Maybe I'm a bit of a snob, but I expect a lot of my rifles. I don't even think I own a stock rifle anymore,all of them have been customized in some way or other to make them more dependable or lighter. I take them out in conditions most wouldn't , drag them up mountains, occaionally they roll down that same mountain with me. Rain, cold, constantly wet, salt spray, basically just about everything you don't want to do with your rifle and after all that expect it to work flawlessly, there are critters that bite back where I hunt. On top of all that I expect them to look good. So I don't mind spending 4 or 5 times what a savage costs on a rifle. I own few scopes that don't cost more than a savage combo setup. I would much rather have 1 or 2 rifles that I really want than 20 savage's.

There is nothing against them, I'm sure they are a good bargain but its been my experience that you get what you pay for. I don't see too many of them out hunting up here though.

For the record one of my first rifles was a savage 110 in 243. It was a decent rifle and shot pretty well, my sister still uses it back home. It is fine for sitting in a deer stand a couple of days a year, but it definately wouldn't be my choice for hunting up here.