It is chromoly in construction and has a useable length of 22in with a muzzle diameter of 0.615in that comes threaded with a ½in UNF thread as standard with a thread protector. The barrel, in a typical Sporter profile, benefits from a slim profile to save weight yet is meaty enough not to heat up too much for an accurate second or third shot.Fully forward is fire, the mid-point is safe but you can still move the bolt - to remove a round from the chamber, for example - and fully back locks the trigger and the bolt. The safety catch is tang mounted as on a shotgun so is easy and intuitive to use.This minimises movement on the shooter’s part and increases accuracy. You also notice a quick lock time too - in other words, the time between trigger-pull and the firing pin hitting the cartridge primer. Remember, too light a trigger-pull in cold weather and those frozen fingers can fire before you intend to.Set at 3.5lb on this rifle - a typical hunter pull weight for safety and usability - you can adjust down to 2.5lb or up to 6lb. Best of all is the adjustable nature to achieve a light trigger-pull with no creep. With the AccuTrigger system, a small skeletal inner blade of the trigger-blade is depressed as you pull the trigger to ensure a correct pull is necessary to achieve a shot pulling the trigger without depressing this inner blade will not fire the gun. One area in which Savage paved the way was in safe and sensitive triggers.You simply pull on the front lever that is attached to the magazine itself and the magazine, half polymer half metal, pops out and you can load four rounds. The magazine is detachable for ease of reloading as well as removal when you need to empty the gun to climb over a fence.All these features add up to a practical hunting rifle, which is what the Savage is all about. This, along with the barrel, has a matt blued finish to reduce glare and minimise scratches. The bolt rides in an equally large tubular steel action that, due to its size, gives a nice sturdy feel to the Model 11 without being heavy.Despite its size and weight - or because of it - due to a smooth bolt guide system the bolt is very smooth to operate. The bolt has a polished body, a jewelled finish and, more importantly where function is concerned, a large claw-type inset extractor and plunger ejector pin.Bolt movement is a full 4in but you do have a generous ejection port cut into the action body for a clean ejection of the cases as well as manipulation by hand. You lift the 90° bolt using the cast metal bolt handle, which has moulded-in chequering to the top to help grip and is sufficiently long to get a secure hold, but rides close to the scope eyepiece. The bolt is huge and has Savage’s characteristic twin locking bolt lugs that have two guide lugs behind the main forward locking lugs to maintain a smooth and non-binding bolt action. Savage’s well-built, well-thought-out bolt action was designed more than 30 years ago.The model in this review is the Trophy Hunter (TH) and XP means it comes with scope and mounts as standard. It is made to shoot well and comes threaded for a sound moderator as standard. It is positioned as an entry-level rifle but doubles as a great “do anything” rifle that can take a few knocks. 308 Win calibre, with matt blued steel and a synthetic stock. 308 rifle, a basic sporting rifle that is here presented in. The Savage brand, imported by Edgar Brothers, offers a great range of rifles and calibres for all forms of shooting, be it vermin, fox, deer or plains game, at decent prices.Ī good example is the Savage Model 11 TH XP synthetic. Want to buy a single issue of Shooting Times, Sporting Gun or Airgun Shooter?.Choosing the right bullets for deer stalking.British deer: A guide to identifying the six species found here and where to stalk them.Clay pigeon shooting tips and terminology.Country hotels offering shooting facilities.How to choose the right cartridge for your shotgun.How to choose the perfect airgun pellets for your rifle.Issues with eye dominance when shooting: how to deal with them.Shotgun certificate – how to get one and how to renew one.How to get a firearm certificate in the UK.Sign up to the Shooting Times newsletter.
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