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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: Rockhound on May 13, 2013, 02:54:18 PM

Title: i would love....
Post by: Rockhound on May 13, 2013, 02:54:18 PM
To see savage produce a line of dedicated turkey shotguns. I am in love with their rifles and I would like to see what they could do with today's 10, 12, and 20 gauge madness. Anyone have any pull with this?
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: BrowningGuy88 on May 13, 2013, 03:15:35 PM
I am looking into purchasing on of their 20 gauge slug guns, but I would have no interest in a bolt action turkey gun.

Make mine a single, pump, or auto personally.
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: allaboutshooting on May 13, 2013, 07:02:18 PM
Quote from: Rockhound on May 13, 2013, 02:54:18 PM
To see savage produce a line of dedicated turkey shotguns. I am in love with their rifles and I would like to see what they could do with today's 10, 12, and 20 gauge madness. Anyone have any pull with this?

They did of course produce a series of 12 gauge bolt action turkey guns in both black and camo but they did not sell enough to justify continuing production. There are still some of them out there I'm sure.

Their current production bolt action slug guns serve as the basis for many still target shotguns. There are folks out there who do conversions on them and replace the slug barrels with shotgun barrels with screw-in chokes.

Thanks,
Clark
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: Rockhound on May 13, 2013, 10:11:25 PM
I'm talking about an auto or a pump of course
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: howl on May 14, 2013, 06:29:10 AM
The bolt action makes sense for those that would mount an optical sight. What could Savage offer that established brands don't?
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: Rockhound on May 14, 2013, 09:34:47 AM
If its anything like there present day firearms.... Quality
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: allaboutshooting on May 14, 2013, 11:07:58 AM
Quote from: Rockhound on May 13, 2013, 02:54:18 PM
To see savage produce a line of dedicated turkey shotguns. I am in love with their rifles and I would like to see what they could do with today's 10, 12, and 20 gauge madness. Anyone have any pull with this?

ATK is in the process of purchasing Savage arms, so who know what kinds of changes they may make to that company.

Thanks,
Clark
Title: Re: i would love....
Post by: Chilly on May 14, 2013, 11:21:40 AM
Quote from: Daman on May 13, 2013, 03:15:35 PM
I am looking into purchasing on of their 20 gauge slug guns, but I would have no interest in a bolt action turkey gun.
I bought one of the Savage 220 slug guns and let me tell you, it is a tack driver.  Savage recomended the Federal loads with the Barnes bullets.  Federal and Barnes no longer produce that round.  Federal has their own line called the Trophy Copper 3" which is what I shoot.  They are some very accurate loads.  My gun shoots a 3 shot 2" group at 100 yards.