Well, you already know what I think. The groups I' ve shot with mine speak for themselves. The action doesn' t seem any slooppier than any others. There is a screw that hold the bolt hande in place on older Savages that tends to work it' s way lose. That probably accounts for some of the sloppiness some have talked about.

They are one of the stronger bolt action designs out there. The new ones with the Accu-Trigger probably have the best trigger on the market at this point. The stocks are flimsy - but nothing that an acraglas kit and a couple of valve rods won' t take care of.

Anybody can get a " good" one or a " bad" one of anything. It' s easy to trash a rifle because of one that doesn' t shoot good or you have a problem with one of them. However, the reality is every make and model of gun out there has let SOMEONE down, period.. By the same token it' s way too easy to over hype something because you have only one, but it shoots real well. To get a really accurate picture of rifles - it' s best to base it on shooting at least a dozen of each. I' ve shot many Savage, Remington, Ruger, and Winchesters - the Savage has been the most accurate on average. Ruger was by far the worst.

Overall, my impression of Savage rifles are they make many owners of more expensive rifles very mad because they as good if not better than much more expensive rifles.