I'm very pleased with a Wal Mart Savage Mk-IIF.

[aarondhgraham]

I'm very pleased with a Wal Mart Savage Mk-IIF.

Last year I had a bit of money to burn,,,
So I bought a Savage Mk-IIF bolt rifle from Wal Mart.

This is the one for $147.95,,,
It does not have the Savage Acu-Trigger.

I test fired it with the iron sights one time,,,
Then I put it in the safe to gather dust.

I decided to scope it so I bought a $34.95 scope from Academy,,,
All in all with scope, rings, mounts, and rifle,,,
My total investment was just $200.80.

Two weeks ago I tried to sight the scope,,,
But I wasn't sure if I got it right,,,
It was a very breezy day.

This past Saturday was beautiful shooting weather,,,
So I took the Savage and some American Eagle 36 gr HV HP to my range.

I guess I did a better job sighting the scope than I had thought,,,
Using a cheap plastic front rest and a rolled up jacket,,,
I put every shot either touching or in a 1" dot.

That was at 50 yards distance,,,
So I moved over to the 100 yard range,,,
Almost every shot was touching or in the 3" circle.

I hit 15 clay pigeons in a row.

Now I know you guys will say "so what.",,,
That's not precision shooting at all,,,
In fact it's just so-so shooting.

Well, I'm 64 with old eyes and shaky hands,,,
Maybe a steadier shooter could have done 1 MOA with this rifle.

All I'm saying is this,,,
For a mere $208.80 plus sales tax,,,
I have a 3x9 scoped rifle that is easy to hit with.

So if you were looking for an economical starter rifle,,,
This is a gun you might want to look at.

Aarond

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[Shanghai McCoy]

Sounds like a good deal to me.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I almost forgot about an accessory,,,

I almost forgot about an accessory,,,
I like single-shot rifles so I got a single-shot adaptor for it.

It was from an Australian company,,,
loweyproducts.com

It is the same size as the 5-round mags,,,
And it works very nicely.

So add another $22.03 to the total price of the rifle.

Aarond

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[Monster Zero]

Thanks for the tip. We can all use another cheap .22 now and then to put in another place.

 

[fiddleharp]

I will say one thing for Savage. They are one of a tiny handful of manufacturers who acknowledge that left-handed shooters actually exist. :banghead:
I have one of their cheap pre-accutrigger MK-II GL's and I've always been pleased with its accuracy. I did have a maddening problem with it failing to extract, but doubling up the C-clamp extractor spring solved it.
Some people have had a lot of trouble with Savage MK-II magazine issues, but thankfully, mine have worked okay.
All things considered, the Savage MK-II seems to be a good value.