So let's talk about price...
The Cabela's/Savage 10ML BP retails for $699.99. Now that's really a LOT of money for a muzzleloader. So what does one get for $700.00?
1. The strongest muzzleloader action available.
2. The best factory muzzleloader trigger in the industry.
3. The only muzzleloader function fired before it leaves the factory.
4. The ONLY muzzleloader breechplug that can be cleaned from stem to stern and can be restored to practically as new condition.
5. A muzzleloader that will shoot with the best of them.
6. Cabela's gun case INCLUDED.
7. VERY nice base/rings INCLUDED.(although I didn't use them)
8. 3/8 inch socket head INCLUDED
9. Standard 10ML BP accessories- short starter, ventliner & stock Allen wrenches, Cable Lock firearms lock, 2 extra ventliners, small amount breechplug/ventliner lube, earplugs, target, and owners/users manual.
10. The best customer service I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with.
I think it would be $700.00 well spent!
I think the statement about "$700 is a lot of money for a muzzleloader" remains the most valid point made. I can find two triumphs for that price when not on sale, 3 if you take advantage of wal-mart's sales.
1) I can find a gun case myself, thank you.
2)I don't mind that someone esle hasn't function fired my gun before selling it to me. It's never seemed to have been an issue.
3)Who cares if it includes base/rings if you are going to go drop another $100 (or more) for heavy duty steel base/rings such as those by warne
4) 3/8" socket head and socket wrench that I'll have to keep track of when I can just use my fingers on a triumph
5) I'm glad that it can keep up with the accuracy of my triumph
6 The trigger is nice, but is it $300-400 nice?
7) I don't understand the point about restoring the breech plug to new.
8) Strongest action, but can't shoot smokeless so what's the point?
The short of it: for $700 I can get a ML that is crazy accurate and easy to use without need for additional tools, top it with the best rings and bases, an ultimate slam scope, a gun case, and all the accessories/shooting supplies I will need for the next year. I'll miss out on the accutrigger, but I'll take the rest of the above over the accutrigger. So is the $700 on the savage money well-spent? Not by my reckoning.
