You have the right answer(s) in this thread. They're like buying a beat up old little trailer to me, by the time you fix them up into what you want, you could've just as well bought that new. Like, to the point that by the time you fixed a few Savage deficiencies, you've already got more into them. Both weren't much more $ than an equivalent Savage, and both are IMO much nicer rifles. I ended up with a Tikka, and ended up selling the Axis (luckily I bought very well and got my money back out of it) and getting the kids a T/C Venture when Cabela's was clearing them out for about the same price. I started reading up on them looking to get myself a rifle, and learning about more idiosyncrasies, like heavy bolt lift, the different action hole spacings and bolt releases and all. 223 for my kids, and I could get an Axis for cheap.ĭefinitely wasn't a bad rifle, it shot well, I just wasn't feeling the fit & finish, and the weird Savage idiosyncrasies like pulling the trigger to remove the bolt. The popularity and love for them just doesn’t seem to be there like it used to I’m finding a lot of members who started out in with Savages have moved on to other platforms. It has gone from lots of members buying/selling/trading info etc, very similar to we do here, down to maybe 1 page a day of active posts. But that is just my opinionįYI- I’ve been an active member on the SavageShooters forum since 2012. A great starter would be a Tikka Tac or something along those lines. Lots of precision rifles that get sold for way less money than what the owner had into them. If I were the OP I would just set money aside and shop the classifieds on this site. Not to mention Remington clone actions that cost less than having R700 actions trued/blueprinted by your gunsmith. Now you have almost every manufacturer with adjustable triggers, prefit barrels and about any stock/chassis configuration you could ask for. As Savage became more popular so did the aftermarket stocks/chassis etc Also factor in the few tools needed to swap out barrels and you had a semi customizable platform for a very reasonable price. Savage had the adjustable lightweight triggers, floating bolt heads that helped make them accurate even tho the barrels looked like drain pipes and at a price that not many could compete with. Back when I bought my first savage (FCP HS Precision 308) there wasn’t a lot to choose from compared to what there is now.

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