New Rifle

[cal01]

I just recently purchased a Savage Model 111 Trophy Hunter XP in .243 Caliber and I have to admit it is out of the box one of the finest rifles I have ever owned. I have a pre-64 Winchester Model 70 and a 1970s vintage Remington 700 that have to date been my favorite bolt guns, but this inexpensive Savage with the Nikon scope is just a dang fine firearm.

I had thought that I would buy it and modify it to suite me but it just doesn't need any modification. I am just going to work on a good hand load based on a 100 grain bullet and enjoy it.

I don't know if I just got real lucky, but if this gun is any indication of what Savage Arms is delivering today the others better take note.

Cal in TX

 

[Geno]

Congrats! I like to read about people buying their long desired firearm, and liking it! Now, of course none of us believe a word you're saying until you post pictures of that dandy rifle...you know, eye-candy!!!

No picture; never happened.

Congrats again!

Geno

 

[yzguy87]

I bought a 10 FCP-K back in 09. It was a great rifle! Accurate, smooth action, the trigger broke clean and was light. The only 2 things I didn't like were that the accu trigger wouldn't let you fire it if you racked the bolt too hard and the stock was too low for the scope. The cheek weld was poor. A Karsten cheek rest would have fixed that problem. But other than those two things the rifle was all it was cracked up to be.

 

[Savage99]

cal01,

You say the Savage 111 is a fine rifle?

You say you have a "pre-64" M70?

What model 70 do you have?

 

[cal01]

My Winchester model 70 actually belonged to my uncle. It is a .25-284 caliber which at the time was a wildcat load but which I believe later became the 6-284?

My uncle hand loaded all his ammo. The rifle was very accurate out to 400 yards. My uncle was a quadriplegic so the rifle was modified by a gunsmith so that he could shoot it. Having no movement in his fingers, my uncle fired the gun with a button he held between his teeth. He would push the button with his tongue and it activated a solenoid mounted in the space where the magazine would have been and the gun was fired.

The rifle can also be fired in the conventional manner but it is a single shot due to the solenoid in the magazine space.

The rifle obviously has a lot of sentimental value for me and my son and it has not been fired in many years, but as a kid I accompanied my uncle on many hunting trips and saw him take a lot of game with the gun.

Cal in TX