Remington vs Savage, other thoughts.

Kelly Timoffee

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Been thinking about what my next rifle should be.

My last was a build, now I would like to try a factory precision outfit. Reason being is that I would like to try F/TR competition a little or something that follows a factory setup style competition.

I have and like my Remingtons and they work well.

However , I was looking at their website and Savage.What I found was almost scary, I cannot say that Remington has one rifle that fits my wants and Savage does have several.

Has Remington pooped the bed in this area.Seems the precision or target offerings are slim.

I did buy a Savage 93(my first Savage), and it is accurate and feels good and the Accutrigger seems alright too.

What are others doing in similar cases? Saying to heck with Remington?
 
The Savage BR, F-Class and F-TR/TR rifles are geared toward people who want an accurate rifle for a specific purpose.

If I were looking to take a factory "precision" rifle to the line with me I would have to go with one of the Savage offerings mentioned above.

This is one area where Remington has failed to try and match Savage.

I (at this time) use strictly Remington actions for my custom builds simply because they were easy to come by and they perform.
 
savage makes a rifle that can win matches out of the box. combine that with easy barrel changes when you wear the barrel out, and your laughing. savage builds competition rigs with custom gun features. you also don't have to pay a smith to fix remingtons laziness in not cutting everything square to the bore; locking lugs, reciever face, shoulder and threads. this is especialy bad seeing as all the reciever issues can be fixed in one chucking. and squaring the bolt lugs is dead simple with an inexpensive jig. IMHO savage just tries harder. so buy the savage and a good optic and mounts and go kick some a$$.
 
I will tell you a secret

remington actions are popular because they are round. this means easy chucking in a lathe to fix all the sloppy factory work.
 
NormB said:
You know... So are Savages:)

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agreed savage actions are round. however the floating bolt head makes blueprinting the action unneccessary. it should be noted that remington has started to copy savage design features. It saddens me that remington doesn't care enough to do a few small things right that are dead easy. there realy is no excuse..
 
mg4201 said:
agreed savage actions are round. however the floating bolt head makes blueprinting the action unneccessary. it should be noted that remington has started to copy savage design features. It saddens me that remington doesn't care enough to do a few small things right that are dead easy. there realy is no excuse..
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I sure hope they don't copy the heavy bolt lift. Savage keep surprising me with just how heavy they can make em.
 
I was looking into both of these rifles also, after much thought and reading a lot of reviews I will be going with Savage yes they are a little bit more in terms of money but you get what you pay for, I also want a rifle that I can target shoot with and hunt so a dual purpose rifle is what I was looking for.
 
warrenb said:
I sure hope they don't copy the heavy bolt lift. Savage keep surprising me with just how heavy they can make em.
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that is at most a ten minute fix. I never noticed the heavy bolt lift but then who needs a second shot when you have a savage?
 
Take a look at TC Icon Precision Hunter they supplied the test target it is certified mine was .4 with cheap blue box federal ammo after finding a tailored load with 155 gr A-Max it shoot .25... JP.
 
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I salute your decision to go Savage over Remington. In my opinion, Savage just gets it and is doing a better job of making rifles people actually want. Remington did well before because when you're offered less choice, you won't not buy a gun, and they knew this.
 
I have both Savages and Remingtons here and I've spent some time comparing and measuring. It would be possible to build an action with the best features of both. Like, the floating bolt head and the removeable bolt handle of the Savage. I'd give it a Rem barrrel thread and toss the Savage barrel nut. Make it accept a Rem trigger and safety and Savage centerfeed detachable mag, the short action mags are 3" inside, nice for a 308.
I've seen examples of a Savage bolt head installed on a Remington bolt, not that hard to do. But you do have to remove the barrel and face off the counterbore.
 
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