The ones of us old enough to have owned Savage rifles built in the 70's and 80's still have memories of rifles that would jam, poor barrels, junk furniture, poor craftsmanship, poor product inspection, no product warranty, no quality control and no company support. I still have a few 99's put back but I will not have one newer than 1960, even to lever a stuck truck out of the mud. Most were happy when they went bankrupt selling lawn mowers. Still not the rifle they should be with their history. AccuTrigger is a marketing ploy to make you think you are getting something special, your not. Barrels are still soft and if you shoot big bores you will find out that around 1k- 1.5k you will need to rebarrel, less if your caliber is overbore and you load hot. They sell them cheap because they are cheap. Happy shooting.
Well im not all that sure there would be many others with any history at all at this point.
But ive always been thankfull that they cared enough about lefty shooters to be the first in this country to make a lefty action.
I got my first one in the early 60s, a premier grade model in 30/06.
From across the room most thought it was a Wetherby mark V,
and it was also a pretty decent shooter.
About 15 years ago i got my grandson a model PCF or something that came in 338 Lapua and 308 only.
I brought the gun from the store, cleaned the barrel, and loaded a few 150 grain spitzers with 43 grains of 4320.
The scope was new also, a Nikon Buckmaster,which they mounted and bore sighted at the store in Clearfield Pa.
I took it outside to our 100 yard range and the first shot was pretty close to my aiming point.
I was shooting at one of those orange target dots about 1 1/2" in diameter.
Anyway the next 5 shots had 4 all touching, and 1 about a half inch away. One of the best groups ive ever shot with any gun, including a few customs.
To this day that orange sticker is still on the stock of that gun.
About a month later i watched through tripod mounted glasses as my young grandson took a porkupine out of a tree at almost 900 yards with it, shooting from a bench as we always do when hunting and practicing at long range.
So i would argue that they still offer a pretty decent product, especially considering the cost, and the fact that for some at least there arent many better options.
