Savage introduces new competition, tactical shotguns to market

Remember the Renegauge? Savage brought this new semi-auto shotgun to market in 2020, but you might have missed it. After all, there was a lot of other stuff going in The Year Of Our COVID, and production of the Renegauge was limited (again, COVID might have had something to do with that).

Originally, Savage brought the Renegauge to market in field configuration, with long barrels for bird or clay shooting. Now, we're going to get competition and tactical versions of this shotgun.

Savage Renegauge Security

The Renegauge Security uses the same Dual Regulating Inline Valve (D.R.I.V.) gas operated-action as the field version of this shotgun. Savage says this system "ensures excess gas vents before it drives the bolt, resulting in consistent ejection, less felt recoil, and a lightning fast cyclic rate for dependably fast split times." It also allows the Regegauge to use a wide variety of shotgun shells, from high-power three-inch loads to milder low-recoil loadings. We have not heard anything about the shotgun's capability with mini shells, though.

The Renegauge Security also has adjustable length of pull, comb height and drop at the heel, allowing shooters to customize the fit. The safety is a cross-bolt affair, located behind the trigger guard; Savage says the Renegauge has "oversized controls" and "Competition-ready easy loading magazine port."

The Renegauge Security comes with chrome-plated action bar and internal reciprocating components. The receiver is aluminum. The Security ships with an 18.5-inch barrel and a synthetic tactical stock set, with modern pistol grip angle. The shotgun ships with a one-piece rail and adjustable ghost ring sights, and Improved Cylinder, Modified and Full flushmount choke tubes (Beretta/Benelli threads).

Magazine capacity is six in the tube mag, one in the chamber, which wouldn't work in Canada under our restrictive magazine capacity laws. If these shotguns are sold here, they'll be reduced to five-round capacity.

MSRP is a whopping $1,499 in the US, which will likely be the Renegauge's biggest challenge in any market: These are very expensive shoguns, and Savage is not a recognized name in the high-end scattergun market.

Savage Renegauge Competition

The Savage Renegauge Competition follows the increasingly familiar pattern set out by speed and competition shooters. It's got a longer barrel than your standard tactical shotgun, and a long, extended magazine. In this case, the gun has nine rounds' capacity in the tube mag, plus one in the chamber. Again, that wouldn't fly in Canada, thanks to our magazine restrictions.

The Competition comes with 24-inch barrel, fluted with a melonite finish. It also has a red Cerakoted receiver, and extended Skeet 2 Light Modified choke. Like the Security, the Competition comes with crossbolt safety, oversized controls and large loading port, although it doesn't seem to be as specially-configured as the Mossberg 940 series of competition guns.

Like the rest of the Renegauge line, the Competition is pricey. US MSRP is around $2,000, depending where you look. For that reason alone, Canadian shooters may shy away, especially when considering its magazine limitations in our market.