My personal experience with the short mags has been great. To the people who think that short mags are worthless, well #1 it has nothing to do with who makes the gun, it has to do with the person behind it and how well they can group there shots. Yes I will say that the Browning A-bolt is a great rifle but a little to pricey. I can personally say now, that the savage .325WSM is a tack driver. Savage has came a long way. I bought one 3 days ago, mounted a zeiss on it with a set of leupold rings, and the thing is AMAZING! I should have no problem dropping something out to 300yds. So toeveryone in all other forumswho thought that savage makes a bad rifle and the .325WSM was a bad choice, I will defend all aspects of that and say that it's an excellent choice if your not looking to spend the money on an A-bolt.