re: Getting a new deer rifle/ ETA: conceal carry 1911 (pg. 5)

Yeah. The trigger on the Savage is pretty sweet. I'm not really a fan of the black stock, stainless barrel on any guns so I bought mine with the intention of putting a new stock on it. Just haven't decided what yet.

As for the 375, yeah it's overkill, but so is the 35, 444, and 45-70. The only reason I'm wanting a 375 is because I have some open fields I hunt so I'm looking for the flattest shooting thing you can carry during primitive weapon season.

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You'll have a better looking

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Eh..........maybe.

Savage has come a long way from being the step children of the hunting rifle world, and they have made up all that ground in the accuracy department (where it counts), but they are still the butt ugliest rifle in the deer woods. Keep in mind too that they where WAAAAYYYYY behind the pack to begin with. Every Browning rifle that I have spent time with shot .75 moa or less off the shelf with zero work done, and I have shot quite a few of them.

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Bunch of mag figs in here.

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I've got one, but I would much rather hunt with my 270 win.

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I admitted they are ugly... But any gun that has a black synthetic stock is ugly to me. When I get done with this gun, it won't be ugly anymore... But, how a gun looks depends on who's looking at it.

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Eh..........maybe.

Savage has come a long way from being the step children of the hunting rifle world, and they have made up all that ground in the accuracy department (where it counts), but they are still the butt ugliest rifle in the deer woods. Keep in mind too that they where WAAAAYYYYY behind the pack to begin with. Every Browning rifle that I have spent time with shot .75 moa or less off the shelf with zero work done, and I have shot quite a few of them.

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Yeah they were behind. I had one of those ugly, shitty Savages that were $250, or whatever they cost back then, when I was a kid. Great gun to learn how to deer hunt, and that's about it... But, here's the facts on the Savage I bought two weeks ago. The only thing I did to mine was take it out of the box, lightened the trigger as far as it would let me, and mounted the scope. We took it to my buddies lead sled, sighted it in, and let the barrel cool for a group. We shot a 5 shot group at 100 yards. I don't have one of those tools to measure MOA, but it was just one big hole. I haven't really played with it much beyond that because there was only a week of deer season left when I bought, so I was just wanting to get it to the woods. I actually killed a deer with it that Saturday... I'll really get the facts on it when I get moved into my house in a couple months, get the stock I want on it, and get my range set up on the crop duster air strip at our shop.

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Pic of said rifle.

Have you seen those commercials where the guy is shooting a Savage at like 1150 yards and knocking over metal plates? Then some guy goes "If you think this your father's generation of Savage, think again." or something like that... Yeah, my first Savage had to be from my father's generation of Savage.

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I don't mind the black synthetic, mine's so beat up now anything I had would be ugly.

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Yeah, like I said, people have different tastes. My dad and brother love them.

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Pic of said rifle.

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It's just a basic rifle right now. One of these with a Zeiss on it instead of whatever that is.



Still trying to decide on stock. I'm going to call or email Bell and Carlson or McMillan sometime today or tomorrow and see what my options are.

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Mine's got the accutrigger and I love it

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Yeah, so does mine. It's so sweet.

My dad has the exact same rifle in .270

The long barrel and long throw was not appetizing to me. That's why I went with a 300 WSM. 23" barrel and short throw, plus it tips the scale at 7 lbs sans optiks. A bit over kill for white tail but keeps tracking fairly simple.

My favorite things about the X-bolt:
Great trigger
Very comfortable stock that has a great feel
Detachable magazine
More accurate than I am

Not trying to compare it against anything else because after this one, I don't shoot anything else.

And I'm on my phone and I forgot who mentioned about the mag falling out while climbing. I have heard of this happening but it never has happened to me. If it continues to be a problem I believe the quick fix is shaving down the release with a dremmel. Obviously only take off as much as you need and don't go crazy with it.