The coolest thing happened at the range How about a comment or 2

[jonbearman]

I here so much talk about savages being junk,I just had to share this with you. A few months back I bought a 22" sporter weight barrel in 7-08 with the slow twist. I bought it to try the cartridge out to see if I liked it. I loaded some 130 grain bullets up and screwed the tube on a savage tactical reciever(just a name) . It has a rifle basix 2 trigger and it is in a choate ultimate varmint stock(all I had laying around. I sighted it close and shot 4 rounds. They shot in the 2's. I tried it again,same thing,and again and again. The barrel was allowed to cool between strings.It shoots better than my savage pta in .308. Wow,I cant believe it shot so good. I cleaned it and it felt gritty so I ran jb bore paste several times before I shot it. It seems to me that the JB did the trick. I own 5 or 6 savage bolt guns and have a riot with them.I know now that I will buy a heavy barrel in 7-08,now that I know the caliber is fun shooting. Not bad for a 40.00 take-off barrel. I just wanted to share my experience so others could see that they are all not junk like so many complain about.LOL

 

[jonbearman]

No comments? I just love rifles that shoot. I have much higher quality stuff,but it is so fun to play with these rifles. Someday I will have a bat or maybe a defiance remmy clone ,but for now the savages will have to do.

 

[eric_monster]

I don't have experience with the 7-08 round. But I lobe my savages. I have 2 10FCP. 2 are 20 inch .308 and the third is about to be rebarreled in 6.5x47 lapua. All 3 are sub moa. Love the savage guns. Every bit as good as M700's I have owned.

Eric

 

[GermanS1]

That's a great experience, Jon! As you say, just because it's factory doesn't mean it can't shoot. Too bad it's only 22" but nice find!

 

[TheSnake]

I have to agree. Got my son. .243 Axis new, loaded 10 rounds of Hornandy cheap bullets at low end of the Sierra manual and they shot in the .3s at 100 Can't complain about that at all.

 

[holstil]

I like to here you having fun. I have been tossing a few ideas around here lately and a 7-08 keeps popping in my head. I shoot a 284 imp. in HV IBS and I have a spare barrel and a reamer now. I would have used this for a hunting rig that I put together but all my extra barrels are 1.25 str.

7-08 what's not to like?

I don't have any Savage's but I've re-barreled a couple, I wouldn't mind having one of those M12s.

Jim

 

[jonbearman]

Hostil,just find a used reciever on our site or savageshooters.com like I have.I bought 4 recievers for around 225.00 or so and build away. I buy the bvss stocks and bed them to the used stocks for cheap. The end result is a fine shooting rig for way less than other recievers.

 

[Frankr]

I have had a few savages. a heavy barrel 22-250 old blued one with the cheap plastic stock and i had a 116 weather worrier in .270 win. i wanted a bad weather rifle because it seems its allways raining in deer season.
just a plane jane stainless synthetic gun,cheap plastic stock. the old savage trigger,22" barrel. this was back some years ago when the hornday SST bullets were hot off the press.so i got some .277 150 SST bullets yea the shoot and clean BS and shot plenty of 3 shot groups in allmost a hole,ah never measured them but as good as any .270 i have had and chrony'ed them at 3,100 FPS out of that 22" tube. shot two doe at 200yrds and one small buck at 300yrds that year with it. what more can you ask. and to this day cant get over the velocity out of that 22" barrel.That was a .150gr bullet not a 130gr.

 

[dtucker]

Those Savages do seem to be amazing. I belong to a couple forums and i hear people rave about them all the time. It is rare that i hear of total disappointment of one. I had my first Savage about a year ago in a 223 PC carbine and it was a wonderful little rifle. The first time i took it out to the club i had a little cheep 3x9 Burris i got at bass Pro that had the binoculars in the box as a package deal. I shot it off the bench with a bipod with some factory ammo and after i sighted it in i shot 10 three shot groups. Average for all 10 three shot groups came in at about .450 Not bad off a bipod, cheap scope and not even reloading for it. I do wish they would offer a nicer stock for some of them. Wish i had not traded it off now :'(

 

[5spd]

Ive know it for 20+ years. I have 2 fp10s/12fv/M11 and they are all sub moa shooters!
No matter what others like/dislike Ill still be shooting them till Im 100!
One does not need to spend $2K to shoot little holes or targets at 1000 yds....$400 an you will have it!

 

[jonbearman]

My latest aquisition is a stainless 116 in .270 win and it kicks like a mule. It came with a 3-9 simmons and it is going to the trash. I touched it with a little bore cleaner on my hands and the paint started to melt on it. Anyways it was new in the box with a feather weight barrel and I think I will rebarrel to a heavier tube to give the rifle some weight. It has the 3 screw trigger and they shipped it with the safety not working. After some adjusting it works ok now. I am thinking about a criterion barrel or a McGowen as I have one and it shoots real well. Of course it is a full bull(1"350 stem to stearn) 1 in 10 twist. It cleans like you never shot it.