If I thought for one single second that my 10ML-II was unsafe, I wouldn't shoot it myself. That being said, I not only put 24 shots through it with AA5744 last weekend, I wouldn't hesitate to let my wife shoot it with smokeless loads. The rifle is sound as long as the shooter plays by the rules. Experiment with crazy loads, or don't pay attention to what you're doing, and you might get bit. The great thing about the Savage is that it's a very tough design, so you really gotta screw up or get extreme with it to blow it up. If you blow up a Savage, either you're a drooling moron, or you're stupid and crazy enough to play with dangerous loads. If someone put 70 grains of Bullseye in a 300 Win Mag and blew himself to hell, no one would blame the rifle. Some moron like Toby Bridges, an "authority" on the Savage, plays with duplex loads and blows up his rifle, somehow it's the rifle's fault. Bridges needs to get himself a "real job", now that Knight won't punch his ticket any more. I hear Micky D's is hiring. Good luck Toby! My advise is to stop while you're ahead. Pretty soon Savage is gonna hold your feet to the fire, and you're gonna get burned for the lies and libels you've perpetrated.

Mike