Afraid not to buy a Savage

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Manos de Piedra

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I am a lefty and have always used lefty bolt actions. I have always had a Savage. I have shot lots of guns but none have ever shot better than Savages. I want to buy a new rifle (I don't NEED one, I just want to). Problem is, there are guns I like better, like the ruger, but I can't bring myself to buy anything but a Savage. There is an indescribable comfort there. It's weird. I have never missed a deer with a Savage and also wierdly, I don't believe I can miss when I have my Savage. Anybody else feel this way about their hunting rifle? I know there are plenty of good reasonably priced rifles out there....... I'm probably nuts....
 
If Savages work for you, why would you change?

I feel the same about the Remingtons I've had for several years, but disappointed with the finish and triggers of newer ones.

However, my Tikka 595 in .223 Rem is a real gem and shoots better than my other centerfires. If I'd stuck with Remington, I'd never have found the quality of another brand.

Maybe you owe yourself a change?

JP
 
I used to feel that way about the 700, but like the previous poster I think there quality has slipped a bit, with that said one of the best shooting rifles I have ever owned is a 700SPS 308 Varmint that I bought new just a couple years ago, but it's more of a target rifle than a hunting rifle.

I bought a Thompson Center Ikon 30-06 a few months ago and it is a tack driver also. The fit and finish was perfect I did have to send it back to them for a feeding issue, but they had it fixed and sent back to me in less than a week.
 
I feel that same way, but not because I love the fit and finish of the Savage or anything, but because every time I buy something else I end up being disappointed in the accuracy and usually the trigger among other things. I'm in the same situation as you, I really like the fancy wood, and styling of some other rifles, but I find that I'm almost always disappointed in them compared to the Savage.
 
Savage was my 1st serious rifle, (larger cal.) I forgot how many yrs a go... mayby 35 or more... 110 Left Hand in 30.06, kill my first moose the year after. The gun was and still group inside 1" at 100 yrd.
Many other rifle follow, some commercial and some custom, have Brno, Rugger, Browning, Remington,Winchester and Sako and several custom made from military and or commercial mauser actions.
With the exception of the Sako and one Browning all other commercial rifle need a little help in order to perform as I like!!!! ( action bedding, post, flooting the barrel or adjust pressure.
The look of the Savage, is not glamorous but it deliver performance!
 
I have a large variety of rifles. If I had limited myself to one brand, I wouldnt have had the pleasure of owning the others. A lot of mine are custom Mausers, but I do have Savage, Remington, Ruger, Marlin, Mossberg, Winchester, Weatherby, Browning, Sako, and Howa. I also have some military rifles in my collection.

I can see no reason why you shouldnt like the Savage brand. They are a well built rifle. If you are contemplating another brand, my best advice is to go to a rifle range and see if someone will let you fire a couple of rounds through one. Each brand will have their advantages and disadvantages. Most of it of course is cosmetic. A good Honda will ride the freeway as well as a Ferarri although I must admit the the Ferarri is a lot more fun to drive.
 
I don't think you're weird, you just fell upon the perfect rifle for you. I'm with Picher on this though, if you don't try the other ones you'll never know for sure!
 
I've owned mostly Rem 700 heavy barrel varmint/tactical style rifles but a few years ago picked up a nice Savage 12BVSS. And last year my first hunting sporter rifle in a Weatherby Vanguard Deluxe. Nothing wrong with having a variety of rifle makes. Still , if you decide to stick with Savage they have some nice hunting rifles as well.
 
There is an indescribable comfort there. It's weird. I have never missed a deer with a Savage and also wierdly, I don't believe I can miss when I have my Savage. Anybody else feel this way about their hunting rifle? I know there are plenty of good reasonably priced rifles out there....... I'm probably nuts....
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What you're describing is a rifle you are extremely familiar and confident with. If you spend as much time shooting a new rifle as your old Savage you will gain confidence in it as well. Confidence in your gear goes a long way towards a successful hunt.
 
Help from a trained professional could be very expensive, but it could be covered by your health care provider.

If you have to pay a deductible, then you need to keep your receipt or canceled check. If you have sufficient deductibles in health care, it could assist you with your 2011 Federal and State Income tax. In the event your Doctor prescribes medication for your mental disorder, the medication could also be added to your helth care cost in the event you have to pay a portion of the cost out of your own pocket.

Your Federal Income Tax Return could be used by the Federal Government to see if you checked the correct box on any future application for a firearm permit since you have reported you have a mental disorder. Therefore my response to your question is gun related.

If I were you, I would minimize my exposure to guns and reports of mental disorders to others especially in any written forms or communications or by means of computer which can be tracked to your admission of a mental disorder.

Good Luck and Best Wishes. I hope you and other Posters with similar gun related phobias can appreciated my dry sense of humor. It is not wise to post gun related phobias or illnesses.
 
Manos--Your not alone buddy. Im a die hard Savage Fan also. I will never risk buying anything else. As one poster said,,If it works for you go with it. IMHO -They can't be beat for Accuracy.
 
I'm a Savage fan also, I've bought a half-dozen of them over the past seven or eight years. Some I've kept, some I've gifted. I don't buy guns new, as a general rule, I prefer to buy them used. I've bought a Model 111 FV in 7mm Rem Mag, a Model 10 FLP in .308, a Model 11 FNS in .243, a 111 in .30-06, a Model 11 FNS in .308, a Model 93R17 and a Model 64 in .22LR. All great rifles.

However, this spring I was looking at used guns on the rack and I stumbled across a Model 700 ADL in .308 with a Leupold scope. The price was very, very right and I brought it home. It might be the rifle I hunt deer with this year. According to the date code on the barrel, this one left Ilion in 1983 and it shoots like a dream. Very little wear. I imagine that it got a lot of storage and was sold by a nitwit when grandpa died.

And, if I stumble upon a nice example of a Winchester 70 in .30-06, I'll be hard-pressed to not put it on layaway. I passed last year on a Grade One Browning bolt in .30-06 and I've been kicking myself ever since. The gun was about fifty years old, had an FN buttplate on it, and the story was that it was sold by a descendant of a fairly prominent man after this death. I should have put that one on layaway and let it pass.

Yeah, I like Savage rifles, but I'm aware that there are other rifle out there.
 
If you feel that good about your rig
don't ever change.It takes more
than an accurate rifle to hit
a target,50% mental and 50% equipment.
 
If you feel comfortable with Savage, why go any place else? My main hunting rig is a Savage 110 7mm Rem Mag and if I lost it, I'd replace it immediately with another Savage. They aren't pretty, but they are reliable and accurate.

I'm a lefty too so I can understand an attachment to a left handed bolt action and if it works for you, why change it? I'd buy the Savage and at some point, I'd buy another rifle if I were still panting for another one.
 
There's a pattern here... The three savages I have bought new in recent years having required nothing beyond setting the accutrigger to the desired pull weight.. Other brands I've bought have required bedding, floating, trigger jobs etc... Now granted some other rifles have required nothing but most of them have required at least a trigger job..
 
I want to buy a new rifle (I don't NEED one, I just want to).
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Sounds like a lot of us, excercising your God given right to be an unreasonable male.

Now I don't want to be struck by lighting, but there are other reasons to buy something other than a Savage. I too am a Savage fan, But:

3 - Savages, 223, 243 & 270
2 - Bushmasters, C-15 16 in M4 (223), Varminteer 24 in. (223)
2 - Marlins, 22Mag Bolt and Leveraction 336C 35 Remington
2 - Rugers, Mini-30 (7.62x39) and 10/22 22LR
1 - SKS
1 - Remington 7600 30-06
Sold off
1 - Moseberg 835 12 gauge
1 - CVA 50 Cal Inline

So I hope you can see there is another world besides Savage (Just not sure why) (LOL)

Jim
 
Well, if you like Savage...check out the Marlin XL7/XS7's :)

Similar trigger...pillar bedded from the factory...recoil pad from the factory...and better barrels!!

And you have to love the starting prices at around $299 :D
 
Thanks for all the replies guys. Gonna go with the weather warrior, left handed of course, in .308.

I have lots of rifles, but no bolts that aren't savage. I am a big levergun fan. But, to further illustrate my savage comfort, here is how it usually goes: Around April I decide my 336xlr is going to be my go to for deer that year. I shoot the hell out of it and by november I am ready and secure. I take my savage out just to sight in and bring along as a back up, put three shots in a hole the size of a nickel at 100, and put it away. Season comes, it's the first morning, and as I'm about to leave, I pause, put the xlr on the rack, take the savage out and go. Why fight it....
 
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