Nicely put James and Hardcorehunter. I've only owned one savage rifle. I like it for a lot of reasons. I really like that accu trigger. Its awsome! I wanted a gun chambered in 243 that had a good light trigger pulland that had a 26 inch bull barrel. Savage delivered it. Mine has the black plastic stock. The stock isn't big and baulky like whats on alot of 10 lb varmit rifles. In fact it the gun only weights 8.75 lbs bare. Which made it nice for carrying it hunting. It's got a good balance and feel to it. I couldn't be happier with it. Hoping to buy a 22 bolt action with the accu trigger in another month or two. I hear they are good too...