Won’t buy another Savage ever again

[Deer Hunter]

I ve been wanting a 243 for a few years and after seeing the reviews on Woo Tee Woo on the Savage 110 Trail Hunter I decided to try them one more time… Rewind about 20 years ago I bought a Savage 116 Weather Warrior in 300WSM… Gun wouldn’t shoot better than 2.5” at 100 and after looking downnriflingvi could see what looked like two different sets of tooling marks in the rifling like the last 4” of the barrel… sent it back to savage and and explain prob they sent it back with a target with a 2” group and said that was except able accuracy… I itgot rid of it and said never again… Well back in October I decided to give ol Savage another try… BIG MISTAKE!!! I bout the Trail Hunter 243 and right off the bat cycling issues!!!! I mean every friggin round would jam!!! Next issue the Hoegue stock is a flimsy WPOS I couldn’t look through my scope and rest my check on the stock without my crosshairs moving all over the place… The gun shot ok but god help you if you needed to make a wick follow up shot. Ain’t happening… so I contemplated training it in on a Tikka T3X light and the prices on them are pretty high… I really didn’t want to take a chance on another budget rifle (ruger American) so I decided to look into this crappy rifle and see what I could do… Well the magazine was all my jamming issues so I reinforced the sides of the magazine and that corrected my cycling problems now it cycle like a dream!!! The stock issue a put a pressure pad at the forend and that fixed my crosshairs moving all over the place… Now the gun with my reloads will consistently shoot in the .5’s regularly… I’m happy with the rifle now but I will never buy another Savage rifle ever again!!!!!!!!! From now on it will be Tikka without any reservations

 

[sako2]

I have a SAvage 110 in 6.5 prc with over 3500 rounds dowm the tube. No issue's at all.

 

[FOTIS]

I have owned and worked on over 100 savage rifles and still own about a dozen. Never ever an issue in accuracy or otherwise.
That said everybody produces a lemon now and again. All I can say is give them a chance to make it right.

 

[Deer Hunter]

I gave em a chance to make the 116 weather Warrior right and they sent it back with a test target with a 2” group and thumbs up lol… I’m sure there is a majority of savage owners that are happy. I just don’t have much luck when I try to save a dollar… Buy once cry once mentality for me

 

[FOTIS]

Sorry buddy...

 

[RL338]

I have 3 Savages in the safe a Striker with a 25 Creed barrel , a 112 Magnum Target in 338 Lapua extremely accurate with Nosler 300gr CC or RDF and a 110 in 458 WM. That one is getting a new barrel that’s on order.