Dilemma, need advice

[wraithen]

Ok, so I managed to smuggle 1k out of my marriage. What I want to know is which route to go for my new 7mm rem mag. Do I

A.) Buy a savage through savagegunsmithing.com and have them do their thing for a total gun cost of about a grand?

Or

2.) Buy a tikka or some other rifle with the submoa guarentee?

[shoot-em-dead]

Better save the marriage and give the loot back

[high country]

I would troll on the campfire and set the hook when the right stick trips your trigger. I can't fathom shelling a grand on a savage.....unless it was sporting about $700 worth of scope.

[buckfvr]

I aim to order a Savage 111 Long Range Hunter tomorrow.......in 7mm Rem Mag as well.  Ive looked at everything in the price range, and you cant ( IMHO ) beat the accu stock and accu trigger . 

[wraithen]

That's actually the savage I was thinking of. He charges 3 bucks more than buds and does quite a bit of work. I figure it's a gamble either way.

[buckfvr]

Out of stock over here....have to order it.  Who are you talking about, and what does he do to them ?

[MuleySniper]

Buy the Tikka then figure out how to smuggle more cash to top it with some quality glass

[buckfvr]

Being able to buy after market barrels and change them out at home is another of my reasons for deciding Savage.......

[wraithen]

This is from their page:

The front ring of the action, the face of the barrel locking nut, bolt locking lugs and the bolt face are precission machined. This effectively makes the entire action, recoil lug and barrel as if they were one uniform piece to maintain 100% concentricity with the chamber and bore. Accuracy is improved. Shot to shot consistency is improved.

The Savage synthetic and wood stocks have no glass bedding in them. Without glass bedding, the action can shift within the stock and cause that occasional flyer thus causing larger groups. We glass bed the recoil lug area and glass bed the area of the stock that holds the action. The tang and barrel of the action are checked to be sure there is no contact with the stock. The glass bedding holds the action firmly in the stock when the rifle is fired. It causes the action and stock to act as one.

On the synthetic stocks, if requested, we put glass bedding into the fore-end to stiffen up the fore-end. The reason we do this only on request is that it adds a little weight to the rifle; also there is an additional charge for it. This is referred to in our pricing as Flex-Stiffening.

Every little thing contributes to a rifles accuracy. A Rifle with everything in line, without movement in the stock, will be a more accurate rifle.

Presently turn around time is 8 to 10 weeks.We would be pleased to add you to our list of satisfied customers by accurizing your Rifles.

Best regards,

SavageGunsmithing.com

I like the fact that savage is nearly as universal as remington's when it comes to smiths that have tools for them. I really like that changing barrels is easier (read cheaper) I like that the tikka HAS to be a shooter when I get it, but I'm not sure of the support that tikka has, just the fact that everyone loves them.

buckfvr. I tend to order budsgunshop.com

Man, I'm really not trying to throw out a bunch of companies on here. 

[wraithen]

Plus, the tikka is a bit lighter after all that.

[jaymark6655]

I would be shocked if they glass bed that Long Range Hunter, it has an accu-stock which is an aluminum bed that the action sits in and then the recoil lug is locked in so the thing cannot shift.

[wraithen]

Good point Jay. I wish savage would explain their lineup better. Pretty hard to tell the difference just perusing the specs. Didn't think this many people would even think about giving the savage the nod. Actually kinda surprise nobody wanted to try an change my caliber choice (thankfully.)

[FC]

Try a Tikka, they all shoot lights out right out of the box with factory ammunition, they are also lighter than the Savage rifles and have far superior stocks. The stocks are probably the biggest downfall of Savage rifles with the exception of the Accustock, they are as good as a standard t3 lite's stock in function although (I believe) heavier.

[wraithen]

I would troll on the campfire and set the hook when the right stick trips your trigger. I can't fathom shelling a grand on a savage.....unless it was sporting about $700 worth of scope.

I'm sorry but I have absolutely no idea what the bolded part means. I'm actually a transplant so maybe it's a local thing?

[high country]

24hrcampfire....look at the classifieds. Lots of high class guns move through there.