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<blockquote data-quote="Lexthepilot" data-source="post: 460985" data-attributes="member: 28845"><p>What exactly is the budget you had in mind? Also what ranges are you planning to shoot to? My opinion may be biased but I would highly recommend savage. They have very accurate rifles and the best customer service I have experienced so far. A buddy of mine bought a model 12 just like mine and couldn't reproduce the accuracy I could so he called savage and they not only remedied the problem but they paid for shipping and returned the gun with three targets the largest group of which was .33 inches at 100. And it was a 1.5 moa gun before. Not even abnormally inaccurate for rifles today. I have a few of their rifles now and I am pleased with all of them. Also with savage it is easy to swap calibers through changing barrel and bolt head. So you can start with a more tame round like a .308( which I also highly recommend. A hard hitting mag just is not the way to refine your accuracy potential as a novice shooter in my opinion) then once you feel comfortable past 400-500 yards it is inexpensive to change up to a heavy hitter like a .300 WSM that will reach out a little further. My first centerfire rifle was a 7mm rem. Mag and I firmly believe all the practice I did with it caused more harm then good. I developed a pretty wicked flinch and my accuracy suffered greatly because of it. Anyways just a bit of info for you to digest. Let me know where you decide to go with it. But I'm pretty sure across the board you won't find anyone saying that savages just aren't accurate...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lexthepilot, post: 460985, member: 28845"] What exactly is the budget you had in mind? Also what ranges are you planning to shoot to? My opinion may be biased but I would highly recommend savage. They have very accurate rifles and the best customer service I have experienced so far. A buddy of mine bought a model 12 just like mine and couldn't reproduce the accuracy I could so he called savage and they not only remedied the problem but they paid for shipping and returned the gun with three targets the largest group of which was .33 inches at 100. And it was a 1.5 moa gun before. Not even abnormally inaccurate for rifles today. I have a few of their rifles now and I am pleased with all of them. Also with savage it is easy to swap calibers through changing barrel and bolt head. So you can start with a more tame round like a .308( which I also highly recommend. A hard hitting mag just is not the way to refine your accuracy potential as a novice shooter in my opinion) then once you feel comfortable past 400-500 yards it is inexpensive to change up to a heavy hitter like a .300 WSM that will reach out a little further. My first centerfire rifle was a 7mm rem. Mag and I firmly believe all the practice I did with it caused more harm then good. I developed a pretty wicked flinch and my accuracy suffered greatly because of it. Anyways just a bit of info for you to digest. Let me know where you decide to go with it. But I'm pretty sure across the board you won't find anyone saying that savages just aren't accurate... [/QUOTE]
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