Woodseye,
Some of the lower grade Savages like the package guns don' t have the sear adjustment that the 116 did. A local rifle builder told me that they reason is the button rifled barrels. No one else does that at the present. He builds a lot of benchrest guns and has 5 BR world championships on the wall, so I put a lot of stock in what he said.

I have fired 4 or 5 Savages, yes they have clunky looking stocks, but every one I have fired did at least 1" at 100 yds. Some were quite a bit better.

Also, check out the prices on them these days. The word must be getting out, they ain' t quite the bargain they used to be anymore.

KC