ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
ORIGINAL: Red Lion
Maybemost others copycat TC, but Savage certainly does not. Savage sets the standard.
Most blackpowder rifle-makers have abandoned the production of bolt-action MLs. The Savage may be the best thing since sliced bread for smokeless powder, but not when using blackpowder-only. It's just another messy, dirty, slide-clogging bolt-action.
The action-standard for blackpowder rifles today are the pivot/break/fall-action rifles. Bolt-action ML sales are very-very poor. Biggest complaints are jamming and subpar weather protection due to the design.
I wont argue with the extra cleaning aspects for using BP substitute (even though it still would not be too bad in a savage), but I was thinking larger, suchas the savage design being ableto safely withstand pressures of 100,000 psi and more, versus the 9,000 psi that many otherML withthose "spanish" barrels present.
I think that it is fair for Berreta to be aware of all of his options for ML's.