blue or stainless steal
 

is there any performance difference between the two? i'm looking at at savage 17 hmr with thumbhole stock and there is only a 30 dollar difference betweet stainless and blue.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

i like stainless due to the low maintance as far as rusting goes. but i hate it for field use. I gotta have a blued gun if i am goin to be carring it in the woods with me. -Lynn

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

It might be personal choice on whether to go with stainless or blued. Maybe put two of the guns together and take a good look at them. Which one looks the best? As for any differences in performance, I never really thought about it. But the stainless might attract more flash then the blued gun, and that might tip off the critters you’re aiming at.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

If you want the thumbhole you have to get it in stainless. I have had this gun on order FOR ETERNITY. The blued barrel comes with plain laminate stock.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Here is the 93R17BV. the thumbhole one is the 93R17BTVS. I love the thumbhole personally.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Here is your other option in a laminate accutrigger Savage. 93R17BVSS. I myself love stainless steel and the low maintenance and looks. I have quite a few Savages and they are SHOOTERS for sure!!

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

HARDCOREHUNTER

are you sure the thumbhole on comes in stainless? my dealer said savage had one w/ a blued barrel on it to and said it was brand new. so if he was right it must be really brand new cause like you posted it is not on there website

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Don't know. Savage doesn't show it any other way. Could be though. Go check it out at the dealer I guess. All Savage rimfires with accutrigger are new this year.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Its all personal preference. Take your pick. I myself would not get a varmit gun in stainless. as I don't see my need to spend a week long camping trip hunting with it like I would a elk/deer rifle.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Highly blued chrome moly will produce more glare than bead blasted stainless on a sunny day.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

I'm with stubblejumper on that. All my predator rifles are bull barreled stainless and I have never had a coyote bust me. They are dull stainless;no shine or sheen. Ii love stainless for it's low maintenance and appearance.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

The problem with Savage is they don’t have bead blasted stainless steel finish. I had problems with mine in that I was getting glare in my scope on a sunny day because of the shinny finish...

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Trailer, is this on an older Savage that shined too bright for you? I have 4 new accutrigger stainless rifles; 3 bull bbl and one sport bbl and these guns have no sheen or shine. Here is a new.300 wsmtaken in bright light. As you can see the Leupold scope has a shinier finish then it does.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

Here is another,a mod 12 with 26'' fluted stainless bbl.

RE: blue or stainless steal
 

My Savage was a couple of years old and was the 93R17 FVSS, topped up with a Bushnell Trophy 6-18. At lower power it was fine but when cranked up to 18x ,I had problems...