Your experieces with Savage Arms products

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I've been doing a little research into versatile quality budget guns (bit of a reach using "versatile" and "quality" along with "budget" I know) and I seem to always come across Savage Arms as a viable choice. I've heard good things about the savage 110 in .308 any of you guys have any input on this product? In your opinion how do savage products compare to say Remington or Tikka's in the same price point (700 & T-3 etc). please keep it clean and under flame control.(contrarians welcomed though) :sniper:
 
I have a savage. 110 i think? its 30-06 anyway, i have to check.

but anyway its a great shooting rifle and i really like the acutrigger. i did come across a few problems with it. the synthetic stock is to light and recoil can really bring on the hurt, and the lip on my mag broke off. its like a little tang that holds it in. its not a good design for a mag.

Just remember im not sure what model mine is yet and I dont feel like pulling it out from the back of the gunsafe at midnight lol i'll have a look tomorow if i remember

oh yea..buy one!:D
 
Only problemwith a Savage I know happened to a friend of mine about 3 years ago. It was a target savage centerfire. It put a couple of rounds through the paper at 100 yards "sideways". Needless to say the grouping was terrible. The dealer took the gun back without any fuss. Every other Savage I know has worked well.
 
Only problems I find with them is once you scope them they are a real ##### to load. Just not enough room for me sausage fingers. Now a dm version would not have this problem. The wood stocked ones are nice I find.
 
Savage is just like every other company they have quality issues from time to time but its the way they take care of their customers that matters in those cases. Here is a story I bought a Savage 12fvss .22-250 it was way off ended up being the barrel after contacting head office in the US a new gun was found for me a 12BVSS a more expensive gun but they excanged it at no cost to me in under a week. Now there is another gent who has a thread going around here about a Remington 700 that has major issues its been out for repair now 2+mths I believe.....so you decide what kind of service you would want from a company you give your hard earned dollars.

The Accutrigger is the best factory trigger hands down.
 
Savage - or Stevens - used to be my go-to gun for budget accuracy.
big drawbacks for me are the synthetic stocks being too soft in the forend (can be corrected), the high-gloss stainless finish (i prefer something like Ruger's Target Grey), and the fact that many parts of their stainless guns arent stainless when theres no reason they cant be.

nowadays, if i wanted the best bang for my buck, id be looking at the Marlin XS7 for around $350. they are getting excellent reviews.
if i bought a new Savage id make sure it was one of the newer Accustock models, which seem to correct one of the biggest Savage shortcomings and offer a semi-decent stock. then again i havent heard many range reports about them so YMMV.

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very good quality product. Economical. Has had the rep (not unfairly) of being 'clubby' feeling - many people (often with no recent Savage experience) repeat that as gospel.

Have ALWAYS been accurate.

Personally I would purchase a Savage before the newer Remington 700's. Thats me
 
Once upon a time I had a 110 cl (left had detachable mag) It was a great shooter never had any issues. I can't remember what I traded it for, but wish I hadn't.
 
I haved a model 111 in .300win mag and a model 12 fvss.308. They where excellent rifles, i sell them because i needed money and room for new millsurp guns. I would like to keep them but i have to sell. Best rifles ever for the money.
 
I have a Model 16 chambered in 270WSM - 130gr federal out of the box 0.50 inch groups I only paid 6 bills for the gun and It is extremely accurate, but not the best looking gun around but like I say, really accurate.
 
Generally pretty good, but I had poor accuracy with a used 300WM I bought. Something not right about the barrel. I like the fact that upgrades are readily available.
 
manbearpig said:
Savage - or Stevens - used to be my go-to gun for budget accuracy.
big drawbacks for me are the synthetic stocks being too soft in the forend (can be corrected), the high-gloss stainless finish (i prefer something like Ruger's Target Grey), and the fact that many parts of their stainless guns arent stainless when theres no reason they cant be.

nowadays, if i wanted the best bang for my buck, id be looking at the Marlin XS7 for around $350. they are getting excellent reviews.
if i bought a new Savage id make sure it was one of the newer Accustock models, which seem to correct one of the biggest Savage shortcomings and offer a semi-decent stock. then again i havent heard many range reports about them so YMMV.
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I was checking out their website last night (really slick by the way) and they have a system called the accu-stock. Supposedly it improves the stock to action and barrel fit. Have you or anyone had any experience with this, anything good to say about it? or is it more gimmick than improvement?
 
I liked the two I have handled, but they were both scope package combo deals, and in both cases the scopes they came with sucked balls.


Once better scopes were mounted everything was OK.

I preferred the 30.06 over the 7mm Mag.
Methinks a .308 would have been very sweet.
 
Savage rifles...

I own a shortie heavy barrel synthetic stock accu-trigger Savage Model 10 in .308 Win and also a pre-accu-trigger heavy barrel MkII FV model in .22 lr. For the money very accurate rifles. I've also had a couple Steven's 200's, currently have one in .243 Win. Same sentiments.

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NAA.
 
I recently bought a non-accutrigger .308 package rifle.

I lightened the trigger SAFELY with the tension screw and thinner wire spring (most recommend 0.040", I used 0.047" as its all i could find). There is not much you can do to those new non-accutriggers, but you can improve them a bit.

I changed the scope and rings (already had a scope)

The stock is really flexible and soft. Mine was free-floated but almost touching on the one side. I have relieved some more plastic from both sides. I stiffened the forearm back to the recoil lug with 2 aluminum rods and epoxy. Did that improve it much...not really, but a little.

I am waiting to get my scope back from a warranty and then I'll hit the range again. I am hoping for better result that the first trip, which was less than stellar. I'll report back.

I have been told to torque the action screws quite tight (especially the front one).
 
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