I might have posted this a while ago and can't remember if it's on this forum or not. But anyway...

Probably about 6 or 7 years ago, I bought a used older model Savage 110 (manufactured: Sept 1998) chambered in .308 which came with a cheesy POS Simmons scope on it. I remember tossing the cheap scope and bought a nice Bushnell Trophy 3-9x40 scope and new rings for it, and then had it mounted and bore sighted for me.

Here it is... Still in pristine condition for being about 15 years old.

If you look close, it looks like a .30-06 or a .270 or something. But it's a short action .308 in a long action rifle stock. See, when I wrote to Savage back then (to get a date of manufacture off the serial#), they said that back in the mid-late 90's they were almost about to declare bankruptcy. To save costs, they used the model 110 for everything, regardless of caliber and long/short action.

Anyway, I believe this next photo can testify to the legendary out-of-the-box accuracy of Savage rifles - more especially the .308 cartridge. This was from about 3 years ago at the nearby rifle range. I had my Savage .308 secured tight into a solid bench rest that I bought at Bass Pro. 168gr BTHP target rounds @ 100 yards. (I then tweaked the scope "up" 4 clicks, so it is now 1" high at 100 yards = 150 yard zero)


And of course, this is from Nov 2010 when I went up to my sister & brother-in-law's farm up in Upstate New York and went deer hunting. This was one of the common "farm deer" up there and I nailed him at 120 yards with one shot. He was a small 5 pointer (was a 6 pointer but got his a$$ kicked by a bigger buck and had a tine get broken off). My Savage .308 did the job and nailed him cleanly and dropped him in his tracks!


Long story short... Anyone else have a Savage .308 ???