Hi boiler,
Thanks for the information, you've been very helpful across a couple different threads for me. I've thought about your warning concerning not being able to find or afford quality match ammunition all day. Fair point.
I visited the local pawn shop this morning and walked out with a Savage 110 Tactical rifle in .308. What do you think? What direction do you think I should move in next?
When the stakes are high, settle for nothing less than the precision of the 110 Tactical in your long range rifle.
www.savagearms.com
I got it for $775 otd. Good price or did I get hosed?
Hate to be that guy. But you asked.
Check online prices before impuse buying. It took me 2 clicks to find them for $650. That means I can likely find them cheaper. Even with tax, shipping and transfer fee, I'm still not at 775.
You started off good by posting and asking for direction. Then go out and impulse buy. Maybe that shitty plastic stock spoke to you or something...idk. I've been there. Impulse buys get all of us once in a while.
I don't know nothing about savage or the one you bought aside from I owned a savage for about a month and that was 30 days longer than I wanted to. Same scenario. Found a rifle that checked my blocks but didn't have the price tag. I got it. And it was a flaming pile of poo.
You have lots of options. But not sure how stuck you are with the gun you bought. Personally, I'd beg the guy at the shop to return it. Go in with a fat lip and bloody eye and tell him your wife is furious.
My hang up on savage is there aren't a ton of aftermarket options. And 775 for a barreled action is approaching a m700 action and a prefit barrel. Then you have endless option for triggers, stocks and chassis, scope mounts etc etc.
We all aren't made of money and most of us understand that. Most of us have learned the hard way and it ends up costing even more.
My advice...? Do more research and figure out exactly what you wanna do with this rifle. Maybe the savage will do all you need. Maybe not.
Then, figure out how to get the rifle you actually want.
I'm notorious for buying parts and pieces here n there. It doesn't hurt so bad to put together a $3000+ rifle when you buy it along the way. Hell, I buy stuff just because I know it's a good deal and I can use it in the future. Finishing up a hunting rifle build now that started that way a year ago. Someone sold a stock I really liked on here at a really good buy. Didn't need it at the time. But couldn't let it sit there either.
Good luck with your savage...or returning it. From what I've read, it doesn't sound like that's actually what you want though.
