I got to fondle one 2 of the savages yesterday when buying a boresnake. The prices on them wherent bad and they felt good to hold, if i didnt love my marlin so much id buy the savage to go along with it. They had a blued and stainlesss model.

I can' t beleive you bought a Savage! Nothing at all against them , they shoot great too. But from a Dedicated Ruger man, I just can' t believe it! LOL!!!

F4YG Believe me I can' t believe it either.I really threw the idea around about spending the extra money and buying the Ruger instead.When I' m ready to buy the Ruger 17 I' ll start looking at gunsamerica.The Ruger at BassPro was blued and Walnut I wanted S/S synthetic.I' ve heard so much good about Savage' s accuracy,I lowered my standards to try one. LOL.The Savage does appear to be well made.I hope you will recover from this shock.It took me a week or two myself LOL.
Good to see you here Doug.
Ruger Redhawk

Thanks Frank, You know me I like the Marlins. I do have to say though the Ruger is definately the best looking .17 made so far. I had looked at the Ruger more than half a dozen times. I liked them alot. The Marlin vs that I have is pretty well made, nothing to the standards of the Marlin MR-7 bolt action they made a few years back, but pretty good. Nice to see you guys again on the bbs.

These are definitely end times ..Ruger Redhawk buying a Savage and Frizzelr buying a Ruger....LOL

OEH, It does seem funny. Maybe Frizellr and I got our wires crossed and don' t know it. I was somewhat surprised when Frizellr said he bought a Ruger.I' ve seemed to have surprised others on this board with a Savage.Wonders never cease to amaze me..Glad you all noticed and were understanding.LOL... I just thought of another reason why the Savage came into play here. It makes my Ruger' s look even better.Sounds like a good excuse to me anyway.
Ruger Redhawk

Oldelkhunter, I got that treestand we had talked about. The Gunslinger.Did you ever check it out. Seems to be well made. I tried it on my property. The only tree I thought I could use it on is to big . I' ll have to find a smaller tree.If you' re interested email me and I' ll let you know more about it. I have a few pictures I can send you also.Still no word about Treelounge changing the " Vee" section design.They better before someone gets badly hurt or killed.
Ruger Redhawk

Ruger, never had a chance to check that one out. I am going down there later this Month or next month to do some fishing will check them out since they are close to where I will be staying.

OEH, Sounds good. Let me know what you think of them.I' m going to buy some etching primer. Spray it then camo it up.Good luck on your fishing trip. I' ve been seeing allot of Treelounges on another site' s Classified ads.That kinda tells you something doesn' t it?.TL isn' t what it use to be.
Ruger Redhawk.

Ruger...no TL is not what it used to be. Just goes to show you what happens when your company gets bought out and they start reinventing the wheel.