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Anyone handled one? Not in left hand yet. Might solve my wants without spending custom money.
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Might solve my wants without spending custom money. I doubt it! I'm not against Savage, but it is a sub $500 rifle. To me it is probably going to feel like a sub $500 rifle.
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I got an email a couple days ago from Savage about the release of he 334. Yeah, sub $500 gun, but it looks better than a Savage Axis. I’d like to see the rifle in more than 3 chambering though.
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I’d like to see the rifle in more than 3 chambering though. Got to keep it cheap!
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Needs to be a 22" barrel 7mm-08
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I am the NorthEast WoodsBeast!
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I haven't seen one in person yet.
What kind of stuck out to me from the pictures is that is one of the least ergonomic looking safeies I have ever seen... right up there with the Arisaka twisties.
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It is less ugly than the Axis.
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It is less ugly than the Axis. At this point and time, and not having seen or handled one, that's about the only thing I'd have say about it. Time will tell. Bottom feeders will undoubtedly folk to it, and every banquet/dinner with the distance I can swing a dead cat will have them on their raffles.
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Might solve my wants without spending custom money. If Savage is the answer, the question is most often wrong.
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Because of its forend shape and the big pic rail, it actually reminds me a lot of newer Ruger 77 Hunters.
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Yes and also needs to be in 22-250 for me to be a buyer
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Anyone handled one? Not in left hand yet. Might solve my wants without spending custom money. Are you kidding? Just released at SHOT. Pretty sure unless you're a dealer that made it to SHOT, not many have handle it and orders haven't even been placed..... FWIW, guys at the LGS got a handful of calls today on the new Salvage and Smith's 5.7 pistol - again just released.🤔
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I'd like to see the action out of the stock. They're describing a real recoil lug... which would make it the only sub-$500 rifle not using the mortis (at least when Howa 1500s aren't on sale)?
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had to Google that one up. I didn't think it looked too bad. I would like to know what the twist rate is in a 243 could be interested.. would have to note I looked at the Walnut version. went back and looked again 9 and 1/4 twists same as all the old Remington's for years.... personally prefer a one and eight but it would be doable for my use.. downsides for me would probably be the 20 inch barrel and the three round magazine.. if that was also totally depend on what I was using it for at the time..
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The people that flock to the 334 could care less about the twist rate. Bank on it.
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The left side view of the Savage 334 reminds me of a TikkaT3
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Looks like a Savage version of Tikka. Sixty degree lift with three lug bolt? Check. Three round single stack plastic magazine? Check. Identical bolt release? Check. Similar looking bolt shroud? Check. Bolt handle left in the white? Yeah, that too.
Would need to see one in person to make a final judgment, but that is what it looks like from here.
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The people that flock to the 334 could care less about the twist rate. Bank on it. I agree.
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I might buy a Turkish Tikka just to see. They are going to sell for less than three and half bills for the synthetic version. It will probably shoot pretty well. Buy a .308 and carry it around in the truck.
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