Re: Advise on new rig
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Training Wheels</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Go Remmy, they don't bother consumers with nearly as many of those pesky options... </div></div>
or with pesky innovation either, lol. when you buy one rifle that suits you the options dont really matter. you just learn your rifles specs and go with it. but hats off to remy for keeping smiths in business. curses as well to savage for eliminating the need to even see a smith for any reason.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: aperdue</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Out of curiosity, What is the difference between the Savage 10 FCP and the 10 FP? As far as I can tell, the only difference is that the FCP has the factory DBM. Can the FP work with the aftermarket DBM's like AICS and the like? I saw the XLR Evolution stock yesterday and that thing is sweet, and can be built to use the aftermarket mags. I wouldn't be hunting with the rifle very often, but if I were going to, I could just throw the factory stock back on. </div></div>
why bother with the stock swap? there are plenty of after market options for the mags. CDI and even the new ACME conversion from SSS eith 5 & 10 round mags available.
the main difference in the FP & FCP is the DBM but the screw hole spacing on the action screws is different i believe. i have a 10 fcp. bress sass has a 10 fp. we could get the measurements to verify. here is the thing. you do have choices to make and the changes in the savage line make it even more important to know what you want out of the system. i readdly like CDI and the look of that mag system on a rifle. but with the fcp, its cheaper to get 9 round mags for the fcp than convert it to CDI. i can get 4 SSS 9 round mags for about what i can get the CDI and one mag for. not knocking CDI at all, i will use it on a future build. so you gotta decide. if you want to upgrade to a better stock right off the bat, and you dont like the McMillan A5 or the HS Precision that savage offers in the 10FCP line, then you have to decide if you want to go with a 10FP and then add Jeffs CDI or that ACME conversion (IF IT WILL FIT THE 10 FP) for a bottom mag system.
i agree, its alot of choices. you really have to educate yourself as to what the differences are. it takes a while to sort it all out. i have been there, done that. ask questions, i or someone else will try to help you with some info. so far, i dont recall anyone being unhappy with the savage they bought and kept. you will get the guys that swap out the accu trigger cause it feels this or that or has the blade, well thats what we all said about glock too. there is the feel of the bolt when you lift it and it cocks the rifle. that can be lessened to a degree. mine feels fine, but ive never had a 700 so i cant compare the two. if you need less choices, get a 700 sps tac or acc. good base rifles. get to know your local smith, you will become his customer soon. there are plenty of nice used stocks for the 700 platforn from many makers and thats something you wont see alot of is used McM or AI stocks for a savage. they are available new, but you dont get alot of them used for savage yet. there is nothing you can do or get for a rem 700 that you cant get or will be able to get soon for a savage. except for freedom from a gun smith and the pride and self satisfaction of doing your own work on the rifle.
i am a novice but i changed my barrel cause i got a smoking deal on a shillen select match. ill bed it next and it just had a time and tune done. that was the only visit to a smith its ever gonna have and i am really not sure it was necessary after the stuff i had already done to smooth out the action. but i wanted to see what it was all about. not sure how i feel about it yet. im good with the time and true as its stuff i could not do, but was it really beneficial or needed or worth the money?? still thining on that. but for $125 its not a bad thing, it didnt hurt anything either. more to come on that.
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