Savage Accu Trigger is easily adjustable, and the large bolt knob allows rapid manipulation. The moderate pressure, good economy, modest recoil, and overall good-to-excellent accuracy have endeared the. I have not yet exhausted my experiments with the cartridge and own several nice rifles in this caliber. While there are other cartridges that offer impressive performance, I am hopelessly tied to the. In the right rifle, the cartridge will win a match or take game home. 308 is a powerful number that is very accurate and effective at long range. 300 Savage in many ways but more highly developed and with more energy. 300 Savage had been developed to offer much the same thing-.30-06 performance in a short action. 30-06 Springfield in a shorter more efficient case. 308 Winchester was designed to offer performance similar, or equal to, the.

That said, if I were to have to rely on factory loads, the. The cartridge case simply contains the individual loading. I am a handloader, so the projectile means more than the caliber. 300 Savage, there is an ideal bullet for each loading. When it comes to rifle calibers, I strongly prefer the. The Model 12 is more advanced than the Savage Axis, below. The rifle’s bolt and receiver are impressive for those with an eye to quality. A feature I particularly like is the oversize bolt handle. The bolt is more massive and features opposed locking lugs. The machining and heat-treating of the receiver are a step above that of other Savage bolt-action rifles. The Savage Model 12 is a formidable rifle that may be called a rifle for shooters rather than hunters. Savage Arms offers a number of affordable rifles beginning with the Savage Axis and the impressive Axis II.

Savage rifle models