Thread: Savage A17

I bought one for my dad, had it cut and suppressed by gunworks. He's using it for rabbits and hares and loves it to bits. Found cutting /suppressing didn't adversely affect the function and made it a bit more user friendly. It took about 50/60 rounds and a couple of cleans to smooth off the rough edges and get it shooting like it should. Like all firearms, it has its quirks etc - the main thing we found was ensuring that the magazine is fully seated before you action it, or you will have no end of feeding issues and/or have the mag fall out. Found accuracy to be fine- 1-2 inch prone at 150m, depending on how much I take my time. Originally planned to use their special A17 ammo but have decided not to bother as normal ammo shoots fine. Really like the oversized cocking handle too

Thanks, How loud do you find it with the suppressor ? I ask as I had a Savage 17GLV a few years back and it was a ton quieter suppressed,but on the OTHER forum a guy talks about using savage A17 suppressed with a 22 mag dpt , A17 ammo, and reckons a "larger heaver suppressor" would quieten down the crack just a wee bit more" as he reckons its still quite a crack as its gruntier ammo.

Ive noticed in 2016 savage has now brought out laminated and laminated thumbhole versions and you can also get bull barrel versions as well, plus the guys who own savage also own Butler Creek and have a 25 round mag for it which would be handy. Just a pain in the ass that as a leftie the thumbhole version is of no use to me..grr.

As for the magazines,yes,with the savage mags you have to hold your tongue just right or they don't feed properly. I just ended up making a sort of latch that held the mag up firmly,before that it used to love love sitting about 2-3 mills too low so the bolt misses catching the bullet.