In my view that is not the issue. There is a lot of old information gathered there that will be forever lost. Stuff that just can't be easily found of replicated. With no archive as suggested it will be a shame to all past and future Savage users.
Your very last statement, while certainly true, doesn’t take into consideration the fact that in some ( many ? ) cases you have to put up with and wade through the seemingly obligatory Savage bashing in order to ferret out the information you were seeking. That’s provided someone bothers to address your issue/ question in a semi-civil fashion at all. Didn’t have that on Savage Shooters for obvious reasons.
It was a similar case with Specialty Pistols. 20 years of amazing information accumulated, specific to a niche interest, all gone now. The amount of wealthy knowledge will never again be compiled. Mike had no desire to archive the site, sadly.
I would agree with those comments
True that about numbers of Savage shooters. Recently I was in our local PSA outlet which has an extensive gun department with most, if not all, of the commonly encountered brands. Bergara, Tikka, Remington, etc, etc. I asked one of the staff, setting aside for a moment the ubiquitous AR platforms, what brand of rifles was their biggest seller. He didn’t draw a breath before saying , “ Savage”. No doubt price point has a lot to do with that, but Savage puts the average Joe hunter and shooter in the game. I’d wager that the tonnage of meat that Axis and 110 rifles have put on tables through the years would be considerable!
I have been working a 100/200/300yd range 2 of 5 days every week for the past 4+ years and I still see Savage at least 2 to 1 on our benches. Then followed by Ruger then Tikka, Remington. This is easy as you cannot miss the barrel nut.
Good, I’m not around it much but I was guessing Bergara,Tikka, Howa, and Browning were edging the Savage market out.
For a good long time, all my barrels I shouldered.. No nut. The new rig
It’s been a while, maybe two years (? ) , but when I would go to our state range on a regular basis, guys would bring out their deer rifles just before gun season to check zeros and get in a little practice. Far and away the majority were Savage, usually Axis line.
You actually see more Savage guns than AR platforms at your range? At my private club range AR platform and chassis guns outnumber “ traditional “ rifles at least 6 or 7 to 1.
Guess I misrepresented. One the rifle ranges 25-100yds breaks down to long rifles and AR's. Probably about evenly divided. Aside from the Savage rifles the AR's outnumber all other brands and types. Don't see as many AR's on the 200/300 range.
Walley World really facilitated that direction. They would have a full
All true. A helluva lot more “ Poors “ ( Snipers Hide derogatory term for anyone not well heeled enough to have at the minimum one custom, component comprised, multi thousand dollar , can shoot two counties over , rig ) than the uber competitive, condescending ,eccentric cyber bullies encountered too frequently on some sites.
