Crittergiter

I'm looking at a Savage Model 11 in 243, it has the accutrigger, a free floating barrel and it sits on a blue gray laminate stock. It's really nice and priced at about $450. So I think it should be a nice little shooter but of course I look for any and all opinions on such things. And since there seems to be some good gun knowledge around here I'm asking.

Good deal? Good gun?

RugerMike

Depends what are you going to be hunting and where?

RugerM77.270

I looked up some prices on the saveage 11 and 450 is a good price and Savage is a good gun. The .243 will be great on deer and shoot flat for a long way.

NBDeerHunter

for the $$$ you can't go wrong. Savage's are very accurate out of the box and the accutrigger is a great system. I have a 30-06 Model 111 and it has treated me awesome

srwshooter

i'm not a big fan of the 243 for big bodied whitetails,i've seen to many get away. there are lots of better choices for big game.

ilike the 270 win for deer
i have 3 savage rifles
mod 11 7mm
mod12 22-250
mod 110 22-250

savage rifles are very accurate out of the box.price sounds about right.

WestVirginiaBrent

I'm not a fan of .243's for deer because I feel that initial blast of energy is vital in deer hunting and light bullets just don;t carry it.

But the modern Savage is a damned fine rifle, my buddies rifles are all .5 MOA's.

RugerMike

Shoot me an e-mail [email protected] and I'll give you a couple of 243 loads to start with that work well for your Coyotes and Deer.

Crittergiter

Email sent. Thanks

.243win

i own that same gun except it sits in a black syh stock shoots great put even crappy glass on top and she will shoot great accutrigger youll love the weight of it is heavy put i like it that way .243 is a great caliber for everything from groundhogs with 100 grain corelok no mess all the way to moose if you ask me


shoot 100grain corelok you dont need federals and winchesters $$$$$$$$stuff








.243win

bronko22000

I've taken somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 deer with the .243 using Hornady 100 gr Interlock bullets and only had one needing a second shot. Heaviest was a dressed wt of 159 lb. If you like the rifle, and Savage are accurate reliable rifles, get it. If you have a choice though and want the short action, you would probably be better served with the same rifle in 7-08 or 308 for those big NE whitetails.