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Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« on: February 16, 2010, 07:45:37 PM »
Just got the new American Rifleman. Cover has "Long Range Affordability"  featuring the Savage 110BA .338 Lapua Magnum

OMG!!! :o


Less than the new Bushmaster, and several others in the AR category. Bolt action repeating action, 4140 chrome-moly steel,

29 1/2" barrel 1:9 . Single stage 2.4oz trigger, yes it's a heavy girl at 15 lbs.

suggested retail $2200.00

effective range 1500m

at 300yds. it hits with over 5,000 lbs of muzzle energy. using a Cor-Bon 250gr. HPBT bullet. :o

billt, you need to get one your self.,..... ;) I am.,.... Holy Smokes batman,.. forget Close quarter stuff. I will be selling some antique pottery to add to the kitty for this one.

I can;t afford a Barret, or MacMillan but this? It's very possible...

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showgallery&Number=1558777

Gun lust, I'm a sucker.  I'll have to get out of S. Florida to test drive it properly, but well,  unreal rifle.



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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 08:19:13 PM »
UT OH...why did they have to make it affordable?  Well, that IS the Savage business plan.  Need to see if it is as accurate as the Savage rep has their stuff.

I have two Savage rifles and now I want a third...

Well, I'll have some time to work that into the financial picture, waiting for the price to drop a bit after the initial demand fades...I hope.

Now I'll need to find a new range. Mine only goes to 300yds...

Hmmm...Wonder if this would meet M'ette's needs for a Sniper Rifle?

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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 08:39:02 PM »
I hope they don't have one at the NRA Convention in May,....I may sell my truck, and buy a bus ticket home....

Pretty sure I won;t have any "issues" on the ride... ;D
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 08:45:30 PM »
Sweet gun and I do like Savage. If I hadn't been a lefty I'd have felt like a chump for buying a Ruger, when my friend (who is no better a shot than me)consistently scored tighter groups than me with his 110 at about 2/3 the price. >:( Still, two questions.
1 how much pottery will you have to sell to put a worthy piece of glss on it, much less buy ammo?
2 Where the hell are you going to shoot it unless you go off shore and shoot at floating bleach bottles?
FQ13 who hates to be a buzz kill, but thinks you'd be happier (and richer) with that Sharps you were eyeing. Just my .02.
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 09:05:58 PM »
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1 how much pottery will you have to sell to put a worthy piece of glss on it, much less buy ammo?
2 Where the hell are you going to shoot it unless you go off shore and shoot at floating bleach bottles?
FQ13 who hates to be a buzz kill, but thinks you'd be happier (and richer) with that Sharps you were eyeing. Just my .02.

I have had a fading antique pottery fetish for the last three years. In the 10-12 years prior to that, I have what amounts to an antique store. Rookwood, Van Briggle, Hampshire, Roseville, Marblehead, McCoy, Fulper, Weller, Hull, geez,....It's very sad, I have too much of this crap. All American, and from the 1840's to about 1955.

There is a group that collects this stuff like old Colt SAA pistols, Browning Hi-Powers, vintage shotguns, etc,...

I will have to find a range far away from where I am, as it would be like having a Formula 1 race car for a trip around the driveway,. :-\

Ammo, would be reasonable as I won't need 5000rds of it. (At least not now). Having 500 rds. of .338 would be plenty for me.
Even if the SHTF, sending 50 of these downrange would get anyone's attention. (Plus their vehicles would be stopped far away), thus making them walk... ::)

Just time for a shift in "materialistic things", I'll keep my Frank Rothenbush Rookwood from 1881, with Vellum Glaze, I paid $350 in 2002, and turned down almost $750 in 2008. My Louis Abel Rookwood, is about $450... I can get there quick...

Better than a mid life crises, and wanting a red convertible.... 8)
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 03:39:04 AM »
Awesome rifle, just got my American Rifleman in the mail yesterday... and guess what's on the cover??   

Welcome to the long range club.  ;D
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 06:41:55 AM »
Quote from: twyacht on February 16, 2010, 07:45:37 PM
Just got the new American Rifleman. Cover has "Long Range Affordability"  featuring the Savage 110BA .338 Lapua Magnum OMG!!! suggested retail $2200.00 effective range 1500m

billt, you need to get one your self.,..... ;) I am.,.... Holy Smokes batman,.. forget Close quarter stuff. I will be selling some antique pottery to add to the kitty for this one.

That's a nice rifle, and will no doubt be another winner for Savage. I already have a Weatherby Accumark in .338-378 Weatherby Magnum.



Granted, while it doesn't have the killer, "Tacticool" look of the Savage, the ballistics of the .338-378 Weatherby Magnum are actually a bit better. The other issue with the .338 Lapua is brass and ammo. It is extremely difficult to find, and very expensive when you do. An MSRP of $2,200.00 should put it on Cabela's rack for right around $1,900.00 and change.

I'll bet they'll have one in a few weeks. Some time ago when Savage had just come out with the  Model 10 BAT/S-K in .308

 http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/10BATSK

which looks very similar to this rifle, one of the salesman there told me that Cabela's pays cash up front for all of their guns. When you see a gun at Cabela's it is already bought and paid for by them. No other dealer in the industry does this. What Cabela's gets in return is first crack from the distributors at the very latest guns. When Sig Sauer just announced their brand new gas piston AR-15 rifle, Cabela's had 2 on the rack the very next day! It was weeks before any gun shop in town could even order them.

Recoil of this rifle should be very manageable. With 15 pounds, (add another 2 pounds of scope and mounts), and that nice brake, it won't be an uncomfortable weapon to fire. Melanie has shot my .50 BMG Bushmaster. It weighs around 32 pounds, and has a very large clam shell type brake. My Savage 110 FCP-K is in .300 Win. Mag. and has a brake similar to this weapon. It is also very soft on the shoulder.  Bill T.

 
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 08:15:49 AM »
I NEED!  Sure beats the 6k plus that Barrett wants!
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 08:54:53 AM »
twyacht, to make room for the new one just send me all your old rifles, and I promise to give them a good home................. cant blame a guy for trying ;)
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Re: Okay, I Have A New Priority For Another Rifle!!
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 08:59:12 AM »
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=253474

Midway dealer price on .338 Lapua brass is $255.99 @ hundred.

By contrast Midway dealer price on .50 BMG per hundred is $176.99. Mil-Surp can be had for even less. Bill T.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=101173
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