I wouldn't bet on that. Josh has shown some fine firearms on this page. Most notable one I covet is his Marlin 1895 for bear.

Savages have one decent thing. A good barrel, with good headspacing. Rest is cheap. But the best bargain for the price for sure.

well im a remington guy

i read alot

never owned a savage, but if i were gonna getta NIB bolt actionrifle

savage is the one i'd get.......fersure

early

There is a reason almost every successful sniper rifle is built on the 700 action.


700s are fantastic guns. Not 710s, 700s.

Remington, hands down has teh best production rifles out there.

Savages are ok for what they are....a bargain rifle at a bargain price.

Anyone who examines a Remington and a Savage side by side will instantly see the quality difference.

How many big time hunters to you see packing a Savage? How many do you seen packing a Remington?

That's what I thought.

I have 2 Rem's and 2 Savages, and for the price you can't go wrong with Savage Arms!

I prefer the 700 for a couple reasons:

I have a new savage 10II ml. I hate the cheap synthetic stock very flexible, cheap, empty feeling. The tang safety needs to be switched to fire or the middle point to release the bolt...don't like this at all. Accutrigger is nice for the ability to safely reduce trigger pull as DIY, crisp and no over travel but I just can't get use tothe feel of the middle portion in my finger needing to be depressed to get to the trigger. With heavier gloves it causes me grief. Withthe 700's I have reduced the triggers to crisp/clean 3 lbs on hunting rigs on my own, so really see no benefit to the accutrigger??

Accurate, functionable, priced well off the shelfyes but lacking some of the finish IMO. (sucks b/c they are one of the few companies that actually offer me asouthpaw a few options)

I am now looking at doing an offseason make over of this rifle, any saving will be right out the window. Safe to say it will be my last savage, I'll stick to the 700's and do them up if need be.

I own several 700 Rems and Several Savage rifles. Both are extremely accurate. I adjust my own Remington triggers but you can't beat the accu-trigger. I will continue to buy both of these brands and be happy with both.

I've heard that 1 of every 100,000 remington rifle will fire when switched from safe to fire. True or false I've had to many friends have problems with their remingtons to ever own one.

tom

statjunk, I have heard this problem on the internet a few times but never experienced it myself. My rems have been very dependable as has other brands but believe all have a possibility of producing lemons!!

Someone on this board who at least at the time I trusted based on thier posts of course said they personally ran into this problem. Claimed it was a design flaw. If it is true I'd pretty much see it that way as there should be no excuse for a gun firing when switched from safe to fire and this should be a mechanical impossiblilty.

Tom

My father bought a 300 savage when he was 17 yr. old. He is 54 now and kills a deer every year with it (same scope to). So when I bought my first savage it was based on history of reliability and accuracy. Im sure remington makes good guns but I havent met anybody yet that has owned a remington that long and to this day is still consistantly killing deer with it. (thats not to say there isnt though)