bigmatty65 and fornra,
one more thing you need to know about going from syn to wood with the savagesis you will have to buy some longer set actionscrews. boyds' sells them or you can get them from savage.

bigmatty65,
you are not the first to tell me to shoot black hills ammo out of my 12fvss.
what grain and bullet typedid you use? was it remanufactored or new ammo? i am considering getting some reman 52gr HP match from BH. if not, i will shoot the win usa 45gr HP from wally world.would the 52gr be better in windy conditions or it would be the same as the 45gr?