Whew, I had a lot of stuff I was going to say about my savage model 112 in .300 win mag, but after reading through all this mess I' ll only say this. Last year I was planning on buying a heavy barreled varmint style .300 for deer hunting from box stands. I didn' t a whole lot about the savage having never owned one, but I do know plenty about guns, shooting, and accuracy having cut my teeth on guns, shooting, hunting etc. since I was a small kid (I am now 34 yrs. old). Last summer I was In limbo trying to decide between the mod. 70 coyote, the 700 sendero, and the savage 112. I was in our local store and saw an elcheapo savage 110 .243 sitting beside a sendero in .300 win. The thing that immediately struck me was that the action on that 110 was better made, and beefier that the sendero. I made my decision right then and got my cousin who has ffl license to order my sav. 112 vss and a Leopould vari-x 111 6.5-20 scope for me. The scope cost more than the gun did, and I' ll never regret buying it. If I ever do buy another factory bolt gun, It will be a savage.