backwoods
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I saw a study sometime back done by the military to determine "lethality" of a round. It measured fragmentation, tendency to tumble...etc.
They determined that a .270 cal bullet was the most lethal. Not a coincidence that shortly thereafter all the 6.8 designs popped up on the market.
It is a great round. If you want to plink, pick up a 6.8 variant and have a savage 270 for big game. Then you can have on hand a big bullet selection for several styles of reloads.
A few years back when savage was getting renown for making junk, they put together a panel of industry professionals (gun smiths, shooters etc) to help them improve their product. That is when they came out with the adjustable triggers and the fugly locking nut design (it works incredible though).
I've seen several times where a $300 savage outshoots a $800 bdl/cdl in same calibers. You can get an off the shelf single shot savage for ~$800 in 22-250 that you could walk into camp perry with and be competitive with the high dollar guns.
They may not be the best looking, but they are by far the best value in guns for the last few years. Mate it up with a nice millet scope and you'll have a real nice gun for really cheap.
They determined that a .270 cal bullet was the most lethal. Not a coincidence that shortly thereafter all the 6.8 designs popped up on the market.
It is a great round. If you want to plink, pick up a 6.8 variant and have a savage 270 for big game. Then you can have on hand a big bullet selection for several styles of reloads.
A few years back when savage was getting renown for making junk, they put together a panel of industry professionals (gun smiths, shooters etc) to help them improve their product. That is when they came out with the adjustable triggers and the fugly locking nut design (it works incredible though).
I've seen several times where a $300 savage outshoots a $800 bdl/cdl in same calibers. You can get an off the shelf single shot savage for ~$800 in 22-250 that you could walk into camp perry with and be competitive with the high dollar guns.
They may not be the best looking, but they are by far the best value in guns for the last few years. Mate it up with a nice millet scope and you'll have a real nice gun for really cheap.