2020 EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARDS • savage model 110 ultralite • 2020 EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARDS 2020 EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARDS • savage model 110 ultralite • 2020 EDITORS’ CHOICE AWARDS

3—The Ultralite’s gray-colored synthetic stock features the Savage AccuFit system — consisting of 5 different-height cheekpiece risers and four different thickness buttpad spacers — to precisely tune the dimensions to the end user.

which is user adjustable for permits operating the bolt pull weights ranging from 1.5 to 4.0 pounds. with the trigger locked to One of the things we’ve always appreciated safely remove a chambered about Savage bolt-guns is the fact that you get round, and an enlarged, 3 more performance than you pay for, and the deeply knurled bolt Knob 110 Ultralite handily carries that torch. to provide extra traction. Single sling swivel precision came relatively easily with the 110 with an undisclosed number of layers of aero- Custom fit is one of the 110 Ultralite’s studs are provided front and rear. Ultralite. Our test printed a best-of-test space-grade carbon fiber impregnated with a strong points. Its AccuFit kit includes a cushy For testing we installed a first-fo- 0.34-inch 3-shot group using SIG’s 130-gr. proprietary matrix resin to reduce weight by 1-inch thick rubber but pad paired with four cal-plane-reticle Bushnell Forge 3-18x50mm Elite Hunter Tipped ammunition, but the up to 64%, and provide fast heat dissipation stackable polymer butt pad spacers for length riflescope ($899) in a set of aluminum other two loads tested — Federal’s 130-gr. and unprecedented durability. The retail price of pull adjustments, and five polymer combs 30mm rings on a 20 MOA Savage one-piece Terminal Ascent and Black Hills’ 147-gr. of the PROOF Research barrel alone is $940, for a proper cheek weld. At the pistol grip Picatinny base. Throughout testing, the ELD-M — both squeaked in sub half-inch which accounts for the lion’s share of the and forend sections you’ll find “Soft-Touch” Ultralite’s bolt cycled smoothly and never groups. What more can you ask from a Model 110 Ultralite’s price tag. The muzzle rubber-impregnated surfaces providing a failed to feed ammunition or extract and 5.8-pound hunting rifle? Model 110 is threaded at 5/8”x24 TPI for installation of secure, comfortable grip. Bottom line, if you eject spent casings. We’ve come to expect If you can write the check, we guarantee a suppressor or other muzzle device, and a can’t make this rifle fit, you’re obviously from very high levels of accuracy with Savage there’s no way you’ll be disappointed with Ultralite stainless-steel muzzle cap is included. another planet! (more than you pay for in all reali- the 2020 On Target Editors’ Choice Award savage The 110 Ultralite employs every bit Other features include a steel detachable ty) and standing as proof that you’re not winning Savage Model 110 Ultralite. See it at Savage puts custom-gun features and performance within the reach of more hunters of cutting-edge technology developed by box with a capacity of four rounds giving up downrange performance with your firearms retailer, or for more information Savage since sliced bread was first offered. (two rounds in 28 Nosler, .300 WSM and the PROOF carbon-fiber wrapped barrel contact ; Tel.: (800) 370-0708; pecifically designed as an ultralite, of $1,499 (in any available caliber), the M110 They include a factory blue-printed 6.5 PRC), a 3-position sliding safety that vs. good ole steel, sub-half-MOA 100-yard Web: www.savagearms.com—Bill Battles S highly accurate mountain rifle, the new Ultralite Rifle is a relative bargain considering for ultimate precision, skeletonized receiver Model 110 Ultralite rifle from Savage employs its host of innovative and useful features, top- and spiral-fluted bolt for significant weight a carbon-fiber wrapped stainless steel barrel notch build quality and, unequaled precision reduction, gray synthetic AccuStock with rigid 4—Proving that you’re not giving up downrange performance with the and Melonite finished, skeletonized receiver performance. Our hats off to Savage for step- aluminum bedding rail that engages the action PROOF carbon-wrapped barrel, 100-yard sub-half-MOA precision to reduce empty weight (without optics) to 6 ping out of their all-steel-barrel comfort zone. three-dimensionally along its entire length, came relatively easily with the 110 Ultralite, printing a best-of-test pounds or less. Available chambered in .308 Our evaluation rifle was chambered in AccuFit interchangeable combs and stock 0.34-inch group using SIG’s 130-gr. Elite Hunter Tipped ammunition. Win., .270 Win., 28 Nosler, .280 Ackley 6.5 Creedmoor. Its 22-inch barrel is made spacers, rubber overmolded, deeply textured Improved, .30-06 Springfield, .300 WSM, for Savage by PROOF Research of Columbia traction panels in the neck and on the fore- 6.5 Creedmoor and 6.5 PRC—empty weights Falls, Montana. It’s a stainless-steel barrel cut arm, free-floated barrel and floating bolt head, range from 5.8 to 6.0 pounds. At an MSRP rifled at a twist rate of 1:8”, over-wrapped and, of course, the superb Savage AccuTrigger

1—For a substantial weight reduction, the Ultralite’s 22-inch launch tube — made for Savage by PROOF Research of Columbia Falls, Montana — is an inner stainless-steel barrel tube over-wrapped with aerospace-grade carbon. The barrel alone accounts for the lion’s share of the rifle’s sticker price, but if ounces count, you won’t regret the hit to your bank 4 account. Silent Legion’s 6.5 Creedmoor direct-thread suppressor is shown attached. 2—To further whittle down the Ultralite’s overall weight, Savage spiral-fluted the bolt and cut windows into its stain- less-steel action. The user-adjustable AccuTrigger is, as always, outstanding. The rifle feeds from a 4-round steel (and refreshingly not-plastic) detachable box magazine, which functioned flawlessly during testing. For testing, we topped our rifle with a Bushnell Forge 3-18x50mm riflescope. 1

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