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Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Looks purposeful; how reflective is that stainless? How are the irons? If they're screwed on you might check out NECG's rear ramp and single leaf, see through V-sight. I've got one on my CZ 550 (marked Recknagel, but the same thing) and it was a good improvement over the factory unit. How's the stock for LOP, balance and overall "feel?" I've never shot a Savage, but the ability to rebarrel easily and that looong action have got me thinking...(say, 300 H&H in a McMillan A-5 stock...)
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OR,
The sights are OK, but I'll change the rear blade to a shallow V and at low cost, as the sight is simply a Williams. The stainless is quite Non-Reflective, the balance is very nice, LOP the usual 13 1/2". With the Warne QD and 4200 Elite 1.5X6 it weight about 8 1/2 pounds and handles well; the scope comes right to my eye.
I was able to shoot it this morning with no wind and off my bench. Two of the three 3 shot groups were sub-MOA, and one I pulled one off 1 1/2" from the first two, which were touching.
I am pretty sure I'll like the rifle for the Roosevelt elk hunt and hunting in the wet country around Libby, MT. It is very easy to carry, compared to most 375's and MUCH lighter than my pre-64 Mdl 70 and FN/Sako...much lighter!
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Nice looking rig. Are these .375's a non-catalog or just a newly introduced item from Savage? I couldn't find them on the Savage website ( I may have overlooked it). I could really like one of these just in case we get elephants in the backyard this summer.
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Hillbilly: It CAN happen!!!!!!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
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Hillbilly: It CAN happen!!!!!! I thought it had last summer. I saw something huge and grey ambling down the fence line at the edge of the yard. An Elephant headed for the tater patch! I decided to get a better look before putting out the call for a .458 and grabbed the binoculars. The field glasses told a sordid tale. T'weren't a pachyderm at all. Just the neighbor's well fed, wrinkly wife in her new grey track suit walking their dachshund
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By Gawd a man needs protection these days!!
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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...bear
They are listed in the Weather Warrior section of their guns.
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...bear
They are listed in the Weather Warrior section of their guns. Thanks I'll go ferret out the info.
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not trying to call you a liar, but just looked up the savage arms website, and the biggest caliber listed for the weather warrior 116 series is 338 win mag.?-keith
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Savage also catalogued a .425 for a while, but I have never seen one.
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not trying to call you a liar, but just looked up the savage arms website, and the biggest caliber listed for the weather warrior 116 series is 338 win mag.?-keith The .375 is listed toward the bottom of the Weather Warrior section.
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http://savagearms.com/116fss.htm Look at the bottom, the .375 H&H is there.
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thanks, didn't scroll down far enough. -keith
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Is that action a standard length action or is this a special and longer-overall Savage action?
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I believe the its just the standard Savage long action.
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Thanks. It looks very looooong.
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Not having much experience with Savage rifles, I wouldn't know, but I do know that is opened up quite a bit longer than my old Mdl 70 375 and my FN/Sako 375. The whole action is pretty long, IMO. I wish I had one of the CZ 550s in 416 Rigby I had owned to compare. Here is the ample room for a Federal Safari 300gr Nosler round and my 300gr solid handload. I'd say the action is long enough. It would accomodate a 458 Lott or a 375 loaded with 350's.
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Well, I got one setting in the gun room. Have been to the range with it and it will hold at 1 inch at 100 yards. Believe it may be a keeper just in case we should have an invasion from somewhere. Purchased 6 boxes of ammo. from a gentleman who bought the ammo. for an african trip but decided to finish his education instead. The ammo. cost me 90 bucks for the 6 boxes-Federal and speer.
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Well, I got one setting in the gun room. Have been to the range with it and it will hold at 1 inch at 100 yards. Believe it may be a keeper just in case we should have an invasion from somewhere. Purchased 6 boxes of ammo. from a gentleman who bought the ammo. for an african trip but decided to finish his education instead. The ammo. cost me 90 bucks for the 6 boxes-Federal and Speer.
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