Savage Shows Palma Rifle at NRA Meeting
At the NRA Annual Meeting, Savage Arms has its latest long-range precision rifle on display — a Palma rifle, chambered in .308 Winchester. Team Savage Captain Stan Pate will be manning the Savage booth (#527) during the show and can answer questions about the new gun.
The .308 Palma is made for 1K prone competition with iron sights and sling. It comes with Savage’s Target AccuTrigger, adjustable down to six ounces. The rifle features a 30-inch heavy barrel tapered to accept standard aftermarket sights. The stock has an adjustable cheekpiece, 3-way adjustable buttplate, and forearm accessory rail. Currently, Savage is the only large manufacturer producing “factory rifles” for Palma competition.
Savage also produces rifles for F-Class Open and F-T/R disciplines. The Palma and F-Class guns, including a new 6mmBR F-Classer, “were made to compete and win against the most expensive custom guns.” Savage VP of Sales and Marketing Brian Herrick said. Terry Brady has been testing a 6mmBR Savage F-Classer for AccurateShooter.com. He reports: “It looks good. I still need to work up a load and chron it, but I’ve been able to shoot sub-inch groups at 300 yards in early testing.”
Just when I was about to donate my Model 10FP to build a Palma rifle, Savage to the rescue. Although there is no mention of mounting of the front sight, I’m almost certain Savage considered this small detail. I now can keep my collection of Savage rifles in tack. Hey Savage how about some 100-200 yard benchrest rifles, PPC’s and BR’s.
I own both a 12F Class in 6.5mm/.284 and a 12F/TR in .308/7.62mm
at 100 meters these rifles are dead on….at 200 meters the same…
at 300-400 meters, its reading the wind, which both my brother and I have a ball at..
Cant wait to get a Model 12 Palma – with target AccuTrigger™…..I wonder if it will beat my
Remington 700p,,,of course I will have to develop a round for the 12 Palma… And I loves my
.308…..
Damm gonna have to buy another Nightforce 12x42x56 NXS..