Savage Rifles
#1

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?
Good deal? Good gun?
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764

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.
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.
#6

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.
But the modern Savage is a damned fine rifle, my buddies rifles are all .5 MOA's.
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location:
Posts: 809

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.
#9
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 93

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 $$$$$$$$stuff
.243win
shoot 100grain corelok you dont need federals and winchesters $$$$$$$$stuff
.243win
#10

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.