What weak points and dislikes with Savage centerfire rifles??
- Thread starter RickR1100
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Yeah, but they shoot right otta ta box!
The first Savage I shot was a defunct Lakefield Mark II that was branded as a Savage. I don't know if we can really consider this a true Savage - as the patents came from somewhere else. This was after Savage bought them out. It was 22 mag and shot fine with iron sights, but at the time I didn't know enough about scopes and as a result it's performance was not that great. If I'd of kept it and installed some decent rings and a better scope it would have shot far better then it did with the set-up I had on it. Lesson learned and that experience has carried over to all guns - whatever the make or caliber.
Fast forward a decade and my experience with a 111 in 300 WM was at first glance an ulgy gun but man could that thing shoot. Fast forward another couple of years to the Model 10 in Weather Warrior in 300 WSM and that one was also a dream to shoot.
With the Axis - if I was going to pick one up I would stiffen up the stock with bedding compound. There is a great video on youtube demonstrating this little modification.
I would also lean towards a picatinny rail as the base and give some flexibility to mounting the scope fore or aft.
Overall they are not really pretty guns but they do shoot as well as they need to in real field conditions.
The long range Savage rifles have a more sensitive accutrigger and it's red in color.
If some people don't want to shoot a Savage - fine. But I'll buy again and it may very well be a Savage.
Fast forward a decade and my experience with a 111 in 300 WM was at first glance an ulgy gun but man could that thing shoot. Fast forward another couple of years to the Model 10 in Weather Warrior in 300 WSM and that one was also a dream to shoot.
With the Axis - if I was going to pick one up I would stiffen up the stock with bedding compound. There is a great video on youtube demonstrating this little modification.
I would also lean towards a picatinny rail as the base and give some flexibility to mounting the scope fore or aft.
Overall they are not really pretty guns but they do shoot as well as they need to in real field conditions.
The long range Savage rifles have a more sensitive accutrigger and it's red in color.
If some people don't want to shoot a Savage - fine. But I'll buy again and it may very well be a Savage.
