All Savage rifles shoot like CRAP

As I have posted many times before, I bought a Savage Predator Max 1. It was a great price. Looked at that bull nose bolt and quietly thought aloud "that is, bar none, the ugliest rifle I have ever seen". With the impressive way it groups those 70 grain pills at 300 yards - looks are deceiving and love got blind! For those of you convinced that you had to spend $2,000 for accuracy - just 'cause that's what you believe - ok. Mathematically, I have still not spent the savings in powder, primers and bullets for my "cheap, low quality, has to be a bad shooter, economic rifle". Yup, have another drink! :D
 
firemachine69 said:
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Just read the rest of the thread. :p


Rifle looks awesome! What kind of rings?
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Burris Zee rings! I don't know specifically but they came with elevation inserts.

I agree with you, sobo4303. If someone can justify spending over 3X the price for marginal (if any) shooting performance and still claim to treat it like a working hunting rifle that gets knocked around, well good for them but that's not my game.
 
I almost threw my tablet at the wall...thank god it was a joke. My Savage 338 FCP HS Precision is my pride and joy. I also have a Bushnell Elite 6-24 with the HDMR reticle and Mil turrets. Amazing shooter!
 
If I can see it good the pred max will shoot 3/8 moa now with my loads. At 1100yards it is more the problem that the 12" circle on my target is a speck at 20x mag but 3 of 4 hits were 5.5"
 
Oh man I'd love to have an 1100 range set up somewhere. I would have to treat myself to a new 30 cal though :D shooting the .204 at that distance might be a little like pissin' in the wind.
 
I think I'll be picking a savage weather warrior in 308. Choping the barrel to 18.5 inches and mounting a set of iron sights. I love how savage uses an all metal trigger guard and magwell in like other brands like tikka or somebody the river models. Not bashing them I just like an all steel gun!!
 
I have a bud that with some refinement to his round making, he is placing 3 to 5 rounds in a clover at 850 Meters; this is using the Savage 110 BA chambered in .300 win mag I got off a kid he works with for 1500.00. he has that rifle in .308 and .338 Lapua as well and when the kid said it shot like "cr@#!" my bud bought the whole rig for 1500, the scope is $900.00 alone. My bud took the rifle home and looked it over, turned out the rail was not on really at all. All three drive nails now.

If I got a big bore it would be a .338 Lapua Savage 110 BA and my next hunting rifle will be a Savage that is a given.
 
Secondgunman said:
I have a bud that with some refinement to his round making, he is placing 3 to 5 rounds in a clover at 850 Meters; this is using the Savage 110 BA chambered in .300 win mag I got off a kid he works with for 1500.00. he has that rifle in .308 and .338 Lapua as well and when the kid said it shot like "cr@#!" my bud bought the whole rig for 1500, the scope is $900.00 alone. My bud took the rifle home and looked it over, turned out the rail was not on really at all. All three drive nails now.

If I got a big bore it would be a .338 Lapua Savage 110 BA and my next hunting rifle will be a Savage that is a given.
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Clover leafing in .30 cal is what about .3 or .4 inches?
 
I have a Savage 16FHSS in 7mm-08. Not accurate at all. Winchester white box is barely minute of paper at 100 yards. A bit better with hunting rounds.

I am going to try to line up the scope again (third year). Using Leupold rings and Burris scope (Weaver rings are garbage - scope would slide even when tight).

Perhaps bore lapping next?
 
They are touching holes, and as to date he has clover leafed at 1100 meters but that was a perfect shooting day as we were shooting from about a 60 foot loft due west to the rotation of the earth almost, and there was very little wind from the east. He also made sub 1 to Sub 2 MOA at 890 meters with the .300 WM that day and I hit an 18 inch square box 19 out of 20 times iron sighted at 700 meters with my Norinco M305... So anyone says they are junk has never shot one... Granted my sights came buggered from day one and OP spring guide rod is junk in them, the seams on the stalks are really bad but aside fome that they are really not that bad shooters. I wish Savage would make an M14 or better yet an m25 replica.
 
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landphil said:
I'll say it. Savages can't shoot. Guns that shoot, thats the scarey-hype crap from the media again, no? :)

I'm very pleased with the accuracy of my savages though, can't wait to get a load developed for the 12btcss in .223, my latest addition to the heard. Its doing pretty well with the winnie 45gr JHPs so far.
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Just recieved my 12BTC as well somewhere around 24.1 grns of Varget with Sierra 69 bullet is where I believe it will stay..
 
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