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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: longknife on September 22, 2011, 05:56:31 PM

Title: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: longknife on September 22, 2011, 05:56:31 PM: Thinking of getting something like this for my daughter, in a .270. With the weight cut down to 5.5lbs w/scope, and true walnut stock, thats light!
Just curious if anyone has any reviews yet.
TIA
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: deerslyr on September 22, 2011, 09:59:21 PM: Ive read just about the reviews I could find on googles and neither of them were very definitive. I did read one that said the accuracy wasnt to great but not horribly bad for a light weight gun. I think like 2 inches at a 100 yards
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: FC on September 22, 2011, 10:09:51 PM: Quote from: longknife on September 22, 2011, 05:56:31 PM
Thinking of getting something like this for my daughter, in a .270. With the weight cut down to 5.5lbs w/scope, and true walnut stock, thats light!
Just curious if anyone has any reviews yet.
TIA

I would expect typical Savage accuracy (excellent) and in .270 Win at 5.5lbs I would say it might even kick your daughter into the next county. Maybe tone it down to a .243 Win?
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: AWS on September 23, 2011, 09:12:14 AM: I'd be real careful with a light 270 and a young person. I used to own a gun shop with a range and would actually sight in rifle by firing them and test fire used rifles I took in trade. One of the worst for recoil was a Rem 700 ADL in 270, that one needed a sandbag between the butt and my shoulder. I was doing 300 Win mags, 358 Norma's, 45-70's, even very light 06 with 220' and nothing hurt like that 270.

AWS
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: deerslyr on September 23, 2011, 09:32:38 AM: They make the same gun in 260 and 308 as well so those might be better on recoil. The long actions are 6 lbs and the short actions are 5.5 if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: spookgus on September 23, 2011, 10:16:13 AM: The model 111 lightweight hunter is 6lbs. and chambered in .270, 30-06, and 6.5X284. The model 11 lightweight hunter is 5.5 lbs. and chambered in 308, 260, 7mm-08, 243, 223, and 6.5 Creedmoor.
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: Lincoln4 on September 23, 2011, 11:54:17 AM: The reviews I saw after Googling it were pretty positive.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/savage_11_lightweight_hunter.htm (http://www.chuckhawks.com/savage_11_lightweight_hunter.htm)

Gunblast.com - Savage Model 11 6.5mm Creedmoor Lightweight Hunter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECKsFicSbrw#)
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: deerslyr on September 23, 2011, 02:11:01 PM: well apparently the reviews i read about the accuracy was wrong according to that video! I think I may have to pick one of those up in 308
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: Lincoln4 on September 23, 2011, 03:35:00 PM: I'm thinking about that as well. Maybe in .260. or 6.5 Creedmoor. :tup:
Title: Re: any reviews on the savage ultralight hunter model 11?
Post by: FC on September 23, 2011, 05:43:10 PM: Quote from: deerslyr on September 23, 2011, 02:11:01 PM
well apparently the reviews i read about the accuracy was wrong according to that video! I think I may have to pick one of those up in 308

They were probably flinching so badly from shooting such a light rifle that they couldn't hit squat anymore.