I can't offer anything about today's rifles, but here's some advice from the distant past. I had a savage 110CL back in the early 80s. Didn't even get through a single box of ammo, and a chip broke out of the extractor. Murphy at work.
Not wanting to put up with the hassle of sending the rifle back, I just wanted a replacement extractor. In those days, Savage parts weren't "everywhere" and it took the gunsmith two months to get one, so I could put it in!
I hear that's not the case today, and parts are "everywhere". Ok, but Murphy is still on the job, and its not impossible that if/when you do need one, THAT part will be "out of stock", everywhere.
If you get the Savage, order a couple spare extractors, and stick one under the buttplate, so its there if you have a failure in the field. Put the other in a WELL MARKED envelope/baggie, and tuck it in your spare parts/tool kit. Odds are good that if you do that, you will never need it. But, if you don't?
Murphy is still on the job, you know...
Now, as to...
It's simple. If you shoot crap ammo in a budget rifle, you have crap. If you shoot crap ammo in a high dollar match gun, you still have crap, but the rifle looks better...
Not saying all steel cased ammo is crap, and there is crap brass case ammo too. The point is, if you shoot the cheapest stuff (and I admit there is a time for it in recreational shooting) expect the cheapest results. If you get some that does shoot well, & accurately, be happy Murphy is looking the other way, and buy a bunch more of it.
I'm a reloader, and I don't shoot steel, or berdan primed ammo by choice, but that's just me....
Not wanting to put up with the hassle of sending the rifle back, I just wanted a replacement extractor. In those days, Savage parts weren't "everywhere" and it took the gunsmith two months to get one, so I could put it in!
I hear that's not the case today, and parts are "everywhere". Ok, but Murphy is still on the job, and its not impossible that if/when you do need one, THAT part will be "out of stock", everywhere.
If you get the Savage, order a couple spare extractors, and stick one under the buttplate, so its there if you have a failure in the field. Put the other in a WELL MARKED envelope/baggie, and tuck it in your spare parts/tool kit. Odds are good that if you do that, you will never need it. But, if you don't?
Murphy is still on the job, you know...
Now, as to...
including running steel-cased ammo through it.
It's simple. If you shoot crap ammo in a budget rifle, you have crap. If you shoot crap ammo in a high dollar match gun, you still have crap, but the rifle looks better...
Not saying all steel cased ammo is crap, and there is crap brass case ammo too. The point is, if you shoot the cheapest stuff (and I admit there is a time for it in recreational shooting) expect the cheapest results. If you get some that does shoot well, & accurately, be happy Murphy is looking the other way, and buy a bunch more of it.
I'm a reloader, and I don't shoot steel, or berdan primed ammo by choice, but that's just me....