Savage 93 Accurate & Good Value?

[KCAce]

Fellow High Roaders - I'm looking at a Savage 93 in 17 hmr or 22 wmr for a reliable, accurate rifle to do occasional pest control and plinking. Am not looking for a benchrest gun, but would like to get something with good accuracy out to 150 yards. Local Dick's SG is offering a scoped Savage 93 for $249.98. Is this a good deal? Any experienced comments would be much appreciated. Also interested in other suggestions, new or used, where the rifle and scope together are less than $600. Would prefer to stay in the 17, 22, 204 calibers. Thanks for any comments,

KCAce

 

[wv109323]

I have a Savage 93 in .22 LR. It is a fine gun for the money and probably as good as it gets in that price range. If you would want to spend more money I would look at the CZ rifles.

 

[DNS]

Depends on what scope comes with it. I gave $215 for my lefty 93 a couple years back without scope.

The 93 is a good rifle but some were plagued with light strikes. Biggest problem is cheap magazines.

 

[EchoM70]

I love my Savage 93 in 17 HMR. I paid $220 at a LGS. Its a real tack driver out to 200 yards as long as its a calm day, Sub-Moa easy. I like it so much so I'm going sometime this week and picking up the .22lr version of it. For a scope I would go with the Mueller APV, which retails around $130. IMO you just can't go wrong with a Savage rimfire With a Mueller APV sitting on top.

 

[TurtlePhish]

I have a Savage 93 in .17HMR and it's awesome. I get good groups at 100, .5"-1.5" depending on the day. Try it with a lot of different ammo, though. Mine likes Hornady V-Max 17gr, really hates Hornady XTP 15gr and CCI 20gr.

 

[KCAce]

Thanks, folks...

Really appreciate the comments on the savage. If I go for it, will probably get the 17hmr. VW - you mentioned the CZ rifles. Any experience with them? what do you like/dislike? Thanks,

KCAce

 

[alman]

I have a 93 in 22wmr with a cheap Simmons 3-9x32 scope on top . It will shoot 5 shot groups I can cover with a dime from 50 yds most of the time . LOVE the accutrigger . Not a big fan of the plastic stocks so I went with the wood stock . Great value if you ask me .

 

[shootniron]

I have had the 93F 22wmr for about 2 weeks and find it to be a pretty good rifle. I have had mine suffer 2 or 3 misfires in 100 rounds, but I have also found a way to mitigate so it is not an issue. I paid $214.00 out the door for mine and put a Nikon scope on it that is equal in value to the rifle, so mine is a pretty good, moderately priced rimfire hunter that I have no regrets about buying. It is hunting accurate out past it's effective range, and fun to shoot out to about 175yds.

 

[627PCFan]

My 17 is one of my fav late season squirrel guns, but I do rememding bedding the stock. It didnt shrink group sizes much, but it did get rid of rando flyers. I love that gun.

 

[uvausmc]

I have a Savage 93 in .17HMR and it's awesome. I get good groups at 100, .5"-1.5" depending on the day. Try it with a lot of different ammo, though. Mine likes Hornady V-Max 17gr, really hates Hornady XTP 15gr and CCI 20gr.

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1 shot with a 17gr VMax entered right behind the eye from 70 yds...