Savage rifle/scope package
- Thread starter viking499
- Start date
- Status
Richard.Howe
Member
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2003
- Messages
- 887
I think it's a Simmons IIRC.
The Savage sure beats the heck out of the Rem 710 combination. Do NOT go down the 710 road.
The Savage sure beats the heck out of the Rem 710 combination. Do NOT go down the 710 road.
cmidkiff
Member
I bought a combo package '93, cheap, plastic stock, Simmons 3-9x40. It was my first .17hmr rifle, just wanted to try the caliber and see if I liked it. Traded the Simmons for a Leopold shortly after, and then swapped the plastic for a thumbhole laminate... Ended up costing me more than it would have if I had bought what I really wanted up front.
Still, I ended up with a wonderful little shooter!
Still, I ended up with a wonderful little shooter!
Bought one of the package guns a couple years ago. Needed a 30-06. Planned on switching out the scope but this one has worked fine so far and it keeps getting pushed to the rear of gun/gun accessories I want.
Only pic I have of this rifle
Only pic I have of this rifle
mustanger98
Member
Everybody says those are Simmons scopes on the Savage package rifles and most say they're trash. I've had good results with Simmons 3-9x32 and 3-9x40. I don't know what everybody's problem is unless they just like to gripe.
I think Savage could do better than to sell their rifles with those cheap plastic stocks. My Model 11GL has the wood stock... it's already pillar bedded and the barrel's free-floated. It shoots quite well. I went ahead and got the one with sights on the barrel because I don't get along with scopes, but the rear sight is Williams's cheap-o and it leaves a lot to be desired. I had thought of upgrading to a Foolproof with target knobs, but the more I've been thinking about it, the more I'm leaning towards XS Sights' ghost ring set. That way, I can just set it dead on for 300yds and it'll be minute of deer's kill zone that far out.
I think Savage could do better than to sell their rifles with those cheap plastic stocks. My Model 11GL has the wood stock... it's already pillar bedded and the barrel's free-floated. It shoots quite well. I went ahead and got the one with sights on the barrel because I don't get along with scopes, but the rear sight is Williams's cheap-o and it leaves a lot to be desired. I had thought of upgrading to a Foolproof with target knobs, but the more I've been thinking about it, the more I'm leaning towards XS Sights' ghost ring set. That way, I can just set it dead on for 300yds and it'll be minute of deer's kill zone that far out.
Nathanael_Greene
Member
My Savage package rifle came equipped with a Simmons "8-Point" 3-9x40 scope. Not the best, to be sure, but it seemed okay. Then I got a screaming deal on a used Bushnell Elite 3200 3-9x40, and I put that on the Savage, and that was that.
I'm very pleased with the Bushnell, but would I have missed any of the shots I took had I left the Simmons on? We'll never know, but frankly, I doubt it.
I'm very pleased with the Bushnell, but would I have missed any of the shots I took had I left the Simmons on? We'll never know, but frankly, I doubt it.
justice4all
Member
I bought one in 7mm Rem. Mag., and it shot well with the original scope, but it wouldn't stay tight on the bases. I recently swapped it for a 3X9 Leupold VX-II, and I'm still sighting it in with that scope. I personally feel it was a good value.
ArchAngelCD
Member.
If you don't like plastic their short action Model 10GXP3 looks like a good deal.
http://www.savagearms.com/10gxp3.htm
So does the same gun in a long action.
http://www.savagearms.com/110gxp3.htm
http://www.savagearms.com/10gxp3.htm
So does the same gun in a long action.
http://www.savagearms.com/110gxp3.htm
- Status
