all sub moa, the 22-250 is 1/2 moa after a little Final Finish and great stock with pretty good optics. Gun was also strapped into a device.
 
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bald1

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My 10FP.308 in stock form was well under MOA. These days it regularly shoots 0.35 MOA with 168 and 175 grain moly coated handloads. It is a '98 vintage equipped with SharpShooterSupply (Moreo) competition trigger and Moreo's kelvar-fiberglass wide beavertail thumbhole stock. Shown here with a Gibbs M8500 bipod. Leupold Mil-Dot scope over an Armament Technology 15MOA shim.



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Ifishsum

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Pretty much every newer Savage bolt rifle I've handled will shoot MOA or better - can't say enough good things about them. That's at least a dozen between mine and friends rifles...and I don't even think they look bad. Can't really figure out why they have a reputation for being ugly :confused:

Unfortunately they sort of spoil you because you start thinking that anything less accurate is a POS. I recently built an AR15 and it's probably more accurate than a lot of them, but I still have a hard time being satisfied with how it shoots.
 
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FrankenMauser

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Is this typical accuracy for Savage rifles?
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They're elaborately concocted lies, formulated by the buyers of Savage and Stevens rifles - in an attempt to help them feel better about not being able to afford a Kimber, Cooper, Nosler, or Whitworth custom rifle.












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.300 Weatherby Mag

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They're elaborately concocted lies, formulated by the buyers of Savage and Stevens rifles - in an attempt to help them feel better about not being able to afford a Kimber, Cooper, Nosler, or Whitworth custom rifle.
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I sure wouldn't put kimber in the same category as the other three...
 
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FrankenMauser

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I sure wouldn't put kimber in the same category as the other three...
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I was trying to go for a progressive increase in quality.
I guess it's a bit circumstantial, and up to personal preference, though.
 
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roy reali

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Looking At One

I was on the Savage website. I see they have their Model 14 Classic available in .250 Savage chambering. I am very intriqued by this rifle.

Does anyone here have one of these rifles in .250 Savage?
 
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TRguy

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Yeah I know what you mean FrankenMauser, Kimber, Cooper, Nosler, and Whitworth have won the World Long Distance Championship so many times....Wait...What? OHHHHHH it was Savage that has won the World Championship five years in a row with an off the shelf production rifle.

Please feel free to comeback when any of those 4 you mention have matched or exceeded that accomplishment.

I vote that the MOA should be changed to MOS, Minute of Savage.
 
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taylorce1

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No, but I will and it isn't going to be on a Savage either. The modle 14's are pretty nice but I'm going a different route on my .250-3000 Savage. I was going to build one on a 93 Mauser I had laying around but got talking with my smith and he changed my mind.

So the the rifle I'll build will be on a Mini Mauser action, I'm building this rifle for my daughter who is seven. I need somehting that will fit her and not beat her to death to shoot. Decided on the .250 as it was a nice compact round that would fit in that action with enough power for pronghorn and mule deer.

However I may take one of my Stevens rifles and convert it to a .250 before that rifle gets finished so I can play with that cartridge. My Mauser is going to be converted to a .300 Savage now so I get to play with both of Savage's old offerings.
 
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cbrabham

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My custom shop Savage in .243 is a bughole shooter, shooting Federal premium 100 grn loads. - I haven't had the gun long enough to try out any handloads, but have ordered 100 Nosler 90 grn ballistic tip bullets to play around with.

I specified a stainless steel barreled action, hinged floorplate, laminated thumbhole stock and 24" sporter barrel.

The 24" barrel gives me a bit more velocity and a bit less noise. I'm a big-bore fan, so to me the recoil is virtually nonexistent on this gun. - It feels like a .223.

Is it ugly? - Maybe I'm just used to looking at it and think it's OK, when really it's a bow-wow.





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