Gotta chance at a Savage 11

[Brother_Love]

Looks like I may get a Savage 11, .308 20” HBwith a 6-18 Nikon. I don’t have a heavy barrel so I may get just so I can sit at the bench and shoot. Never had a Savage but heard great things about them. I could always send it JES and make it a 358 :>).

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

BL if you can find one in stock some places like Midway list factory new with Nut, Wrench, thread paste, and Go gauge for around 300.

 

[Ian]

No way would I waste money on boring Savage barrel steel. It's soft stuff and for about the same money you can put a premium, pre-fit barrel on it. If nobody has one in stock, you can order one easily enough from several of the big-name barrel people.

 

[oscarflytyer]

Bought a new Savage 308 HB, like you heard nothing but great things about them. This one was the exception... After about 150 rds or so, I let it go. Got a Ruger Am ( I had inherited a BUNCH of 308). I love the Ruger. Not a hvy bbl, but very accurate and shoots diff brand ammo almost to exact same POA/POI!

ps: and the Ruger would prob be a hoot in 358!

 

[Brother_Love]

No way would I waste money on boring Savage barrel steel. It's soft stuff and for about the same money you can put a premium, pre-fit barrel on it. If nobody has one in stock, you can order one easily enough from several of the big-name barrel people.

So, the 308 factory barrel is inferior or its ok as long as I leave it 308?

I was actually kind of kidding about 358 but I like the Midway/Shaw option.
Thanks

 

[Ian]

My experience with Savage factory barrels is most of them shoot pretty well with jacketed bullets and will shoot very well with cast bullets once they are smoothed up, which doesn't take long (50 or so jacketed, cleaned with copper solvent after every single round, or just blow about 50-75 paper-patched cast bullets through it using clay-filled copier paper for its abrasive qualities). The steel is relatively soft, though, which means the tops of the lands start to wear down with a steady diet of jacketed bullets. Built to a price point and to be easy on tooling, the original barrels will last the lifetime of the average deer hunter, but for heavy use don't expect it to last long. I'd say shoot it to get it smoothed up and enjoy shooting a whole lot of cast bullets through it. If you wear it out, I have a nearly-new, 24" factory heavy varmint barrel just like yours I'll sell you real cheap.

 

[fiver]

ditto on the don't bore a savage barrel.
shooting one with 50-60,000 cast bullets as is would be a great past time.

 

[Pistolero]

Have you rbbl and shoot it, too. Like Ian says, easy enough to buy another and put it on,
keep the original swap back and forth if you want to .

My experience is that Savage bolt guns are really accurate.

Bill

 

[Intheshop]

Skipping the trigger....

Bedding and rear action screw seem to be "one" of the keys to getting Savage boltguns behaving.The heavier the brrl,errr,uhhh.... well,some get tuned,some don't. The same with brrl length.

 

[Brother_Love]

Thanks guys! I ended up with a AR pistol on a trade, it ain’t my thing. The guy wants to trade the Savage for the pistol so I may take a chance.
This is it;

 

[creosote]

The ar pistol is an " experience", the blast will loosen fillings, the fireball is about the only good thing on a cold day it warms your legs all the way to your feet with each trigger pull.
The savage is much more useful.
Just my thoughts.

 

[fiver]

I don't know about dollar value, but I would rather have the bolt gun.

 

[Brother_Love]

The dollar value would be on my side. I’m just not a real AR fan although I have one. I’ve had it for over 40 years!

 

[Ian]

That's the Savage 11 Hog Hunter with 20" bull barrel with threaded muzzle, green plastic stock, blind magazine, and at one time it had tall, suppressor-height sights on it (look for screw holes in the barrel). I had one just like it and swapped the barrel onto a LH action.

 

[Brother_Love]

Thanks for the input, I’m gonna trade with the guy. AR are common plus I don’t like shooting anything that I have to chase brass down after shooting (yes, lazy ain’t it).

 

[358156 hp]

I have a similar rifle, but mines a 110 in 30-06, and wears a Sendero profile Douglas Double X barrel. I'd offer up pics, but it's currently blown apart, waiting for me to get around to Cerakoting the metal. I'd probably be done with it by now if we weren't having a bit of a heat wave (90s), with high humidity (70*). You know, the kind of weather that Ian and Ben refer to as "winter"

 

[fiver]

and I refer to it as OMG!!!! I'm not moving from in front of this AC unit unless the house is on fire,
and even then I'm taking the unit with me.

 

[Brother_Love]

Here in Mississippi if I didn’t do things in hot weather I’d never get anything done. I cast bullets today and it was 92, not to bad with a fan. Then I went to the grill, no fan and it was hot. The ribs made it worthwhile though.

 

[fiver]

we refer to June as spring so I guess things are relative.

 

[Ian]

I bedded my Model 70 this afternoon, did it inside because of 98/65 conditions. Gun room stinks, but it was 108 in the garage so I'll deal with the fumes. It's actually summertime now, we bumped 100 over the weekend.