Besides savage there is tikka and cz to consider.The 7mm-08 and 308 are hard to beat for low recoil and great preformance in what your looking for.Have owned and used both and like them a lot.A remington 700adl would also fall in the savage price range.I just am biased towards the savage because of their button rifled barrels and excellant accuracy,as well as good value.

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