I don't really like the Savages. Not sure what you guys see in them.
Back in the days before the was a Safeway,or Wallmart, or whatever, within reasonable distance. The deer or duck was shot with a good rifle. Even today, when Safeway is too far and men with a taste for fresh game go hunting after it, it is with a gun they know will do a job.
It's just a tool. I grew up in Northern B.C. Saw a few bears while fishing for salmon on the big rivers. None of us kids ever carried a gun. My dad shot a deer when The Telephone Company sent him over to The Queen Charlotte Islands for a week and he sat in the kitchen drinking beer while my mother and I skinned it. I think that was the 2nd deer of the 2 or maybe 3. We used the meat, that was the main thing, and I liked it a lot. The old Savage was a likely one of the most popular game rifles in those old days. I like them a lot because of the good wood they used ,the history behind them, the different calibers, The look and smooth operation, and the never ending mystery they seem to posess.
