Guys,
I just bought a Savage 10FCP 300WSM for $659.00 at Cabela’s in Dundee MI.
It is a Cabela’s Special with the Choate Tactical Stock and their DBM.
I went in looking for a Rem. 700 SPS Tactical AAC-SD in 308. The had the SPS Varmint in 308 with 1 in 12 barrel, I wanted the 1 in 10 twist barrel. Then I saw the Savages.
At first the guy told me it was a 300 Win Mag. I looked at it and passed initially looked at a Howa then left. I was sitting in the car and tried to google up something on the
Savage on the web, found nothing on the 300win mag, (which I thought it was) but realized the parts we at least worth the money. I went back and looked at it again and realized it was a short action 300WSM.
I figured at that price I can’t go wrong. If I don’t like the 300wsm I can rebarrel for something I do. Plus everything done to this rifle I would have done to the Rem 700 SPS AAC-SD, Stock, DBM, Bolt knob, which would have cost close to a grand. This is basically done at $700 out the door.
I can’t find anything on this model on the web. Found on link to one sold online Cabelas gun library but no specs. I D/L ed their 2012 catalog and can find a 300wsm in a 12fp but not a 10FCP.
I’m guessing the barrel is a 1 in 10 from thier catalog but I dont know. Looks like the DBM will only hold 2 300WSM. are there other magzines available for this rifle?
Anybody know anything about it?
Thanks in advance
I have had 2 savages. One in .308 and one in 22-250 this one was model 12FV.
Both guns were more accurate than I will ever be. I put the 22-250 in a bench rest / vice that my friend built. At 100 using win ballistic silvertips I could shoot 5 rounds in a group smaller that a dime. That’s factory ammo and a cheap simmons scope.
The .308 would shoot almost as good as the 250 but it would take a nickel to cover the group of 5 shots. I would also shoot the same winchester ammo. I did shoot some federal match ammo once and put 2 out of 3 thru the same hole.
I am sold on savages myself. I do have a 700 SPS in .308 now but that was because I wanted to .20 barrel. I like the 700 but to me a savage is the best bang for the buck.
You have bought yourself a fine rifle. Break the barrel in properly and it will serve you well.
Great buy! I think you’ll like it.
I bought a FCP10, HS in .308 last month. I just mounted a Vortex Viper PST 4-16 on it & it shoots sub-MOA with both 150 & 168 gr. reloads that I had laying around.
No experience here with that rifle, just the caliber. It’s a great caliber and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed shooting it, very accurate with some hand loads a buddy did for me. Only bad things about the short mags is ammo price, and them only holding 2 or 3 rounds.
I like the rifle so far and have read some good things about the ammo. A buddy of mine has the McMillan version in 308 and he founds some ten round mags.
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5 rnd’s for the WSM’s. I’ll probably get two.
I plan on reloading for it, $1.50-3.00 a rnd is pretty high.
Saving up for some good glass and mounting hardware. Hope to be shooting by spring.
I’ve got a 10fcp HS in 308. Barrel was cut to 16 and threaded. Good gun.
I returned the Savage today. The rear tang on the action had a gap between it and the stock like it was torqued down. When I removed the action from the stock it would rock back and forth on the bedding block. It’s like the bedding block was molded in crooked and the drilled the holes straight.
They at first told me that they would have to send it back to the manufacturer. I ask the girl was that my only option? She said “all firearm sales are final and that was all SHE could offer me” Hinting I should ask for a manager. He came took the gun, inspected it, then looked at the other one the had in stock and It was the same way. So they could not do an exchange. I wonder if Choate sold stocks that were from a botched run to a distributor who made them up and sold them to Cabelas?
At any rate they first offered to give me store credit, I asked the they could order me a 10FCP 308 McMillan?. They took down the info and checked if they had one in the system, (one of their other stores). They did not and said they were very backed up on special orders. They took my info and said it would take a few minutes to do the paper work to “require” the gun. When she called me back to the register I thought I would be getting a gift card and waiting a few months for a new McMillan stoked rifle to come in. We went the register to checkout and she said “do you want the gift card?” I said, " Is that my only option?" And she said “I can put it back on your card” I jumped on that and she refunded my $688.00 to my card.
Overall, I’m very happy the way it turned out. I started out wanting to buy a Remington and build it up, which would have cost $1500.00 w/o glass. Not finding the Remington I wanted, I chose the Savage, I had considered the Choate stock as an option for the Remington build, but now that I’ve handled one, I can see that it is not an option for me. I can buy the 10FCP .308 McMillan for $1058.00 from Buds right now. I think I will be overall happier with the 10FCP .308 McMillan than any other gun for around a grand. I hadn’t even considered the Savage previously.
This is all Bigbore (adco firearms) and Magpul’s fault anyway. Two things happened interdependently, 1.) I was on the west side of town and swung into Steve new location for the first time since he moved. Hanging on the wall he had an FN SPR with a suppressor on it. It made me drool. I asked how much it was knowing it was beyond my wallet, and he said $4200 as it sat. Just the rifle alone was $1900. 2.) I on a whim ordered Magpul’s Art of the Precision Rifle.( I bought all the other ones) The two combined gave me bolt gun-itus. I sold a couple of little used guns and had $800.00 in my hands and went shoppin. Granted I probably “pulled the trigger” on the Savage/Choate too soon, it was an impulse buy. But factor 1 and 2 along with severe regret in having to sell my Win M70 back in 2004 made me want another bolt gun bad. I believe I have settled on the 10FCP .308 McMillan as the most I can afford these days. Chasing down a few used ones now
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