Post by missasip on Mar 24, 2013 9:46:56 GMT -7
....Savage Axis in 30.06. Ended up at my favorite gun store and got it, a set of Leopold mounts and rings and a Nikon Prostaff 4x12x40 NP. And 4 boxes of ammo!!!! That's how many they let you have when you purchase a gun from them. They were actually $9 cheaper than Wal-Mart, plus mounted and bore-sighted the scope for free. They have a full time armorer on site all the time.
I decided on the Savage for several reasons.
1. Seems to be a great out of the box MOA weapon for a great price. $268.95. WM was $277 and kiss our a** out the door. My store puts their own lifetime warranty on every gun they sell.
2. Weight. It is a light weight in comparison to the Howa 1500 I had. Weight is everything for me these days.
3. It's magazine fed. I can have preloaded mags....
4. Have owned several other Savage weapons in the past and all were great. In particular a 7mm-08 that was more accurite than I could shoot.
5. Very good reviews.
I looked at the Ruger American, Rem 700 ADL and Mossberg Deer Thugs. All good guns, but I just liked the fit and feel of the Savage.
Anyway hope to get a chance soon to try it out.
As a side note, I was gonna get it Wally World, but they had no ammo for it and I asked if they sold a gun don't you think you might want to at least have a box or two to sell with it...a shrug was all I got. Guess one sale lost don't matter huh, Thywar (he knew I was there to make the buy)....Pretty much that has done me in with WM as far as guns go anyway....
Jimmy
I decided on the Savage for several reasons.
1. Seems to be a great out of the box MOA weapon for a great price. $268.95. WM was $277 and kiss our a** out the door. My store puts their own lifetime warranty on every gun they sell.
2. Weight. It is a light weight in comparison to the Howa 1500 I had. Weight is everything for me these days.
3. It's magazine fed. I can have preloaded mags....
4. Have owned several other Savage weapons in the past and all were great. In particular a 7mm-08 that was more accurite than I could shoot.
5. Very good reviews.
I looked at the Ruger American, Rem 700 ADL and Mossberg Deer Thugs. All good guns, but I just liked the fit and feel of the Savage.
Anyway hope to get a chance soon to try it out.
As a side note, I was gonna get it Wally World, but they had no ammo for it and I asked if they sold a gun don't you think you might want to at least have a box or two to sell with it...a shrug was all I got. Guess one sale lost don't matter huh, Thywar (he knew I was there to make the buy)....Pretty much that has done me in with WM as far as guns go anyway....
Jimmy
