Help me choose a 6lb mountain rifle!

[Turkeytider]

No hate but every time I see someone say they love there savage I wonder if they have ever ran an action on any other rifle. Those bolts bind up so bad and I just can't understand it.

Mine don’t, although I’m sure some do. I have a 110 Storm and a Tikka Super Varmint. Both bolts slide like butter. So does my Savage Model 12 LRPV.

 

[zdoyle123]

Idk - my son’s UL is smooth as butter.

Ive never understood the attraction of a smooth as glass action. Sure, it feels nice, but it serves little to no purpose outside of cosmetics. My 110s operate flawlessly in all conditions at a fraction of the cost of something custom. I had one North of the arctic circle in the rain, sleet, snow, and ice. 30 below and 3 feet of snow on kodiak. Crazy dusty conditions in Mexico and southeast Montana. Killed stuff beyond 500 yards with one chambered in 3006 without thinking about it. My 28 nosler will make the trip to Kazakhstan with me next year. For a $1000 gun, they're accurate, they function, and they have $1100 proof barrels. Spend the savings on better glass. They're certainly not the end all be all, but in that price range show me another sub 6lb carbon barreled rifle...

 

[Samson7x]

Weatherby Backcountry 2.0 ti

Would love one of these in 280. You have experience with one? How’s it balance?

 

[Unckebob]

No hate but every time I see someone say they love there savage I wonder if they have ever ran a action on any other rifle. Those bolts bind up so bad and I just can't understand it.

Budget Accuracy. For their price, Savage rifles are hard to beat. Both of my Savage rifles are extremely accurate.

I am going on a deer hunt this weekend. My primary rifle will be a semi-custom rifle I built around an Origin Action.

Although I have more expensive rifles that can do the job, I am taking a very basic Savage 110 as my backup. It is as accurate as any of them.