Question for the Savages

[Glaciers]

Ran across the thread titled "Question about the Savages" and I was excited and immediately jumped to it.

Pulled it up and it dawn on me that it's the same old thread on newer Savage bolt guns.

My first thoughts was 1899's and 99's, only Savage bolt gun I have is a 1926 in 250-3000. Disappointed. I guess I need to get a modern Savage bolt gun. I like the idea of changing barrels. Just need to fit certain criteria, wood stock and blue steel. I could suffer through with stainless, but wood stocked.

 

[obssd1958]

The unfortunate thing with most of the Savage bolt guns, is the wood was "cheap"! I'm very uneducated when it comes to identifying wood species, or types, but was always told that it was crap.

 

[RBHarter]

Birch on the 110E cheap walnut on the 110H .....back when that meant Economy and High grades . I don't have a clue what they are now but they are $100 more than the base/basic 10/110 which is about $100 more than the Axis .
If you are going to "build" a Savage buy an old beater 110 from the pawn shop for about the same price as an Axis . An AT 1 , basically a fully adjustable laminated target stock , is about $250 . Then you just need the appropriate B nut wrench and a set of barrel/action blocks/wrench . Once separated the first time barrels are very easy to change and an action wrench really isn't needed .

 

[waco]

I have a couple of the savage model 12 FV‘s that are made exclusively for Cabela’s. One in 6.5 Creedmoor in the other one in 223 Remington. They are both superbly accurate rifles. 26 inch heavy barrel Accu trigger. I took the original stock off and put them in a Boyd stock. Both rifles are capable of extreme accuracy. I got multiple hits on a 4 1/2” steel plate at 1000 yards with the 6.5

 

[L Ross]

I have a couple of the savage model 12 FV‘s that are made exclusively for Cabela’s. One in 6.5 Creedmoor in the other one in 223 Remington. They are both superbly accurate rifles. 26 inch heavy barrel Accu trigger. I took the original stock off and put them in a Boyd stock. Both rifles are capable of extreme accuracy. I got multiple hits on a 4 1/2” steel plate at 1000 yards with the 6.5

And I'd take that report to "the bank." Doesn't you brother shoot a 112 in .338 Lapua at a mile'rmore?

 

[Ole_270]

I have a M10FV 223 heavy barrel, except that it's on it's 2nd barrel and stock. Got a little too enthused in a prarie dog town several years ago so it now wears a Lothar Walther HB. Glassed it into a Bell and Carlson stock about the same time. Shoots better than I can.
Used to have a Stevens 200 7-08. Figured out that they put a slow twist barrel on it, wouldn't shoot much over 140s. No way it would shoot with the M70 Fwt. 708 I have so I traded it on the JC Higins 51-L 308 I've posted about before.

 

[waco]

And I'd take that report to "the bank." Doesn't you brother shoot a 112 in .338 Lapua at a mile'rmore?

We both do. Savage 112 Target Magnum .338LM

 

[L Ross]

We both do. Savage 112 Target Magnum .338LM

I only wish I could handle the recoil, oh, and the cost of the ammo.

 

[waco]

I only wish I could handle the recoil, oh, and the cost of the ammo.

Recoil on this rifle is very mild. 30-06 or less. It has a nice brake and it weighs 16 pounds. Once you have brass the only real extra cost is lots of powder and bullets are a bit spendy.

 

[Spindrift]

After careful consideration, I decided not to take the Savage- route, after all. Just made a good deal on a lightly used stainless Howa 1500 in 30-06, with a laminate stock and Leupold bases. It comes with an extra Houge stock, that seems to have been shortened. And a detachable magazine/floorplate made from plastic (that won’t see much use!).

I’ll have my gunsmith fit a Lothar Walter stainless .358 1:14 ROT barrel chambered in .35 Whelen. Lap lugs, square bolt face and reciever threads, ream scope rings to a matched pair. Bed the reciever in the laminate stock. Thread the muzzle for a suppressor. Now, I’ll just have to find a suitable scope for it!

This is the photo from the shop who sold it

 

[Ian]

Nice rifle, H. One neat feature of the .35s is not giving up as much to the shorter barrel as smaller bores do