Generic Deer Rifle

[theotherwaldo]

This Friday morning I walked into one of the local pawn shops. Nothing much there.
Then I noticed it. A Savage 110 in .270 with a Nikon Buckmaster variable scope. A couple of minor dings on the odd green laminated stock, but otherwise pristine.

The tag says $350.00
I say, "OK, put it on layaway, it's my Christmas present."

Yes, it's the most ordinary of deer rifles.
Yes, it's not pretty, sexy, or macho.
Yes, I don't even hunt anymore.
Yes, the price isn't that great.

It's still a rifle that I don't mind leaving in my truck in the parking lot every day while I'm at work so that I can go to the range on my way home.

I like my other rifles too much to treat them that way. And I really need the practice.

Have you ever bought a rifle or pistol using logic (or excuses) like that?

 

[alemonkey]

I NEEDED every gun I've ever bought. Or so I told my wife.

 

[Shawnee]

A Savage 110 in .270 with a Nikon Buckmaster variable scope.

For $350 ??????

I'd say you got a heck of a good deal !

 

[TargetShooter2]

Savage



this 270 Savage has taken atleast 2 deer every deer season for the last 20 years , it's made several one shots clean kills 4 to 6 hundred yard shots using handloads , the 270 is hard to beat and my Savage has never failed not even once on any hunts it's been on .

TS2

 

[TehK1w1]

My first Deer rifle was a Savage 110 in 270 and I still use it for that purpose. I've since added another 110 to the stable. They're great rifles.

 

[Parruthead]

I'm pretty sure i took my first deer with 110 unless there not a long action. But I know for sure it was a savage in 7MM MAG and let me tell you it put a wallop on that doe. It sure was a heavy gun, I've since sold it and bought something in a bit lighter for climbing the hills in southern Wisconsin.

 

[22-rimfire]

Nothing wrong with a Savage 110. Certainly not a rifle to beat around.

 

[Drgong]

you could do a lot worse then a savage 110

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Have you ever bought a rifle or pistol using logic (or excuses) like that?

You bet. I buy plain jane economy guns to leave in places at higher risk of theft:

-Backup hunting rifle (left in deer camp while I'm in the woods all day)
-Pickup truck guns
-Home defense guns that I leave OUTSIDE the safe during the day / all the time. I don't want to leave my really nice stuff out.
-Cheap air rifle to keep by the back door, for quick shots at blackbirds.

Gotta have at least two of every niche gun - one nice one for the safe; one blue collar worker.

FWIW, coincidentally, I also have a Savage 110 in .270 win, and it too is a beater gun, homemade camo job and all.

And yes, you got a nice deal for a 110 with a Buckmaster scope - not too shabby at all.

 

[rangerruck]

Definitely, I allways look for a caliber, in a beater rifle that I can abuse.