700 SPS or Savage 10fp?

[Guest justme]

Looking at purchasing a long gun. Need opinions.

Looking at 3 rifles.

First rifle is the Remington 700SPS in .300

Second rifle is the Remington 700 XCR Tactical.

Third rifle is the Savage 10fp in .308

I would appreciate opinions about the rifles and what a preferable barrel length would be.

[Almond27]

Me personally, I would want the Savage in .308. Savages to me are the best bang for your buck in a hunting rifle out there.

[Guest Brian@GunDepot]

Savage is nice out of the box. I would throw the Rem 700 VTR in there to check out too... in .308

[Guest PerazziTM1]

As noted the Savage is a great bang for buck. The Remmys will have better value on the used market later in my opinion, and the 700 action is a great one with many after market triggers available if you want to upgrade.

Barrel length, its a trade off, the more length you have the better velocity you can get. Down side it heavier and doesn't maneuver as well.

Good Luck,

Wally

[JJ3]

TTT, im in the same boat. Looking at the Rem 700 sps, but keep seeing the savage name pop up. Not sure on size, .243 seems the middle ground between power, cost and availibilty?

[Guest m14man]

check out the 700p, the 10 fp is just about the same price as the remingtons, everyone says its a great rifle.

[nightrunner]

no longer than a 24" barrel and no shorter than a 20" this is for .308 .300 will need a 24-26" barrel for good velocity and powder burn.

[Guest 70below]

A buddy of mine bought a 10FP, I've shot it a couple times and like it alot. It was a toss up for me for awhile. I really like the feel of the SPS with the hogue stock, but the barrel is a little short for me and the distances I hope to shoot. If you're going to be shooting 300yds or less.....I don't think the barrel length is a factor. If you hope to shoot long distance eventually, go with the xcr or FP. After shooting the 10FP, I'd probably opt for it as a distance gun, or the SPS for a 300yd gun.

[Guest Brian@GunDepot]

FYI....

Remington has a $50 rebate on the 700 SPS and VTR rifles til end of April.... makes a VTR or SPS V a nice price.

[Guest gvnwst]

Me personally, I would want the Savage in .308. Savages to me are the best bang for your buck in a hunting rifle out there.

Big one plus, while savages are lacking in stocks, they are really accurate and the accurtiggers are great.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

Need a stock for your Savage.. then friends.. go to http://www.sharpshootersupply.com/

[Guest gvnwst]

The sharpshootersupply stocks are really nice, i can say that. I am also working on designing a custom stock, it is really fun!

[Guest 70below]

I wish Hogue would get their fully bedded varmint barrel overmolded stock out.

[Guest Traumaslave]

Big one plus, while savages are lacking in stocks, they are really accurate and the accurtiggers are great.

The 10FCP HS PRECISION covers the stock issue if your not satisfied with the dual pillar bedding.