I bought a bushnell hdmr and planned on putting it on my current rifle but am leaning toward just getting another rifle. My current rifle is tikka t3 hunter in 300 wm. I like the 300 wm and will stick with that most likely. I like the savage and remington mentioned above. Ive handled the savage butnot the remington. At 699$ the remington seems hard to beat for the price. I really want to stay under 1,000$. Rifle will be used to shoot out to 1,000 yards occasionally, i reload my own ammo, mount for the hdmr is a adm sl mount. Which is better between the rem and savage? Is there a better option? Any advice is appreciated.
savage 110/10 fcp-hs or remington 700 long range?
- Thread starter dshag
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I hope this doesn't turn into another Savage vs. the world debate, but for what its worth they are both fine rifles. You have a quick do it yourself quick change barrel and bolt head with the Savage (should you decide to perhaps switch to another caliber for sport or target), but you have far superior aftermarket support for the Remington (should you want to upgrade down the road). Some people like the Accutrigger (myself included), but your options for a good replacement are limited should you not like it. Remington quality control seems to have waned a little, but they are still producing more fine, accurate rifles than not. And it's easy to find an aftermarket part for just about any piece of the Remington should you want to change something, most of which can be found at a bargain in the classifieds threads. The beauty of the majority of shooters having a Remington variant rifle of some fashion. I love or have loved my Savages, but at the same time I wouldn't hesitate to "pull the trigger" on a good Remington if the opportunity presented itself. Either way you cant go wrong.
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savage is getting better on aftermarket components the aics stocks are coming soon and and honestly i like to be able to change my own barrels without having to pay a gunsmith. i also have a remington and like it a lot as well, lots options like u said for aftermarket add ons / drop ins and the fact that if i bought another remington barreled action i can mount it right into my manners stock running a mini chassis no problem. where with my savage the barreled action needed to be bedded/fitted to my T5a stock and not able to run the mini chassis as it was not an option for savage rifles at the time. not sure how the aics stocks will be when they come out but they will most likely be able to accept aics magazines for the savage line in a "drop in " fashion just like the remington footprint is now. For my next rifle I'm really looking at getting a Shilen barreled action because you get the best of both worlds: a barreled action with remington footprint, pinned recoil lug and a barrel nut (like a savage)
Gotta say that having built a couple of Savage Varminter Rifles before they sure are fun!
I love how easy it is to change out a barrel and for some reason I feel the need to do another.
How ever, The main issue I had was that the feeding has been somewhat unreliable in the 2 that I had build but that was with the STOCK bottom metal and magazine. I found that once changed (to and aftermarket bottom metal and mag combo) and installed by a Smith this was eliminated and fed really smooth.
The second issue was that the bolt raceway had worn too much and so there fore the older action would bind when reloading at speed....I tried the PTG fluted bolt and that seemed to make it worse...
I did build a custom Varminter on a new Model 10 .223 Action and that also had feeding issues particularly with hollow point projectiles. They would "Stovepipe" hitting the top of the bore/chamber and get stuck. Very annoying.
This again was fixed using an after market Bottom metal / Mag combo and also the SSS fluted bolt which also made the throw like glass... so slick a very nice combo.
In the end the rifles worked out well... But the Savage customs required a bit of work to get right and I was not that happy with Stock choices unless going into the premium Range and or Having to wait.
The good thing about Remington is that there are so many options... I'm a serious Savage Fanboy just because I had one as my first rifle and it was accurate but the Remingtons just seem to come out with less hassle.
Hey, it's your choice and they both shoot great I just prefer how easy the Rems are outta the box.
I love how easy it is to change out a barrel and for some reason I feel the need to do another.
How ever, The main issue I had was that the feeding has been somewhat unreliable in the 2 that I had build but that was with the STOCK bottom metal and magazine. I found that once changed (to and aftermarket bottom metal and mag combo) and installed by a Smith this was eliminated and fed really smooth.
The second issue was that the bolt raceway had worn too much and so there fore the older action would bind when reloading at speed....I tried the PTG fluted bolt and that seemed to make it worse...
I did build a custom Varminter on a new Model 10 .223 Action and that also had feeding issues particularly with hollow point projectiles. They would "Stovepipe" hitting the top of the bore/chamber and get stuck. Very annoying.
This again was fixed using an after market Bottom metal / Mag combo and also the SSS fluted bolt which also made the throw like glass... so slick a very nice combo.
In the end the rifles worked out well... But the Savage customs required a bit of work to get right and I was not that happy with Stock choices unless going into the premium Range and or Having to wait.
The good thing about Remington is that there are so many options... I'm a serious Savage Fanboy just because I had one as my first rifle and it was accurate but the Remingtons just seem to come out with less hassle.
Hey, it's your choice and they both shoot great I just prefer how easy the Rems are outta the box.
