I would not in any way consider savage to be low quality firearms. Name anyone who has had one that has malfunctioned or failed to shoot well. My guess is that they are few and far between. There are quite a few that I consider to be low quality, Ruger tops my list. They look nice but don't shoot well at all. Quilly may dislike it, but browning is near the top of my list of non desirable firearms. Their quality is ok (due to their japanese manufacture), but their design, engineering and metallurgy is strictly second rate. Talk about poorly engineered crap. Give me a M70 or a mauser any day, there's nothing browning makes other than their over/unders that I would allow in my gun safe.