Thread: New savage and new leupold

I see that Savage is going to release a new straight pull rifle.

https://www.savagearms.com/impulse

And rumour goes that leupold is going to release a new leupold MK3HD. Probably a 4x12x40 with a vx5 style turret.

I guess that with the shot show cancelled, manufacturers do not have quite the same pressure for releasing all their new products for that event.
Plus with the results of the us presidential and senatorial elections , the us gun industry might take a sever hit on the long term.

Interesting concept that you can turn it from a right hander to a wrong hander.

read about the it other day. Still noty cheap but cheaper than some of the alternatives.
If its in a system like the savage and you can change the barrels its a bit like a down market Blaser
Sort of

And that you can interchange the barrels in the same cartridge head family and that there is a 20moa picatinny rail milled in the same block as the receiver.
The concept of the ball bearing as a locking mechanism is not new as Heym had that at least 20 years ago.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Interesting concept that you can turn it from a right hander to a wrong hander.

Can turn it from a right hander to a correct hander....
There... fixed it for you

Originally Posted by Friwi

And rumour goes that leupold is going to release a new leupold MK3HD. Probably a 4x12x40 with a vx5 style turret.

Hope the rumour is true, would be awesome and I'll buy it.

Trouble is it seems to clash with their other models, they only just added ZL turrets to the VX3i in 2020 (which have yet to make it to Europe) so a 'better' model with ZL2 turrets would seemingly make that obsolete.

However the 'mountain rifle' scope concept is dead on. A 3.5-10X42 with a good 2nd focal plane reticle, side focus down to short distances and locking elevation capped windage would be sweet, especially if they make a 1-inch tube version.

Originally Posted by Friwi

And that you can interchange the barrels in the same cartridge head family and that there is a 20moa picatinny rail milled in the same block as the receiver.
The concept of the ball bearing as a locking mechanism is not new as Heym had that at least 20 years ago.

And interchangeable bolt heads so not limited.

Let's just hope they don't make to big a thing of the 'speed'.
Haven't they tried banning straight pull actions in aussie?
Great concept though and if everything interchangeable then would only need the one rifle .....

Actually I take that back about only needing the one rifle... what the hell am I saying...??!!
Not had my coffee yet and not thinking straight....

A scaled down 223 would be good. Nice on goats.

VX3HD. The vx3i is history.

https://www.midwayusa.com/s?userSear...rchTerm=vx-3hd

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...php?p=15378288

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1023134332?pid=242242

now is it just me or does that seem backwards????make scope with 30mm tube and keep objective at 20mm......what did they do??? use same glass as in other scopes but add 5mm thick alloy tube....

They have about four other models in that range, one to up to 24X, but all have milrad turrets ;-)

If the Mk3HD is a 34mm tube like the Mark5/6 then I'm not keen anymore.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1023134332?pid=242242

now is it just me or does that seem backwards????make scope with 30mm tube and keep objective at 20mm......what did they do??? use same glass as in other scopes but add 5mm thick alloy tube....

Thats pretty standard for LVPOs, even some 34mm tube scopes have 20mm obj lenses.

so whats the advantage over an inch tube???? the end glass is still same size so not going to let in any more light or field of view.....