Narrowed It Down To These 2 Bolt Rifles From Remington & Savage

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I'd have to go with the Savage because it would leave some scope money and it's a better rifle right now. The money difference is just to big,,.
 
It seems pretty simple to me, better quality gun = higher price. :D:D:D:D
BTW why the heck would you need a muzzle brake on a .308, especially one with a 24" heavy barrel? Besides, it's only $280 more for the Remington and it's stainless plus it's a gun that has proven itself on the battle field for over 30 years.
 
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I am not going to tell you which one to purchase, that's your choice. My choice and money was spent on the Savage.

Remenber a fool and his money are easly parted.
Jim
 
Remenber a fool and his money are easly parted.

I OWN 3 SAVAGE BOLT RIFLES. NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH ANY OF THEM, THEY ALL ARE SS AND THEY ARE ALL TACK DRIVERS FROM MY 22 TO MY .223 TO MY .308 :eek:

I'VE PUT ALOT OF RESEARCH INTO THIS!
RAN SEVERAL POSTS HERE AND THERE.
DONE MY FAIR SHARE OF READING REVIEWS AND FIELD REPORTS.:p

HAD MY MIND MADE UP ON THE SAVAGE...:rolleyes:

THEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID THOUGH YOU WERE BUYING THE REMINGTON?

SAVING THE EXTRA MONEY IS A + AS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING I NEED:)

IT'S JUST THE LURE OF OWNING A REMINGTON IN THE BATTLE PROVEN 5R THAT'S CALLING TO ME.;)
 
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Jerry, you are just paying for the name, not the quality. Savages are tack drivers right out of the box, I have three and all are great.

If you want to pay for beauty then get a blond girl friend, now that will cost you a ton of money, I know. Had mine for the past 25 years. Of course red heads are not cheap either.(LOL)

Jim
 
Get the want you want but my money will never be spent on anything with a muzzle break and especially NOT for one on a .308.

The caliber has very little recoil to start with so all you're doing is making more noise than you need to.

Just my 2 cents.
 
If you want to pay for beauty then get a blond girl friend, now that will cost you a

NOW LET'S NOT GET DISTRACTED FROM THE QUESTION AT HAND FELLOWS! :D

HAVING OWNED SAVAGE AND KNOWING THAT THEY ARE TACK DRIVERS YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD JUST BUY ANOTHER. STRANGE AS THIS MAY SEEM I FIND THEM BORING TO LOOK AT... ::eek:

I CAN MAKE THAT SAVAGE AS PRETTY AS ANY REMINGTON OR I CAN BUY THE REMINGTON ALREADY PRETTY AS IT GETS. :cool:
 
Savage makes an excellent rifle for sure.

Personally, I like the Remington 700 action better. For what you're getting, nice stock, stainless barrel, 5R rifling, and the ability to customize with tons of aftermarket parts, the Remington is worth the extra cash IMO.
 
The Savage action is ugly, and I am not aware of any way to make it as pretty as other actions. The rear of the action and the placement of the bolt handle are just ugly to me. Put a $1,000 piece of wood on it and you still have an ugly action and ugly rifle.

Actually if I were to buy a production rifle today I would not buy either a Rem or Savage. I would have to do some checking since I have been out of the loop for some year, but the Kimber looks good and maybe Wby Mk V if I could get the weight I would want.

Jerry
 
Have you handled the 5R? I'm asking because I hated the stock that was on mine. The palm swell is grapefruit-esque. It shot very well though, and was a pretty rifle to look at.

I sold it and bought a Savage that is now my go-to junting rifle. Not a target oriented heavy barrel, just a model 16 hunting rifle. It shoots just as well as the heavy barreled 5R did. Both rifles are/were .5 MOA performers with handloads, which I know to be the limit of my ability.

The Savage action is not as smooth as the 700, and it is not as pretty.

It's pretty hard to argue the abilities of the two you're considering, so feel both of them in hand and go with the one that feels best, or the one you think looks better, whichever is most important to you. It seems the price doesn't factor in much for you.

I will say the 5R barrel was much easier to clean than a traditional rifled barrel, especially when new. The Savage fouled horrendously until it had over 100 rounds through it, as do all my new rifles.
 
i have the Remington 700 5r and it is my favorite rifle by a long shot! i get under .50 groups at 100 yards consistently. i also deer hunt with it never had any problems. the palm swell is a little big, but fits my hands pretty good none the less. i dont think you could go wrong with either but i choose the 5r because i wanted something different!
 
Both will shoot about the same, one costs 300 dollars more. Don't see that requiring

I'm more confused now that when I started this post!:eek: Just kidding! Welcome all your thoughts. Never thought of the Savage action as being ugly but was never fond of their stocks. If I buy the Savage this will be the first upgrade made, then I'll mount a Bushnell Elite 4200 6-24X40 I have sitting in the closet. :D
 
My two new production rifles that I have one of each. Tha Savage i own is a 308 and my Remington is a 223 so I got same rifles but two different calibers for different purposes. Man, this would be one of the hardest decisions ever for me. Both IMO are extremely accurate and i like the looks of both. I guess I'd just flip a coin and be happy however it fell.
 
Given the particular remington i'd say go with remington. Find me a 5R that wont shoot and i'll switch my opinion to recommend savage until then i can't recommend it over this particular remington, as i think savages are fugly also.
 
Like them both

But two things that would steer me to the Remington. Don't like the Muzzle break and would much prefer the SS.

Don't get me wrong I think Savage makes as good of a rifle as Remington, some times better. But between these two I'd go with the Remington.

I shot a deer this year with a Savage .270 with a muzzle break. After I shoot the ear splitting crack totally distracted me from the shot. Luckily the deer was DRT. My ears where hurting hours after wards. Never another muzzle break on a hunting rifle. That being said this looks like you'll be using it for target shooting so this may be a mute point.
 
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