Handsome Rob

Cutting & threading a barrel aren't that big a deal. It starts to get expensive if you want the threading done so that your brake indexes by itself. Personally, I'd rather save that extra & but $5 worth of crush washers. Another price-plus for savage here.... If you roll up to your Smith with a 700 he's better either have access to a big lathe, or you're gonna pay to have the barrel removed. With the Sav, you can whip it off yourself & take him it bare.

Best powders I've found for my .308s have been Varget for up to 150gn & IMR3031 or 4064 for 165s & up. My glass preference is Vortex. They're all good & I don't think there's anything better in the price range. SWFA SS are also good for their fixed power glass, but their variables have felt 'sloppy' in my experience & the clarity was no better than average. I'd be looking at a 1:11 twist as a good 'compromise' It'll work with pretty well everything. If you're definitely sticking with tiny 110s 1:12 may be a little better, but you'll hardly see a difference inside 500yds I use Redding & Lee dies & I have no complaints with either. Both are the basic versions. If you're buying fully processed brass, they'd a guy on Facebook called Wes Sage (Sage's reloading supplies) who'd prices cannot be beaten! If you want unprocessed, I think I have a couple hundred spare you can have. Toss me a fiddy & I'll F/L size & wet tumble them for you! ;) The older savage '3 screw' triggers are a cinch to work on. Obviously newer Accutriggers need no intro. Rifle Basix are the go-to replacement & it's $90 well spent for the SAV1 model.

Just as a f'rinstance.... Not including the scope, I put this together for around $600 And this is what it does at 200yds...

Absolutely not! The barrels are fantastic, you just have the option of a huge aftermarket & stupid easy interchangeability.

Pick yourself up 2, older Savage model 10s in any caliber for around $300 each. Sell the stocks & barrels for around $50/each. Buy an action & barrel wrench & then go nuts! No truing needed, smithing can be done at home with nothing more than a vice & everything about them is brilliant! :D I can switch out calibers from .223 to .308 in around 15 minutes. If you go long action, you could go .223 to .300RUM in 15 minutes! :)

I have a pretty nice museum of mounts going on in my cabinet, all of which are the see-thru variety, all of which were taken off of Tennessee three hundred dollar bills (336 30-30s) I detest the things passionately. Crap-to-no-cheek weld, wobbly zeroes, at least one screw is ALWAYS cross-threaded/stripped & they look like a broken tooth in a super model's head. Add a padded, tooled leather sling (4"wide) & you've got disgusting in a nutshell.

I'm sorry sir, but he actually moved down to Tuscaloosa, Alabama a year ago. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

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Problem is, Plan 9 & pretty much EVERY Ed Wood movie, is so bad it's actually good! Speaking of...ever seen Ed Wood? Johnny Depp at his absolute best!

I know a million folk & their Grandmothers use a brush type rest of some shape or color, but that'd be the first thing I'd file in the big round cabinet. A good quality, limb driven, drop away rest with give you much, much better accuracy, superb reliability & far more adjustability. As far as the wavy fletching that could be a number of things: contact with your rest would be the first thing to check. It could simply be down to the manufacturer. Cheap vanes have a habit of stretching badly, giving them a wiggly edge. That'll mess up your flight significantly when you come to try broadheads.

In hunting ammunition, no. But as far as practice & range time go, surplus fmj 7.62x51 is much, much cheaper

I don't think anyone's talking it down Gregg, just pointing out that everything else is better! ;) Seriously though, the old, venerable '06 really is the best all round cartridge money can buy, however at actual hunting ranges it doesn't do anything the .308 can't with less recoil & expense.

Oh, as far as out-of-the-box accuracy goes, the cheapest Savage Axis will outshoot almost everything else non-savage on the market. Remington doesn't even come close ;)

Take aloooong hard look at the Savage model 11 hog hunter in .308 Pretty much THE best bang for the buck hunting rifle money can buy. The Axis is a fantastic rifle for less cash up front, but the model 11 is FAR superior. A decent 2-7 or 3-9 scope in the $150 bracket (my pick is Vortex. All my guns wear them now!) & he's set for life. Everything from TN coyotes to Alaska moose. .30-06 has a bit more velocity, but they both shoot the exact same bullet & at anything under 800yds, the critter won't know the difference. As has been mentioned, .308 is far more common & cheaper to boot. http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/mobile/product/78093/redirect

It helps, hugely, to have a peep large enough to let you see the entire sight ring too. Don't fall into the tiny peep trap. Big is good. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I give it a split second glance, just to be sure, but 99% of the time it's purely in my peripheral vision. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

You really do want that level. The bow HAS to be vertical for correct sight alignment. For your first time, 3" groups at 20yds is fantastic! I'm happy to hunt if I can put 6 out of 6 into a 3" ring, every time at every distance. My maximum range is wherever I can accomplish that. One my groups start to open up, I limit myself to less than that. If I'm really shooting well I can usually put 3 shots into 1½" at 20yds. I don't shoot more than 3 though, it gets expensive replacing nocks & smashed arrows.

I'm actually taking my .308 savage Hog Hunter. The unit is fairly well wooded & I wouldn't expect a shot beyond 300yds. I considered my .280 Ackley, but it's too long & heavy to be anything but a pain inna bum climbing up the mountains. 10½lb with a 28" barrel is great for plains & canyon shooting, but in the hills I'll happily sacrifice velocity for ease of carriage! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

NO! I have to call the county 4 or 5 times a year because people keep stealing the damn things! :D

From my own experiences with Rossi's customer service, they WILL come through for you. I've had 2 rifles & a pistol back to them in the past few years (not for any manufacturing fault, other than a bent barrel) & their service has been nothing short of excellent. They've always done exactly what they said they would.

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Must watch! :) https://youtu.be/46ry-X2CoJk

Ooof. I can either afford to attend, or renew my membership to Strategic Edge....