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<blockquote data-quote="hammertyme" data-source="post: 426381" data-attributes="member: 12863"><p>For most of my adult life I have had rooms of Winchesters and a few other odds and ends laying around. Had a few XP 100's but went the Model 29 Smith and the Contender way for nearly all of my hunting needs.</p><p> </p><p>Loved the XP 100's until I went to a gunsmith to check and see what the cost was to make the thing shoot a caliber I could actually kill a bear with. Say what? not in this life time or any other. Now if someone back then had made a Savage Striker and I had seen that everything is inexpensive and quite simply interchangable from 204 Roger to 460 Weatherby I would have been on it like bees to honey. Pre-made everything, no special tools or machines. Headspace gauges that are sized cases filled with two part apoxy!</p><p> </p><p>Oh yeah. Savage did come out with a STriker and all of the above is true including the bees to honey. Now while the masses of Remington and clone fans are getting rid of each others nutslets think in terms of practical.</p><p> </p><p>Savage is out selling everyone!.</p><p>Savage is winning everywhere</p><p>Savage is cheaper than anyone</p><p>Savage is more accurate out of the box than nearly any gun.</p><p>Did I mention less expensive?</p><p> </p><p>Everything is amazingly interchangable from one gun to another. Nearly every takeoff barrel shoots amazingly well.</p><p> </p><p>Savage/team Savage won the worlds F class competition over sea's,. two of the shooters were using factory complete guns.</p><p> </p><p>I can simply extract a 378 Weatherby and my 460 Weatherby cases out of my short action Savage without pulling the bolt!</p><p> </p><p>It costs me as little or as much as I want to change a Savage from one caliber to another and do it in 5-10 minutes. The nut seems to be something that is completely misunderstood.</p><p> </p><p>When I get my barrels from Benchmark they have a class three thread on the tenon. Two threads in to all the way into the action there is zero movement in the engagement. I suspect the barrel would never move without the nut its so pricise and tight. But alas I thread the nut down and without wrench vice or anything heavy I use a none maring self made drift punch and mallet and set the nut only snug for just in case.</p><p> </p><p>Twenty years ago I retired from a career and became a machinist so I could afford my habit. In those days tens of thousands of dollars in tooling just to utilize machinery So i COULD BEAT OFF AN OLD MAUSER BARREL. Weld A BOLT ON, MAKE A JIG TO WELD A BOLT ON THEN TRUE IT UP so i COULD. tHANK YOU NUTand thank you Savage for saving me tens of thousands of dollars in time and tooling and making me enjoy my sport even more.</p><p> </p><p>Neal</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hammertyme, post: 426381, member: 12863"] For most of my adult life I have had rooms of Winchesters and a few other odds and ends laying around. Had a few XP 100's but went the Model 29 Smith and the Contender way for nearly all of my hunting needs. Loved the XP 100's until I went to a gunsmith to check and see what the cost was to make the thing shoot a caliber I could actually kill a bear with. Say what? not in this life time or any other. Now if someone back then had made a Savage Striker and I had seen that everything is inexpensive and quite simply interchangable from 204 Roger to 460 Weatherby I would have been on it like bees to honey. Pre-made everything, no special tools or machines. Headspace gauges that are sized cases filled with two part apoxy! Oh yeah. Savage did come out with a STriker and all of the above is true including the bees to honey. Now while the masses of Remington and clone fans are getting rid of each others nutslets think in terms of practical. Savage is out selling everyone!. Savage is winning everywhere Savage is cheaper than anyone Savage is more accurate out of the box than nearly any gun. Did I mention less expensive? Everything is amazingly interchangable from one gun to another. Nearly every takeoff barrel shoots amazingly well. Savage/team Savage won the worlds F class competition over sea's,. two of the shooters were using factory complete guns. I can simply extract a 378 Weatherby and my 460 Weatherby cases out of my short action Savage without pulling the bolt! It costs me as little or as much as I want to change a Savage from one caliber to another and do it in 5-10 minutes. The nut seems to be something that is completely misunderstood. When I get my barrels from Benchmark they have a class three thread on the tenon. Two threads in to all the way into the action there is zero movement in the engagement. I suspect the barrel would never move without the nut its so pricise and tight. But alas I thread the nut down and without wrench vice or anything heavy I use a none maring self made drift punch and mallet and set the nut only snug for just in case. Twenty years ago I retired from a career and became a machinist so I could afford my habit. In those days tens of thousands of dollars in tooling just to utilize machinery So i COULD BEAT OFF AN OLD MAUSER BARREL. Weld A BOLT ON, MAKE A JIG TO WELD A BOLT ON THEN TRUE IT UP so i COULD. tHANK YOU NUTand thank you Savage for saving me tens of thousands of dollars in time and tooling and making me enjoy my sport even more. Neal [/QUOTE]
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