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pyscodog

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I got to handle one today. I can't say I was overly impressed. For me...It felt very awkward. There's a button on the back of the bolt you push to open the bolt. It felt really hard to operate, maybe just because it was my first time. Maybe ejecting a spent round would have been easier, IDK. The $1300 price tag was a little scary to. I got to handle one of the Savages with the carbon fiber barrel. Nice and light and pricey as well. Savages sure aren't your cheap rifles anymore.
 
I saw those advertised a while back. I think after shooting the standard bolt action rifles all these years it would be hard for me to adjust to that. Muscle memory would have me trying to lift it and pull it back.
 
Originally Posted By: SlagiattPlenty of cheaper savages that are fantastic guns. 110 lightweight storm for example.


Agree! I have the 110 High Country with the spiral fluted bolt and barrel. Its a very nice looking rifle and shoots as good as it looks. Maybe a little better! The straight pull bolt was very hard to pull and felt weird to me. Others may like it but I wasn't impressed.
 
As many a years i have been turning the bolt on a Remington and Savage don't think it would impress me either.

But it is neat to say the least.. Alum sleeved action around a barrel extention for lockup using bearings as a locking mechinism really neat.
 
Maybe it being new was the problem but that bolt was very hard to open. Maybe it was just because it was trying to open it on a cocked action??? I don't know, but I do know it gave me fits trying to open the bolt. For me...I'll just stay with the old conventional style.
 
We've had a 6.5 Creedmoor Predator for about 2 months. It does take a bit of getting used to. Primarily, after pulling the trigger, remembering to pull straight back and not "lift" the bolt. It definitely cycles best after you've put a number of rounds through it and after you pull the trigger.

The rifle we received is very accurate. It's killed a boatload of rockchucks and one of our guys killed #4 coyotes with it this week. We loaded up some 90 grain Nosler Varmageddon projectiles and they are performing very well.

We will have a full video and article review coming soon.

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Eric which powder did you use for the 90 grainers.

As soon as nosler gets them into the pipeline i might have to try them in my Rem 700 PCR
 
While I'm not 100% sold on the Impulse rifle, I did watch some videos on it. One in particular went into more detail about the action and barrel. One point of interest was the action. Seems its made of aluminum. It mentioned being aluminum, how will it ever hold up to high pressure rounds? Seems there is a collar similar to what is on an AR barrel which supports the barrel and give the bolt a place to lock up. Watching the video, its seems even though it has a barrel nut, the barrel is held in with 4 screws. The question was asked, can a barrel be changed in the field? Seems if you had a few barrels and the collars matching the caliber that it might be possible. A definite answer was not given there. There's a lot more to learn about the Impulse and I'm not planning on running out and buying one anytime soon, but it was interesting reading about them and did take a little skepticism from me.
 
AR uppers are aluminum, I believe the action on my Dimension is aluminum. I switch barrels on that in the evenings between pd shooting days. 1-2 shots to zero,gtg. If the bolt locks on a barrel extension, the action only steers the bolt.
 
From what I saw in the video's, the barrel uses an extension similar to an AR barrel. If the aluminum receiver basically acts as a guide for the bolt, I wonder what life expectancy will be on the receiver? It may be a moot point as some AR's get a lot of rounds fired through them and are still running.
 
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