Re: Savage 110 - Worth considering? And ???Remington bankrupt???

In article <e7ki4f$rm4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nick Hull <nhull@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

# In article <e7jost$f1q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
# Don Bruder <dakidd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
#
# #
# # I'm eyeballing a Savage 110 (used) down at the local shop, and want to
# # get some opinions on the beast before laying my money down. It's a bolt
# # action .30-06 (two of my favorite qualifications for a "big bang" gun),
# # and comes with a scope already on it. (appeared to be a variable power,
# # but I didn't pay close attention to that - I'd quite likely be pulling
# # it off and tossing it in a drawer, and putting a peep on it, since my
# # main use for the gun would be livestock protection in an area where a
# # 70-80 yard shot is "pushing the limit" due to lack of visibility imposed
# # by terrain and brush)
#
# IMHO, 30-06 is too much gun for 80 yd shots at small animals. Too much
# range, too much kick, too much noise. .30 is a good calibre but I
# prefer something slower with less BOOM for short range.

The "small animal" that would be the most likely target would be
mountain lion or bear. (A couple years ago, a lion killed multiple sheep
and goats in a pen just a few yards from my bedroom window, and it's
*VERY* strongly suspected, though never confirmed, that a bear came
along later and removed the carcasses from where the cat had buried
them.) Might decide to poke a hole in a bambi now and again, too, but
the primary intended purpose is taking out marauding lions, bears, and
perhaps the occasional 'yote.

For that sort of combination, I *SPECIFICALLY* want something that's
going to hit *HARD*, and knock the target on its ass "for keeps".
Nothing worse, IMO, than a wounded predator. I want "Stop - Right now,
right where you stand, don't growl at me, don't advance on me, just lay
down and die in your tracks" type hitting power, and .30-06 has been
proven to have that - in spades - by more soldiers and hunters than I
even want to try counting, for longer than I've been drawing breath.
Never mind the "bonus" of knowing that off-the-shelf ammo for it will be
all-but-guaranteed available for it practically anywhere long after I've
become worm-food.

Too much range? Well, sorta - But unless I'm taking a really unlikely
shot, any miss or shoot-through will be burying itself in a
mountainside. That's the big piece of "terrain" limiting visible range.
Then there's the heavy brush to consider. Nearest neighbors are QUITE
safe unless I start being plumb stupid with where I'm shooting - we're
in a pretty steep-sided valley in three directions, and the fourth
direction opens over (about 700 feet worth of "over") a lake backed by
an uninhabited mountain about 3 miles away. I'd have to start firing
practically straight up to have any chance of hitting neighbors'
PROPERTY, let alone them or their stock. So excess range really isn't an
isue to me. BEtter to have too much and not need it, doncha know...

Too much noise? Nah... color me crazy, but I *LIKE* the way a .30-06
"speaks" :)

Too much kick? Can be true - My 700 ADL kicked like a pissed off mule -
Until I put a Limbsaver on it. That turned the "kick" that kept me from
wanting to put more than 4-5 shots a session through it into a "shove"
that I could live with easily for extended sessions.

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or the subject of the message doesn't contain the exact text "PopperAndShadow"
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