I tried a tikka out about 6 months ago and have sincebought 2 tikka lite's. I got a 300wsm stainless and liked it so much I went and got one ina 308. Both shoot less than 1" groups and my 308 is less than a 1/2" groups @ 100yds. I'm not a big vargaurd fan and the savage bolts are to sloppy and clunky feeling. The tikka's are guaranteed to shoot 1" or better groups at 100yds. There is a thread under the firearms forum. It's labled Tikka T3. There are 7pages worth of post and not one person had a bad thing to say. You won't be sorry by going with the Tikka. But get what you feel comfortable with. They will all shoot pretty good. A savage is a savage. Vanguards are decent but I've seen someissues with them in magazine articles and stuff, and Tikka's are an offshoot of a Sako which is a high dollargun. Tikka and Sako's are imported by Beretta. IfBeretta puts their name on ityou can gaurantee it isn't junk.Good luck