I'm glad I bought the savage, it's been solid and a ton of fun to run this past year or so. I feel like I'll be leaning into a Bergara Ridgeback, but then I'm also not thrilled to be buying another rifle in a chambering I already have. Do I rebarrel? Do I move the action to a chassis? Do I change the chambering? I know where I want to go eventually, and that's a custom build, so I'm not sure how the Savage fits in. If it gets dusty after a long day in the desert, it can bind and needs to get wiped and lubed. The bolt has some slop in it, and if you're just racking the bolt while holding the rifle it's easy to bind it up, but if you're mounted to the gun it runs smoothly. I don't have any particular complaints about it. It's been incredibly accurate for me, I had fun developing a load with it, and it shot the 140 grain Hornady American Gunner 6.5 Creedmoor pretty well also, about. Specific to the 110 Tactical and long range, you may want to play with the adjustablity of the stock before buying to make sure you are okay with how it works.Ĭlick to expand.I have this gun, have sent about 1700 rounds through it and am considering next steps.
#SAVAGE MODEL 24 FORUM HOW TO#
If you want to learn how to take a Savage apart and put it back together properly from day 1, keep up on the maintenance, and either don't plan on growing much past stock or don't mind starting over on a different platform later, then Savage is a good option. Some people break the pin that holds the floating bolt head (never happened to one I own). Nothing worse than putting money into Savage specific AM components that in the end you may get back 25 - 50% of what you spent.Ī Savage action can be cleaned up, but it will never be great the bolt will always require attention to keep it feeling the same. Savage has pros (inexpensive, nearly always accurate out of the box, easy/inexpensive to change barrels, floating bolt head minimizes impact of inconsistent brass shoulders) but some of the cons, the 2 mentioned along with a few others, can make it regrettable for some. Click to expand.If you think you may grow your interests, pay attention to this.