Today, I made the best of a lovely day & took a 2 hour drive South through thoroughbred country to visit the Savage Mecca for these parts. There were 10's, 11's, 14's, 16's... tons of everything!

I tried the 14 Classic & American Classic, & both stocks were too thick for my liking. It's kind of like Savage was imitating the Remmy 700 BDL, & I'm a CDL kind of guy. I ended up taking more time than I thought because they had several CDL's there, too, & I took the opportunity to fondle them gratuitously. I very nearly ended up with one of them in .35 whelen!

The Savage 11's stock certainly feltthinner in my hand than their wood stocks.TheySavage also felt"rounder" than the RemingtonSPS stock, though the SPS was definitely stiffer.In the end, I decided to go with the Savage 11HFNSbecause it came up a little quicker than the 2" longer SPS, and because I thought I should force myself to have some variety, instead of buying another Remington CDL!

Thanks for the input. I'll let you know how she shoots, & whether I feel compelled to replace the stock.

FC