Still contemplating a savage 10fp in 308.

[tarheel7734]

Back in the late 90s in my early days in the army in purchased a savage 10fp Le with hs precision stock and had a super sniper 10x on it. It was close enough to my m24 that I could practice on my own time and really loved that rifle.. I wound up selling it after my daughter was born and always regretted it.

Over the past 4 years or so I have been planning on getting back into the sport and really wanted another one, but common sense told me there was better. About a year ago my custom Zermatt tl3 build was completed in 6.5 and then I picked up a new Remington 700 police in 300 wm.

My local shop still has the new old stock savage 10fp in hs precision stock in 308 and I'm still contemplating purchasing it. I can justify it and give it to my daughter so she can learn long range and shoot with me she is 25 now.

Should I fulfill the urge and longing for rifle I had and loved, or should I pass? I know I can buy a bergara and it might be a better rifle and have more aftermarket support, but you know.. Price is 950 without the optic they threw on it.

 

[redbullitt]

Do it. Sell it if you dont like it, or rebarrel it to something stupid or fun.

Ive shot a few of those an they all shot well with good handloads. Sure there are better rifles, but you like that one and i bet itll shoot for you. Actually, pretty sure i had the same one. Found the palm swell to be a little fat for me, but it cleaned up fine. Cut the factory barrel to 18 and threaded it. Shot probably 3000 rounds through it. My buddy hunts with it now, has killed a pile of deer.

Cant tell from the photo for sure, but if its a small shank, you can swap that barrel really easily and have access to tons of nice prefits. That was my favorite part about the ones i had.

 

[tarheel7734]

Do it. Sell it if you dont like it, or rebarrel it to something stupid or fun.

Ive shot a few of those an they all shot well with good handloads. Sure there are better rifles, but you like that one and i bet itll shoot for you. Actually, pretty sure i had the same one. Found the palm swell to be a little fat for me, but it cleaned up fine. Cut the factory barrel to 18 and threaded it. Shot probably 3000 rounds through it. My buddy hunts with it now, has killed a pile of deer.

Cant tell from the photo for sure, but if its a small shank, you can swap that barrel really easily and have access to tons of nice prefits. That was my favorite part about the ones i had.

I will be leaving for North Carolina on Tuesday for a week I'll probably h9ld off till I get back the shop has had it for 2 years, so I dint think it's going anywhere. Price they offered me was 950 without the optic . It has been marked @1339 for a year then 1219 for another year . The barrel will need to be threaded or i'll have to look at a replacement barrel maybe in m24 contour. I'd also like to find an aics bottom metal for it

 

[wvfarrier]

I have a savage 10ba in 308. Zero complaints. I bought a 300wsm barrel and bolt for it as well. Great rifle

 

[Turkeytider]

HS Precision stock fan ever since getting my first range rifle, a Model 12 LRPV in .223. Shoots and functions great at 2,000+ rounds. I’d say get it.
If I wasn’t such a Tikka fan boy, based on my experience with my LRPV, I’d be tempted by an LRP , also in the HS stock.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

I’d take the Savage over a Bergara every day of the week. At least if the Savage doesn’t shoot you can spend $350 on a Shilen from Northland and fix it yourself instead of going back and forth with the dick heads at Bergara that will tell you everything is ok when you have a clearly defective rifle.

I bought a Savage Ultralight 308 on clearance last year and it’s probably the most practical rifle I own maybe second to my 223 DMR, and quite possibly the last bolt gun I’d get rid of. I can put a long range optic, brake or suppressor and bipod on it and have a 10lbs+ rifle suitable for casual target use or I can put a lightweight scope on it and have a 7lbs or less hunting rifle or anything in between. I could also dump it in a chassis and make it weigh even more. It shoots absolutely lights out with everything and has has zero extraction or ejection issues so I’ve got no complaints about the thing even if it is a salvage.