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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 1802" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>The Savage guns are getting a good bit more popular w/ the varmint crowd. Head on over to the Go Go Varmint Go board for more opinions if you want. The out-of-the-box accuracy of the darned things is about enough to overcome my dislike of the butt-ugly bolt and the cheap plastic stock on the FV models (IMHO, compared to the HS Precision stock on a 700VS).</p><p></p><p>The Savages are reputed to be pretty easy to change barrels on, and from what I hear, the problem of bolt face size that is an issue on say, a Remington, isn't a big deal on a Savage as the bolt face/head is changeable too.</p><p></p><p>Most of McMillans stocks can be adapted to a Savage easily, as they have fairly similar receiver shapes. </p><p></p><p>Another place to read up on the Savages would be at <a href="http://www.snipershide.com," target="_blank">www.snipershide.com,</a> and look up the 'Ghost Dancer' project they have going there. I think they started w/ a 110 or 10 FV in .260 Remington, which has pretty good bullets w/ high BC available, mild recoil, excellent accuracy and good barrel life.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Alternately, Savage has another of their 'package' guns available, kind of like their specials you see at Wal-Mart or other stores, but for LR work at the following:</p><p> <a href="http://www.savagearms.com/centerfire/lawEnf/lawEnf_home.htm" target="_blank">http://www.savagearms.com/centerfire/lawEnf/lawEnf_home.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>Monte</p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>Monte</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 1802, member: 376"] The Savage guns are getting a good bit more popular w/ the varmint crowd. Head on over to the Go Go Varmint Go board for more opinions if you want. The out-of-the-box accuracy of the darned things is about enough to overcome my dislike of the butt-ugly bolt and the cheap plastic stock on the FV models (IMHO, compared to the HS Precision stock on a 700VS). The Savages are reputed to be pretty easy to change barrels on, and from what I hear, the problem of bolt face size that is an issue on say, a Remington, isn't a big deal on a Savage as the bolt face/head is changeable too. Most of McMillans stocks can be adapted to a Savage easily, as they have fairly similar receiver shapes. Another place to read up on the Savages would be at [url="http://www.snipershide.com,"]www.snipershide.com,[/url] and look up the 'Ghost Dancer' project they have going there. I think they started w/ a 110 or 10 FV in .260 Remington, which has pretty good bullets w/ high BC available, mild recoil, excellent accuracy and good barrel life. Alternately, Savage has another of their 'package' guns available, kind of like their specials you see at Wal-Mart or other stores, but for LR work at the following: [url="http://www.savagearms.com/centerfire/lawEnf/lawEnf_home.htm"]http://www.savagearms.com/centerfire/lawEnf/lawEnf_home.htm[/url] HTH, Monte HTH, Monte [/QUOTE]
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