Originally Posted by
ButchA
Savages are awesome rifles! Every guy I talked to who owns a Savage, has said that his rifle likes to shoot Federal ammo. Don't know why, don't understand it, but I guess it's the way it is. My Savage in .308 loves Federal Premium Vital Shok with either the Nosler Ballistic Tip or the Nosler Partition.
I've got a few friends that hunt with them. One shoots Remington ammo in his and it shoots fine, but he hasn't tried any other ammo's. Another one is in .243 and it shoots around .8" groups with both Federal Power Shok and Winchester Power Points. If you shoot hand loads with a 95 grain Hornady SST the groups drop down to around .4-.5". They just are great shooting guns and the few I've seen have not been picky at all when it comes to ammo.