We have a Black and Green Rifles forum. This is a good candidate for that forum. However, I concede, I have been negative and you probably have a right to be pyssed at me for that. I consider myself a disciple of precision shooting, and I play in a sport where guaranteed sub quarter minute accuracy is essential if you want to do really well. Unfortunately, the definition of "precision rifle" has been very blurred in this forum. There are websites devoted to true precision shooting where a rifle of this type would never be discussed, but this website's virtue is primarily its country of origin, not so much it definition of what constitutes a precision rifle. Clearly the conflict here is with my own expectations.
(FYI...Sniper rifles actually aren't that "precise"....)
FWIW, what you or anyone buys is entirely up to you. What bothers me - as someone that actively promotes newcomer participation in precision shooting sports- is the assumption that a) expensive, b) "tactical" and c) epithets such as "Uber Cool Do It All gun" will lead one to believe that this is the short path to achieving precision results.
This rifle has all the window dressing someone that wanting a "Sniper" rifle could ever want, and it probably shoots fairly well, but it was not built from the ground up to put precision first.
Thanks for the insights Obtunded.
I was thinking the black and green rifles as well, but the description was AR's and SMG's, so I chose this category as, what I thought, the closest fit.
I suppose precise is a relative term. How I meant it, was that if this rifle is supposed to be precise enough for a LE Sniper to save lives, it should then also be more than precise enough for an everyday rifle. I don't know if thats true or not, just a hopeful assumption
As far as the precision of "sniper" rifles goes, in comparison to the match rifles that are out there, I agree, they probably aren't that precise. Probably along the lines of a custom built match rifle being a scalpel, and a sniper rifle being a utility knife.. If that makes sense.
If you read my first post over again, cool was not a part of it
I said "uber do it all rifle" Ie. a jack of all trades, but master of none.
If its for LE, it should be very, very durable.
Also, its for LE, and its from Savage, so second assumation is that its going to be near the top of mass produced rifles accuracy.
Its a .308 so you could use it for deer hunting. May be a bit heavy for some.
Its got a big magazine, so if you are out shooting varmints, you don't have to change the mag... as often. (Hehe I hope none of you have any problem with the idea of shooting varmints with a .308...)
Same thing with paper. Probably the vast majority of us (myself included) couldn't squeeze everything out of this rifle, but still have a blast. Plus you can shoot two 5-shot groups on one mag!
The biggest downsides to this rifle I can see are: for some, the looks. For all, the cost of the rifle, and the cost of all the ammo you're gonna shoot.
