I seem to hear a concensus forming, Remington fading, Savage coming on. Like most of you I have a number of 700's most older, mainly because they were the only thing in a left-hand rifle I could afford. That's not to say I wasn't impressed with the accuracy, fit and finish was very nice, wood - grain finish always nice. I don't think Remingtons demise has happened all at once. Just a little at a time, and some of their marketing decisions have been absolutly wierd..... However I couldn't pass up the Etronx, just for fun after Remington decieded not to back it. $560/ not to bad. Realy just a VSSF, with batteries. I know, primers expensive, etc. etc., but It's also a beautiful Rifle. Never had a rifle that shot that well from the box. I put a Bushnell Elite 3200 5x15x50, that's another story, I'd put it up against my 3.5x10AO Leupolds. Anyway the other 700's have been a joy .270,.243 7mm mag, all left handed 22" or 24 in the case of the 7mm. probably shoot more deer and elk with 270 than any other rifle I own.
To get on to the Savage's, I bought one of them this spring, just to see what all the whoop-la is all about. It's left-handed also. 12FLV in .308 varmint. It's always nice to have a company give us poor left-handed people a chance to shoot. Even if it is just in the most popular cals. Granted the Savage shoots very nice. I topped it with another Bushell scope, This time a Elite 4200 8x32x40AO. I just finished sighting it in about 100 rounds now. Aside from the obvious, stocks not worth much.... That can be fixed pretty easily. However there is a problem I see with the accu-trigger. In the trigger just before the sear breaks. I can see where the creep comes from, the shelf the sear sits on, causes it and their is no way to stop it. Maybe I'm just being a little to, whatever but as long as we are running things down, I might as well be fair. I don't know if there is a fix to this or just an aftermarket trigger but,,,
I don't think Remington is dead, it still has a lot going for it, maybe some new management, and the will to stick with an idea and promote it, who knows.
