Thanks for all the great advice guys. It really helped. i' ve had my eye on a nice savage just like woodseye' s, except synthetic because i' ve read that they' re more accurate than wood. But those tikkas look nice too now that i' ve looked at them. i have one more question though..which caliber? i know the 22-250 is super accurate, no kick, but might get thrown around by wind...so i was thinking i might get a .243 to be safe with the wind, but do they have any recoil..., enough to throw off accuracy on any long range shots? thanks for the help!