RE: HELP
I own a 700 CDL in .30-'06, and I wanted a 7mm-08. I considered the Savage 11FHNS and the 700 SPS. The SPS felt better in my hands, but I'd already had a Savage MkIIBV .22lr that won me over with the Accu-Trigger. I opted for the Savage this time.
I got it out to the range last week, & wasn't able to get it sighted in due to the ineptitude of the Bass Pro Shops personnel who mounted the scope in a . 5-a$$ed manor.
My impressions, so far, are thus:
1) I wanted a short action, & the SPS had it, but the Savage seems to have a long-action bolt throw.
2) I haven't gotten used to the center box magazine on the Savage. It seems hard to get the shells into the right spot, & they bind up being too far forward, or too far back.
3) The action was absolutely swimming in the stock, and the allen screws at the trigger guard, and in the magazine well, were all incredibly loose
4) There were more tooling marks in the finish than I'd been led to belive Savage had in their current production
5) The AccuTrigger is SUBLIME!
The scope's been remounted, & I'll be out again next week to try 'er out. If this rifle shoots as well as people are telling me I sould expect, items 1-4 will be forgiven. If not, at least it didn't cost an arm & a leg... and I didn't have to get a trigger job!
For the money, I don't think you could beat either one. I kind of forced myself out of my comfort zone, thinking I could talk more intelligently about different products if I'd actually owned & operated them. Besides, who's to say that I couldn't go buy another CDL in 7mm-08? I hear they'll let me do that in this fine country that God has let us call HOME!
God Bless,
FC
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