driftrider - I have been wanting to ask a Savage owner. How many shots have you taken from your Savage with non smokeless powder, and what kind of accuracy and performance do you get? Like I said (and I agree with some of the things you said above) I have no problem with smokeless powder. The rifle loads the same as my Hawkins. Other then what fires it and what comes out the end of it.

But I was thinking of getting a Savage and then shooting non smokeless powder out of it. I am not sure I would get into weighing out all those powder charges in advance. Although I have on occasion. I am more of a ... what shall I shoot today, grab a rifle, and head to the range. I do not want to sit down and weigh charges first... But I would be interested in the Savage performance with say Triple Se7en powders.