New Savage bolt

[UpStateRedNeck]

https://www.savagearms.com/content?p=firearms&a=product_summary&s=57647

 

Intriguing!

[SportsmanNH]

Im sure its a quality built firearm .

But the specs say it weighs 8.8 lbs ? Thats heavy . Add a scope to that and you are over 10 lbs !

[Dinsdale]

19 minutes ago, SportsmanNH said:

Im sure its a quality built firearm .

But the specs say it weighs 8.8 lbs ? Thats heavy . Add a scope to that and you are over 10 lbs !

I noticed that too. In the era of lightweight rifles, that heavy old school.

I regular shoot one of the top selling civilian/hunting strait pulls ever made, Blaser. I think my wood stock version is just over 7lbs in 30.06 sans 1 lb for optic.(Its also a switch barrel and barrel bore and length changes its weight by a bit).

I dont have any problem changing between strait pull and conventional bolt, but some folks do under pressure.

It's very fast for follow ups, but I'm not so sure that means much depending on style of hunting.

Other players in strait pulls are the Heym SR 20 and Merkel Helix. All the european players start north of $4k or so, so Savage is well under that price point.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Dinsdale