new savage accuracy is Amazing!

elkhunter59 · January 19, 2017, 07:10 PM

I bought my daugher a savage 11 hunter xp LH compact 7mm-08. The Accuracy is Short of Amazing!!!! I removed the nikon prostaff and replaced it with a leupold vx 3 with Burris Z Rings and steel bases. I was shooting 3 shot 1/2" groups at 100 yards with nosler 140 grain accubonds while sighting it in. I own a number of Browning Rifles. The only reason I didn't buy my daughter a browning is because browning does not make a left hand compact rifle with a synthetic stock. I have been looking at the new xbolt for myself but I can not ignore the accuracy of the savage after today. The browning does look better. I think the accutrigger is a "little" better then the browning feather trigger. Just my opinion. I wanted to share my experience today. I bought the savage becuase of some of the reviews I have read on this sight. Have a great day.

Dranrab · January 20, 2017, 04:07 PM

That doesn't surprise me at all. Savage=accurate!

rickmelear · January 20, 2017, 06:32 PM

How the gun world has changed. 40 years ago you would have paid good money to get a gun that shot MOA. Today $300 will get you there. I have to tip my hat to modern manufacturing.

Hunter Customs · January 20, 2017, 06:45 PM

I agree on the Savage rifle accuracy.
I have a model 10/110 heavy barrel 223 that shoots 5 shot 5/16 inch groups and does it with such consistency that it's scary.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter

RC20 · January 21, 2017, 04:17 PM

Not surprised, they do good.

doofus47 · January 23, 2017, 11:19 AM

Yeah, I have a Savage 10 in 260 rem. Tack driver. The let down will set in when you realize that you can no longer blame your misses on your equipment.....

Happy shooting with your daughter (that rocks).

godale · January 23, 2017, 12:00 PM

I have 5 of them , they all shoot better than me .

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AllenJ · January 23, 2017, 12:24 PM

@rickmelear, could not agree more. When I was young a sporter rifle that shot sub MOA was a treasure never to be sold, now it seems they are everywhere. The last 2 sporters I have purchased have both shot sub MOA and neither was over the $700 mark out the door.

tynman · January 23, 2017, 01:22 PM

I have the savage 16 bolt action that I originally set up for my long range rifle. And like you said it is right on right out of the box. I also fell in love with the browning until I found in my research that there barrels are made in Japan with Japan's steel. So with that I went with the savage and never looked back at browning. Very happy with my savage.

Snyper · January 24, 2017, 03:16 PM

Most rifles made in the last 40 years will shoot sub-MOA with the right loads and maybe a little bedding work.

Boncrayon · January 24, 2017, 04:37 PM

It's what we shoot at our BSA Range, Savage MarkI that can take a fly's wings off at 50'!
Aperture adjustable sights, of course, and with a bit of NRA rifle training, for sure!

ed308 · January 25, 2017, 08:55 AM

Savage rifles seem to the most accurate out of the box that you can buy. It's rare to hear about a Savage rifle thats not accurate.

Jay Bernard · January 30, 2017, 09:19 PM

not surprise at all. Savage has a good reputation.

stagpanther · January 30, 2017, 09:22 PM

Savage is #1 in my book for "affordable" accuracy.

January 23, 2017, 11:19 AM	#6
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	Yeah, I have a Savage 10 in 260 rem. Tack driver. The let down will set in when you realize that you can no longer blame your misses on your equipment..... Happy shooting with your daughter (that rocks). __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

January 24, 2017, 03:16 PM	#10
Snyper Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2013 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 3,047	Most rifles made in the last 40 years will shoot sub-MOA with the right loads and maybe a little bedding work. __________________ One shot, one kill

January 24, 2017, 04:37 PM	#11
Boncrayon Senior Member Join Date: March 24, 2008 Posts: 920	new savage accuracy is Amazing! It's what we shoot at our BSA Range, Savage MarkI that can take a fly's wings off at 50'! Aperture adjustable sights, of course, and with a bit of NRA rifle training, for sure!

January 30, 2017, 09:22 PM	#14
stagpanther Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2014 Posts: 11,789	Savage is #1 in my book for "affordable" accuracy. __________________ "Everyone speaks gun."--Robert O'Neill *I am NOT an expert--I do not have any formal experience or certification in firearms use or testing; use any information I post at your own risk!*

January 19, 2017, 07:10 PM	#1
elkhunter59 Junior Member Join Date: January 19, 2017 Posts: 3	new savage accuracy is Amazing! I bought my daugher a savage 11 hunter xp LH compact 7mm-08. The Accuracy is Short of Amazing!!!! I removed the nikon prostaff and replaced it with a leupold vx 3 with Burris Z Rings and steel bases. I was shooting 3 shot 1/2" groups at 100 yards with nosler 140 grain accubonds while sighting it in. I own a number of Browning Rifles. The only reason I didn't buy my daughter a browning is because browning does not make a left hand compact rifle with a synthetic stock. I have been looking at the new xbolt for myself but I can not ignore the accuracy of the savage after today. The browning does look better. I think the accutrigger is a "little" better then the browning feather trigger. Just my opinion. I wanted to share my experience today. I bought the savage becuase of some of the reviews I have read on this sight. Have a great day. Last edited by elkhunter59; January 19, 2017 at 08:31 PM.

January 20, 2017, 04:07 PM	#2
Dranrab Senior Member Join Date: January 24, 2016 Location: NOLA Posts: 203	That doesn't surprise me at all. Savage=accurate!

January 20, 2017, 06:32 PM	#3
rickmelear Senior Member Join Date: October 8, 2005 Location: palm beach county, fl Posts: 257	How the gun world has changed. 40 years ago you would have paid good money to get a gun that shot MOA. Today $300 will get you there. I have to tip my hat to modern manufacturing.

January 20, 2017, 06:45 PM	#4
Hunter Customs Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Location: Osborn, Missouri Posts: 2,697	I agree on the Savage rifle accuracy. I have a model 10/110 heavy barrel 223 that shoots 5 shot 5/16 inch groups and does it with such consistency that it's scary. Best Regards Bob Hunter

January 21, 2017, 04:17 PM	#5
RC20 Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2008 Location: Alaska Posts: 7,014	Not surprised, they do good.

January 23, 2017, 12:00 PM	#7
godale Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2014 Posts: 178	I have 5 of them , they all shoot better than me . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

January 23, 2017, 12:24 PM	#8
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	@rickmelear, could not agree more. When I was young a sporter rifle that shot sub MOA was a treasure never to be sold, now it seems they are everywhere. The last 2 sporters I have purchased have both shot sub MOA and neither was over the $700 mark out the door.

January 23, 2017, 01:22 PM	#9
tynman Senior Member Join Date: December 22, 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 361	I have the savage 16 bolt action that I originally set up for my long range rifle. And like you said it is right on right out of the box. I also fell in love with the browning until I found in my research that there barrels are made in Japan with Japan's steel. So with that I went with the savage and never looked back at browning. Very happy with my savage.

January 25, 2017, 08:55 AM	#12
ed308 Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2016 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,147	Savage rifles seem to the most accurate out of the box that you can buy. It's rare to hear about a Savage rifle thats not accurate.

January 30, 2017, 09:19 PM	#13
Jay Bernard Junior Member Join Date: January 2, 2017 Posts: 7	not surprise at all. Savage has a good reputation.