Originally Posted by ARTelevision

Savage Arms

When it’s time to go hunting for big game, I pick up my Savage 340, 30-30 LR. Made in 1954, it’s the most accurate gun I’ve used. That means I also prefer it for target practice – if I want to shoot something more powerful than a .22. 50 years ago, Savage was a big name with a solid reputation for no-frills construction and high accuracy. You won’t go wrong with an old Savage rifle.

If you’re interested in current Savage models, note some of the history of the company and its products in the description below. It is from the current issue of Field and Stream magazine. The Savage Model 110 is at the #21 spot in the magazine’s “50 Best Guns Ever” list.

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Savage Model 110

Debuting in 1958 – the same year as the Weatherby Mark V – the Savage Model 110 was the polar opposite of the Weatherby. A cheap bolt-action rifle put together out of inexpensive parts, it had a rotten trigger, and its barrel was screwed to the receiver by a slotted collar that added to the gun’s ugliness. But the 110 functioned and it didn’t cost much, and it shot very, very accurately. And nearly 40 years later, this unassuming rifle would save Savage Arms from oblivion.

In the mid-1990s, when Savage had fallen on hard times, and was about to close its doors, the company’s new president, Ron Coburn, asked which gun they could still produce. The answer was the Model 110. And so it was all Savage made for a while, but the company put all it had left into that one gun. Gradually, shooters caught on that the homely rifle would outshoot just about anything out there, and the company prospered. Savage 110s (and its variants, the Models 111 and 116) will still win no prizes for beauty, but they are probably the most accurate factory rifles on the market.

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